Example sentences of "than [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His opening compliment to the girl may backfire : ( " In all this land I [ know ] not one maiden that I love more than thee … " ) |
| 2 | depending on whether we take the " " mayden " " as a vocative ( i.e. " girl , I love no one more than thee " ) or as the object of the lost verb of line 14 , whereby the -clause becomes a restrictive relative clause ( " I love no maiden more than you … " [ but I might love some just as much or only a bit less ] ) . |
| 3 | There were a lot of people older than me with more experience of life . |
| 4 | Dear Anne Collins , ten years younger than me , taught early Renaissance painting and was just about my only real friend there . |
| 5 | Anyway , there are others worse off than me , I 'm under no illusions about that . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm just pleased I had the idea and that anglers with a lot more skill than me are showing what can be done with it , ’ he said modestly . |
| 7 | I still do n't think there is anybody out there better than me . |
| 8 | The woman was older than me , a certain rock star 's girlfriend , an American who was in the shop all the time , obviously at a bit of a loose end while her boyfriend was touring . |
| 9 | She was about 10 years older than me . |
| 10 | Steve and Paul were more in awe of him than me because of all his work with Roxy Music . |
| 11 | Some day , someone will be in greater need than me . |
| 12 | No wonder he did better than me . |
| 13 | There 's three young kids — younger than me — playing at the fruit machine by the door . |
| 14 | At the time , the idea of a strong exclusive relationship was something that I did not actually want and I do n't think that even consciously at that time , I would have sought to have had that kind of relationship with David who was considerably younger than me and also , even though I was deeply into the whole scene and everything it represented , I do n't think I actually wanted to settle down with somebody who was a musician and was leading that sort of life style . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , rather you than me , if that 's who she is . |
| 16 | Women her age usually give up sex — she 's a few months older than me , you know . |
| 17 | He 's years older than me , but that does n't matter either . |
| 18 | ‘ He 's older than me , ’ says Freckled Nose . |
| 19 | I meet these guys who are six years younger than me and they 're going , ‘ You got ta check out The Doors , man ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , but she has a better memory than me , even . |
| 21 | The group was run by a woman who was much older than me , in her own home . |
| 22 | It was a lot to do with the school I was at , and worrying about these other girls being prettier or cleverer than me . |
| 23 | My sister always had her own trendy style ; ever since we were little I 've been aware that she was prettier than me , but she is unassuming and unaware of it . |
| 24 | ‘ Bigger than me ? ’ |
| 25 | The man in question , who is a good deal older than me , had no respect for me whatever , which I liked . |
| 26 | You got longer legs than me . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ No one knows more than me how much I owe to this country , how much I vow to give back to it for what it has done to me , ’ he said . |
| 28 | There will be others who need you more than me . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ All the same , sooner you than me ! |
| 30 | Of course sometimes I do have additional information showing that the authority is better than me in some areas and not in others . |