Why, he weren't no more than half her size.

You obviously are a more sophisticated woman than I was led to believe.

I declare, I had to watch out more for him than the newts.

Well, that might be nothing more than a benign subconscious rejection of authority represented by the teacher.

When my cousin Pearl tells me she had no more than said howdy, and you commence pulling her to the settee, my doggies, that's dropping a rusty bucket down my well.