She can walk three times further than you.

It was ten times more difficult than I expected.

请注意：在这种结构里不能用twice和half。

She's twice as lively as her sister.

她比她姐姐活跃一倍。

(不能说：…twice livelier…)

《英语用法指南》(Practical English Usage)p92

请注意这一结构：half as…as…; twice as…as…

You're not half as clever as you think you are.

你远不是自己想像的那么聪明。

I'm not going out with a man who's twice as old as me.

我不想和一个年龄比我大一倍的男人谈恋爱。

Here comes your husband.

你丈夫来了。

(不能说：Here is coming…)

There goes our bus --- we'll have to wait for the next one.

我们的公共汽车开走了---只好等下一趟了。

(不能说：There is going…)

if a time or event finds you in a particular situation or doing  a particular thing, you are in that situation or doing that thing at the time mentioned or when the event occurs

某时或某事物发生时某人或某物处于某状态

Mid-afternoon found her among the stylish shops of Buchanan Street.

将来进行时可以用来客气地询问别人的打算。

Will you be staying in this evening?

今晚你会待在家里吗？

(这是十分客气的询问，意思是“我只是想了解你的打算”)

Are you going to stay in this evening?

你今晚要待在家里吗？

(催促作出决定)

Will you stay in this evening, please?

今天晚上你待在家里好吗？

(表示请求、要求、指示、命令)

《朗文英语语法》p340

将来进行时只表示单纯的将来，没有will经常具有的蓄意为之的含义，具有一种“温和效应”。

试比较：

I'll work on this tomorrow.

明天我要做这件事。

(表示意愿，也可能表示许诺)

I'll be working on this tomorrow.

明天我会做这件事。

(表示在正常情况下将来要发生的动作或状态)

When will you finish these letters?

你什么时候处理完这些信件？

(如上司对下属)

When will you be seeing Mr White?

你什么时候会见到White先生？

(如下属对上司)

Mary won't pay this bill.

玛丽不付帐。

(表示拒绝)

Mary won't  be paying this bill.

玛丽不会付帐。

(表示在正常情况下将来要发生的动作)

Will you join us for dinner?

你和我们一起吃饭好吗？

(表示邀请)

Will you be joining us for dinner?

你会和我们一起吃饭吗？

(表示在正常情况下将来要发生的动作)

Won't you come with us?

你和我们一起去好吗？

(表示邀请)

Won't you be coming with us?

你会和我们一起去吗？

(表示在正常情况下将来要发生的动作)

Under a tree was lying one of the biggest men  I had ever seen.

在一棵树下躺着一个男子。我从没见到像他这么大块头的人。

《新编英语语法》(章振邦)(第三版)p1570

In this chapter will be found a partial answer.

在这一章会找到部分答案。

Inflation may be rising，if (this be) so，prices will go up.

Sterling may fall, if (this should be) so, interest rates will rise.

在概括性的话后面，尤其是用在all， every， no， everything， anybody， nowhere， whole等概括性的词后面，except后可以带for，也可以不带for。在其他情况下，我们通常用except for。

I've cleaned all the rooms except (for) the bathroom.

(在all后面用except也是可以的)

I've cleaned the house except for the bathroom.

(不能说：…except the bathroom)

Nobody came except (for) John and Mary.

(用在nobody的后面)

Except for John and Mary, nobody came.

(用在nobody的前面)

You couldn't hear anything except (for) the noise of Louise typing.

(在not… anything后面用except也是可以的)

The house was quiet except for the noise of Louise typing.

(不能说：…except the bathroom)

《朗文当代高级英语辞典》(2004)p645

except for

a) apart from

Except for one old lady, the bus was empty.

The roads were clear except for a few cars.

《朗文当代高级英语辞典》(2004)p69

apart

9 apart from (also 又作aside from)

a) used to introduce one small point which makes a statement not completely true

只是，除了

This essay's good apart from a couple of spelling mistakes.

(也可以用aside from或except for)

《麦克米伦高阶英汉双解词典》p273

but for

1 except for something

只是，除了

The work was now complete, but for a final coat of paint.

除了最后一层油漆，现在活儿都干完了。

except for 有时也可以表示对过去非真实的假设

《朗文当代高级英语辞典》(2004)p645

except for

c) if someone or something had not happened or existed

如果不是(为了或因为)，要不是(为了或因为)

Nina would have left him years ago except for the children.

(这里当然可以用but for)

except (for)用在概括性的话后面，尤其是用在all， every， no， everything， anybody， nowhere， whole等概括性的词后面。

He ate everything on his plate except (for) the beans.

He ate the whole meal, except (for) the beans.

Nobody came except (for) John and Mary.

You couldn't hear anything except (for) the noise of Louise typing.

(do之后) All I did was，What I do is之类的词组后面可跟不带to(也可以带to)的动词不定式。

All I did was (to) give him a little push.

What a fire-door does is (to) delay the spread of a fire.

在有像only，hardly或never这些表示限制或否定意思词语的句子中，可以用can。例如：

---Who's that at the door?

门外是谁呀？

---It can only be the postman.

只能是邮递员。

(这里can only与must相似)