Example sentences of "[adv] for more " in BNC.
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| 1 | He shook his arm vigorously for more than a minute , but it was impossible to tell in the uneven twilight whether it dropped out or not . |
| 2 | As I said in an earlier chapter , the principle of speaking is not to go on for more than a few minutes without getting your audience to do something — applaud or laugh or raise their hands . |
| 3 | Anyone who thinks they might be able to take on this interesting role should contact , our current POB , on for more information , as soon as possible . |
| 4 | Other remedies will be needed if Aconite does not suffice and the condition lingers or continues on for more than a day or so . |
| 5 | A routine was established which went on for more than a year . |
| 6 | Phone suppliers Standard Forms on for more details . |
| 7 | Call Fidelity on for more details . |
| 8 | Call them on for more details . |
| 9 | First Response have a freephone help-line , manned by trained advisors , which you can ring on for more specialist , individual advice on using both tests . |
| 10 | Call Mark Bignell at the IBM National Enquiry Centre on for more information . |
| 11 | This has always been strongest in the southern States , with their history of slavery and the implicit belief , well-established in the local culture , in black inferiority — a belief capitalized on for more than a century after the Civil War by the Democrats ( see below ) . |
| 12 | Give them a bell on for more information . |
| 13 | The needless slaughter has been going on for more than a century . |
| 14 | The strike , in support of a suspended colleague , has been going on for more than a week . |
| 15 | The search is now on for more negatives to eliminate . |
| 16 | Gateshead Family Health Service 's Authority admitted it had known what was going on for more than a year , but action was taken only after a patient contacted them . |
| 17 | Yeah but just phone up and just be on for more , more than a minute , you know , would n't be so bad but you start hanging about . |
| 18 | He was supposed to have asked politely for more heat up on their level . |
| 19 | The rise to prominence of the Dzhungar state in what is now Chinese territory , and the submission to it of tribes in the Altai and further west in present day Kazakhstan , were causing problems ( see below for more detail on the Teleuts ) . |
| 20 | For a girl who before her recent adventure had never been away from home alone for more than a weekend , the prospect which this room and Madame Chardin 's rules evoked was a daunting one . |
| 21 | Nicaragua was an American obsession and a dream , a proving-ground for ideology , and had been so for more than a century . |
| 22 | Only three of the whole group had worked since redundancy , and only one of those did so for more than half of the time between redundancy and interview . |
| 23 | Posterity stretches ahead without limit whereas disc and tape manufacturers , when they are prepared to commit at all , are reluctant to do so for more than a few years . |
| 24 | They always came in for more than a little if they had offended him in the past . |
| 25 | After a brief lapse , Fate booked us in for more hardship . |
| 26 | AGONY Aunt Marje Proops , who confessed to an adulterous 30-year affair with a bachelor lawyer , may be in for more agony still . |
| 27 | Hongkong Bank is inheriting a bank in better shape than it has been in for more than a decade . |
| 28 | Always considered a soft touch for your face , these products have currently been coming in for more scrutiny . |
| 29 | So it seems Wimbledon , who have cashed in on £12 million of talent since winning the FA Cup in l988 , could be in for more money . |
| 30 | ‘ The bright child who might possibly get nine GCSEs is going to be pushed to go in for more and more . |