Example sentences of "[pron] for more " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he had finished , she said nothing for more than a minute , but continued to stare at him , as if still seeking the assurance she had hoped his account would supply . |
| 2 | They asked me for more money . |
| 3 | It was almost as if he was doing me a favour by not sentencing me for more , even though it was only one specimen charge of supplying . |
| 4 | Do join Kirsty , Lloyd , Kathleen Long and me for more of the same but different at five to one tomorrow . |
| 5 | ‘ Let's hope this is the last chapter for them — it has been hanging over them for more than a year — and they can now start to rebuild their lives . ’ |
| 6 | The raiders fled empty-handed and Iris — who has n't competed in a race for 57 years — chased after them for more than half a mile . |
| 7 | But Daphne 's dear familiarity , the pleasure of her company , the comfort of knowing pretty well what she would say in response to any remark , the whole warm , easy , ancient closeness that had subsisted between them for more than half a century , won over Cecilia 's temporary , though profound , embarrassment . |
| 8 | In order to help us I think in our discussions , it seems to me that , I think we ought to write formally to the County Council and to the District Council actually asking them for more details of their consideration for what they intend to do about parishes . |
| 9 | This belief in the witches power becomes more evident as the play goes on and he comes to rely on them for more . |
| 10 | Ironically the adjoining mills , which for more than a century provided employment for almost the entire village and sup-plemented the picture now provided by the museum , were abruptly shut down in 1988 : bought up by a large firm , the premises were paid an afternoon visit by a director who announced imminent closure and drove off . |
| 11 | It was a conquest which would be theirs for more than half a century . |
| 12 | The government said that it was clear that Mr Athulathmudali was yet another victim of the Tigers , who for more than a decade have been fighting for a separate Tamil state on the island . |
| 13 | So , NME , you 've reached 40 and I 've been reading you for more than half that time . |
| 14 | ‘ I should have asked you for more , ’ said Nubenehem . |
| 15 | They 've got piles over there er four double one two double two to call Action Line and er try and call before four o'clock this afternoon if you can for the er information about the firework displays that are near to you for more details about Fast Forward and details about A T O Training as well Nottingham four double one two double two for Radio Nottingham 's Action Line call before four . |
| 16 | But , that just means the levels of insurance , as a risk , ah , you know , and we 've just put a rate in to , to represent the , the levels of insurance because we charge you more if we insure you for more then . |
| 17 | The second , or spare rod , is never left to fish for itself for more than a couple of minutes . |
| 18 | At most I get just enough to wet the bottom of the collection cup , and sometimes none for more than a week . |
| 19 | One resident had written to the council suggesting a secular group building might better suit the area 's needs , saying she would prefer a facility which would offer something for more of the residents . |
| 20 | She would see– him occasionally for the rest of her life , and she wanted to be able to chat to him , invite him for more games of chess , more visits to historic gardens . |
| 21 | She remembered how she had n't been allowed to hold him for more than a moment before he had to go back behind the bars of his crib . |
| 22 | We begin to ask him for more of his love to love him more . |
| 23 | Coleridge awoke , he said , retaining ‘ a distinct recollection of the whole ’ , and was eagerly committing the poem to writing when he was called out by a person on business from Porlock who detained him for more than an hour . |
| 24 | This time the defeat of his hopes did n't crush him for more than a few days . |
| 25 | When I press him for more names he suddenly gets the deer-caught-in-the-headlights look , and , deciding he 's already revealed too much , replies , ‘ Ah , just people . ’ |
| 26 | I asked him for more but he said that with the family allowance we had the same . |
| 27 | You may like to write to him for more details . |
| 28 | ‘ Why were n't you able to keep him for more than a few months ? ’ |
| 29 | Nobody 's heard from him for more than a year . |
| 30 | Ace followed her , prudently shutting the big sliding glass doors after him for more privacy . |