Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [vb infin] more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This option was given to working wives in 1948 and withdrawn in 1978 but women who had already chosen to pay the reduced rate were allowed to continue , provided they did not take more than a two-year break from employment after 1978 . |
| 2 | Sometimes the king allowed subjects to take deer for themselves in his forests ; the warden 's duty was to see to it that they had a proper writ of warranty when they came to his forest , that they did not take more than the specified number , and that they took them in the prescribed manner . |
| 3 | Names and positions are as important as addresses and telephone numbers and some directories do not give more than the editors ' and advertisement managers ' names . |
| 4 | But it did n't last more than a year . |
| 5 | My son did n't live more than a few hours , but I can feel for the parents of that little girl . |
| 6 | Go on ; but do n't stay more than a few minutes . ’ |
| 7 | Do n't eat more than a bird , I daresay . ’ |
| 8 | Such large bombs are rather exceptional , though ; most are well under a metre across , and do n't travel more than a few tens of metres from the vent . |
| 9 | If you want more , go inland ; if you can get by with less , stay in the city ; if you do n't need more than a square foot or so , go to the islands . |
| 10 | Space does not allow more than a cursory examination of the evidence , but one can illustrate its value , and the problems of using it , by looking at the question of how the balance of England 's exports changed . |
| 11 | Space does not permit more than a summary of the aspects the would-be consultant needs to consider jointly to ensure both a good beginning and optimum development for such a group , and readers are therefore referred to the guidelines offered in detail elsewhere ( cf Hanko 1985/7 ) . |
| 12 | It does n't seem more than a few months since I was knitting clothes for her dolls — and now — ’ She held up her needles , speared through the left front of a pearly-white matinée jacket . |