Example sentences of "[verb] more than [det] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think I ever saw J[ack] work more than half an hour without the cry of ‘ Barboys ! ’ — ‘ Coming , dear ! ’ , down would go the pen , and he would be away perhaps five minutes , perhaps half an hour ; possibly to do nothing more important than stand by the kitchen range as scullery maid . |
| 2 | However , if you were to help yourself to a reasonably generous helping of watercress as part of a salad meal , it is unlikely that your portion would weigh more than half an ounce . |
| 3 | Not that she spent more than half an hour each night in her own dressing-room . |
| 4 | You 'd be glad to get in there for half an hour but you would n't risk more than half an hour . |
| 5 | ‘ It would n't take more than half an hour . |
| 6 | In order to travel all together in one compartment , we had to arrive more than half an hour before the train was to start . |
| 7 | Friends of a soccer player who died after a street fight claim that vital minutes were lost because an ambulance took more than half an hour to arrive . |
| 8 | RESIDENTS have voiced growing concern over ambulance coverage in Teesdale after an ambulance took more than half an hour to respond to an emergency call . |
| 9 | AN ambulance chief has defended the record of his service after claims that an ambulance took more than half an hour to answer an emergency call in Teesdale . |
| 10 | I would not anticipate taking more than half an hour to complete the filming during which time we would make every endeavour not to restrict access to your shop by other customers . |
| 11 | Hell' she cried , ’ 'I used to get more than that an hour for softening them' . |
| 12 | He says that it seemed to take more than half an hour . |
| 13 | I think the longest one lasted more than half an hour . |
| 14 | Maintaining your own rhythm and upsetting other people 's is the basic art in the mountain climb that can last more than half an hour . |
| 15 | Well , I agreed not to speak more than half an hour , but I see that I have been speaking for a little longer than forty-five minutes . |