Example sentences of "[to-vb] for more [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Collector , his mind too feverish to recollect for more than a moment what all this activity was about , became absorbed in the contemplation of this pariah dog . |
| 2 | One is certainly not enough , when you consider the number of cars and drivers who use this stretch of motorway each day.It 's unwise for people tol have to drive for more than an hour and a half without taking a break . |
| 3 | But after a week of total failure to concentrate for more than a minute he had to acknowledge to himself that nothing was going right . |
| 4 | One broken collar-bone , and a cut on the back of his shoulder — and even that refused to bleed for more than a couple of minutes . |
| 5 | Lisa had been smoking for twenty years and felt unable to stop for more than a day . |