Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [adj] than an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They trekked in single file for more than an hour , holding their rifles high in front of their chests , without sighting any animals at all . |
| 2 | Tata had complained often enough that he could n't leave his two assistants at the shop for more than an hour before something was certain to go wrong . |
| 3 | At Liben railway station in the northern outskirts of Prague , East Germans queued cheerfully in drizzle for more than an hour to enter the departure hall . |
| 4 | But this did not delay the charge for more than an instant . |
| 5 | Vařené hovëví se žloutkovou sýrovou omáčkou , which was boiled beef with a cheese and egg yolk sauce , served with rice , went down very well , but left her with little room for more than an ice-cream afterwards . |
| 6 | Do not leave the meat in the water for more than an hour or two , for it will soon begin to decay and pollute the water . |
| 7 | But that too ran into difficulties when thick fog on the runway at Ronaldsway Airport , Douglas , delayed the flight for more than an hour . |
| 8 | Golding asked to speak to Charlotte alone and Derek was left on an uncomfortable chair in a busy corridor studying a LOCK IT OR LOSE IT poster for more than an hour before being summoned to join them . |
| 9 | Hundreds of callers jammed the BBC switchboard for more than an hour , complaining it had not been made clear it was make believe . |
| 10 | ‘ We are worried that the damage to the ankle is so serious that there will never be a full recovery for professional sports activity , ’ said Professor Marc Martens after he had operated on the AC Milan player for more than an hour in Antwerp . |
| 11 | Even the elements failed to subdue him — on one occasion he persisted in declaiming from the balcony overlooking the square at Samis for more than an hour , in the course of which a downpour cut the loudspeaker system dozens of times . |