Example sentences of "[noun sg] for more than a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had been moving steadily through a very thick part of the forest in which it was impossible to maintain a constant direction for more than a few paces . |
| 2 | The smaller the unit , the shorter should be the stay inside it — there are very few patients who need to be contained within a locked unit of this kind for more than a few days . |
| 3 | A breathless , pervasive sense of heat possessed her body at every return of the memory and she was unable to remain settled and at ease in her seat for more than a few minutes at a time . |
| 4 | So why , then , does her depression return whenever she ventures away-from home for more than a few hours ? |
| 5 | Some authorities now favour homes taking fifteen to twenty children , particularly for the difficult medium-term cases where the child is away from their natural home for more than a few months . |
| 6 | ‘ Not best known for their reliability , mind , travelling about the country , never being in one place for more than a few weeks , got to be careful there . ’ |
| 7 | When Thorfinn was never to be seen in one place for more than a few hours , and when he no longer looked like a man with a fleet ready loaded for sea , but like a man already on board and lifting his ship to meet the first swell of the storm . |
| 8 | Often in trouble with the police , he was unable to keep any job for more than a few weeks . |
| 9 | The discovery was unsettling , for it was commonly accepted that it was difficult to meet the impassive stare of the Kha-Khan elect for more than a few seconds . |
| 10 | We were due at Chauk , an old field town , next day and Captain Tizzard advised me to take Rachel to the hospital there , but warned me that he could not delay his sailing for more than a few hours . |
| 11 | In his darker moments Rincewind had come up with his own explanation as to why even minor spells refused to stay in his head for more than a few seconds . |
| 12 | In practice , many though not all informals have no security of tenure over the site on which they work , have very few means of tying their small workforce to the enterprise for more than a few months , and may run out of their supply of recycled materials ( from the formal sector ) at any moment . |
| 13 | For a day and a night the feasting on the horse filled everyone in the enclave with a dreadful exultation , but gradually it died down as the garrison came to realize that one horse was hardly enough to stay their hunger for more than a few hours . |
| 14 | Pigmented preservatives must n't be used when overpainting , as they can not hold a coat of paint for more than a few months . |
| 15 | A battery 's charge-holding capacity can also be seriously reduced if it is kept in a discharged state for more than a few hours . |
| 16 | ‘ The barrow now belongs to you , so never let it or the pitch out of your sight for more than a few hours at a time . ’ |
| 17 | I 've always been too busy building up my business to spare time for more than a few brief affairs . ’ |
| 18 | Obviously , he sees Britain as the sweatshop of the world — he almost said as much — and , if we are unlucky enough to find him in office for more than a few more months , we may find ourselves taking the place previously occupied by the Soviet Union , as Upper Volta with rockets . |