Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] for more [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second , or spare rod , is never left to fish for itself for more than a couple of minutes . |
| 2 | No amount of persuasion would induce her to stay with us for more than a few days before she 'd vanish again to pursue her old habits , and on New Year 's Day 1967 , the police called for the last time . |
| 3 | Nobody 's heard from him for more than a year . |
| 4 | After I come back to take over the club again , you wo n't be in it for more than a week or two at a time . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Let's hope this is the last chapter for them — it has been hanging over them for more than a year — and they can now start to rebuild their lives . ’ |
| 6 | But his concentration was poor these days : he could hardly keep his mind on anything for more than a moment … and even when he heard what the Padre said it made no sense … " the Editor of The Times as wise as God Himself ! " |