Example sentences of "[vb past] [det] than [det] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He never ate more than half a meal , never had an appetite . |
| 2 | Not that she spent more than half an hour each night in her own dressing-room . |
| 3 | A substantial proportion of patrons — between 47%–63% — used materials in the library , and whereas most patrons spent less than half an hour in the library , the ‘ in-house users ’ spent half an hour or more . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I think the longest one lasted more than half an hour . |
| 8 | Sterling ended more than half a cent lower at $1.4890 and a fraction stronger at Dm2.4365 , though the increase in the UK 's current account deficit with the world outside Europe from £1,060 million in January to £1,334 million in February was a little worse than expected . |