Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] for [adv] than [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had n't seen them for more than eight years , as they had lived in Florida before moving to Corfu . |
| 2 | Dalgliesh had n't seen him for more than ten years when he had been a newly appointed inspector in the Metropolitan CID and was surprised to see how little he had changed ; time , marriage , removal from London , promotion , had left no apparent mark on him . |
| 3 | In that case the buyer of a new Nissan car had had it for less than three weeks and had made two or three short journeys in it for the purpose of trying it out , before the engine seized up because of a latent manufacturing fault . |
| 4 | He had bought it for less than seventeen thousand and had spent five thousand on it to date , expecting to sell it for at least forty . |
| 5 | Having known her for less than two months , he was not yet confident of any strong hold on her affections , despite the fact that she seemed quite willing to accept his embraces and kisses . |
| 6 | Of those firms which did possess such a strategy , a quarter had not reviewed it for more than two years , making it only mildly effective . |