Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Be aware of the time limit : no election campaign goes on for more than three or four weeks in the United Kingdom — be glad about that ! |
| 2 | But what 's the point of holding a meeting that goes on for more than twelve hours ? |
| 3 | TWO men were rescued from a pothole after being trapped underground for more than ten hours last night . |
| 4 | ‘ It says , ‘ They Take A Bite , But They Do n't Come Back For More ! ’ ’ she said . |
| 5 | It is to suggest that sexual difficulty , or problems in the field of sexual relationship , should be looked out for more often by social workers and others concerned with them , and looked at more from the child 's own point of view . |
| 6 | The ‘ explosion ’ of place differentiation in Britain also provides the rationale for the more locally focused treatments in Part III , which are arranged in term of types of places rather than on the basis of the standard regional units used conventionally for more detailed accounts of the geography of Britain . |
| 7 | So while his empire teetered , Mr Bond sailed on for more than three days incom-municado . |
| 8 | This is partly because only a proportion of hinds conceive in a given year and individual stags rarely hold harems throughout the whole breeding season , and partly because few stags breed successfully for more than four years . |
| 9 | Campbell focuses on girl shoplifters , but it should be stressed that other females who shoplift , perhaps pensioners or single parents , might do so for more basic material needs . |
| 10 | Tom , meanwhile , has binned the thigh-slapping choreography that made him look like an excited primate and opted instead for more engaging shapes akin to those thrown by a boxing kangaroo . |
| 11 | Look out for more great Megatapes , rip-roaring reviews and fantastic features in next month 's issue of COMMODORE FORCE ! |
| 12 | Look out for more monthly winners . |
| 13 | The ascent was arduous and prolonged , twisting and turning upwards for more than twelve kilometres to the pass , almost a thousand metres high . |
| 14 | Taxis have been parking here for more than thirty years . |
| 15 | It was a game that kicked off an hour late after a bomb alert closed White Hart Lane leaving thousands of fans and both teams locked outside for more than two hours . |
| 16 | In the 82 patients followed up for more than six months , all three post-dissolution regimens were well tolerated . |
| 17 | Before their initial gall stone dissolution treatment , 15 of 82 patients followed up for more than six months had had solitary stones , compared with 67 who had had multiple stones . |
| 18 | - People start using the curious phrase ‘ Indian Summer ’ if the sun stays out for more than 10 minutes at a time . |
| 19 | which had been occupied by soldiers , this was our first hut , well by then I was working for the Corporation and of course by virtue of my job with the chief architect I got this house and we were offered this house about two years later for two thousand pounds and we said oh we would n't be staying here for more than ten years in any case and we would n't be bothered to buy it , but then my husband started in business you see soon after he came back and we eventually got the shop and , of course it 's very convenient because we 're only a stone 's throw from the shop you see , so we stayed here |
| 20 | Yet the world we live in cries out for more critical and creative solutions to many , pressing problems . |
| 21 | And it will continue to campaign vigorously for more flexible working , better maternity rights and anything else that will ease the working mother 's load . |
| 22 | They worked together for more than twenty years . |
| 23 | Small inanimate objects ready to take the brunt of your tensions and frustrations , and still keep coming back for more ! |
| 24 | I am delighted : it is an issue on which I have campaigned vigorously for more than two years . |
| 25 | Despite this the symptom of urgency is invariably improved and all 81 patients with ulcerative colitis who have been followed up for more than six months state that they can defer defaecation for more than two hours . |
| 26 | Menopausal state , pregnancy , and oestrogen containing drugs — Because of the possible influence of menopausal state , pregnancy and oestrogen containing drugs , details about these factors were sought by questionnaire in the 65 women who were followed up for more than six months . |
| 27 | Now an appeal has gone out for more than 100 of the former workers to lodge applications for payment , no matter the circumstances of their claim . |
| 28 | It was seen also to reflect the growing strength of the fundamentalist lobby within ANAP believed to be led by a Minister of State , Mehmet Kececiler , who had campaigned publicly for more Islam-oriented legislation . |
| 29 | Given Hoving 's long-standing jealousy of John Walsh , a former curator in the European paintings department who is now the director of the J. Paul Getty Museum , it is surprising that Walsh does not come in for more snide brickbats than a conversation Hoving cites with Getty , where the eccentric billionaire asks him if he would become the director of his museum . |
| 30 | But after a little gentle persuasion , she has allowed me to tell you she is Maggie Lomas , the regular director of our main news programmed She knows me pretty well by now — after all , we 've worked together for more than 20 years , including the recent series of " At Home " programmes . |