Example sentences of "[adv prt] for more [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I said in an earlier chapter , the principle of speaking is not to go on for more than a few minutes without getting your audience to do something — applaud or laugh or raise their hands . |
| 2 | Other remedies will be needed if Aconite does not suffice and the condition lingers or continues on for more than a day or so . |
| 3 | A routine was established which went on for more than a year . |
| 4 | This has always been strongest in the southern States , with their history of slavery and the implicit belief , well-established in the local culture , in black inferiority — a belief capitalized on for more than a century after the Civil War by the Democrats ( see below ) . |
| 5 | The needless slaughter has been going on for more than a century . |
| 6 | The strike , in support of a suspended colleague , has been going on for more than a week . |
| 7 | Gateshead Family Health Service 's Authority admitted it had known what was going on for more than a year , but action was taken only after a patient contacted them . |
| 8 | They always came in for more than a little if they had offended him in the past . |
| 9 | Hongkong Bank is inheriting a bank in better shape than it has been in for more than a decade . |
| 10 | ‘ The bright child who might possibly get nine GCSEs is going to be pushed to go in for more and more . |
| 11 | It takes at least two terms even to become familiar with a new job but , after that , few management changes can be put off for more than a year . |
| 12 | Having made it , that family was split up for more than a year , but was reunited after the Blitz and eventually settled in Torquay . |
| 13 | The back-to-back pair of dessert spoons riffled through his fingers , producing an intricate , staccato percussion which he was , however , unable to keep up for more than a few minutes together ; then he would get his fingers tangled up and the spoons would clang to a halt and he would shake his head furiously and begin all over again . |
| 14 | You wo n't be able to keep it up for more than a week . ’ |
| 15 | Thereafter the accelerating rate of population growth coincided with the ending of the bounty of generally good harvests to turn the trend in the cost of living sharply upwards , while in most regions the increase in the labour force changed a labour market in which wages had generally held up for more than half a century . |
| 16 | Maybe when he really got roughed up or stayed out for more than just a few days , Manuel would think about talking things over with the vet , but for now , well , ‘ what 's the hurry , man ? ! ’ |
| 17 | Some struggled against her , but few held out for more than a moment or two . |
| 18 | Here , whatever else is obscure , the need for a much greater commitment of resources is indisputable : without , for example , a massive renewal and expansion of physical provision , men and methods will not avail , though men are the essence of the service and methods cry out for more and more exploration . |
| 19 | Those thrills prompt you to come back for more but they 're often reinforced by a swirling hotch-potch of memories . |
| 20 | Michael Bates Dr Kumar 's adversary in November is back for more and looking confident . |
| 21 | Keep going back for more and more . |
| 22 | Although the idea of COSE has been kicking around for more than a year now , it was the possibility of missing the opportunity to be a part of a very public announcement on the opening day of the UniForum show that finally drove some of the parties to the table — and final agreement was reached barely 48 hours before Wednesday 17 , opening day of the San Francisco event . |
| 23 | Although the idea of COSE has been kicking around for more than a year now , it was the possibility of missing the opportunity to be a part of a very public announcement on the opening day of the UniForum show that finally drove some of the parties to the table . |
| 24 | NoS had mucked him about for more than a year . |