Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] more [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he had finished , she said nothing for more than a minute , but continued to stare at him , as if still seeking the assurance she had hoped his account would supply . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | Ironically the adjoining mills , which for more than a century provided employment for almost the entire village and sup-plemented the picture now provided by the museum , were abruptly shut down in 1988 : bought up by a large firm , the premises were paid an afternoon visit by a director who announced imminent closure and drove off . |
| 4 | The government said that it was clear that Mr Athulathmudali was yet another victim of the Tigers , who for more than a decade have been fighting for a separate Tamil state on the island . |
| 5 | The second , or spare rod , is never left to fish for itself for more than a couple of minutes . |
| 6 | At most I get just enough to wet the bottom of the collection cup , and sometimes none for more than a week . |
| 7 | Narratorial frustration is evident in the disjointed structure of the novel which focuses briefly on a number of subcultures of professional London without bothering to link them in more than a cursory manner . |
| 8 | She remembered how she had n't been allowed to hold him for more than a moment before he had to go back behind the bars of his crib . |
| 9 | This time the defeat of his hopes did n't crush him for more than a few days . |
| 10 | ‘ Why were n't you able to keep him for more than a few months ? ’ |
| 11 | Nobody 's heard from him for more than a year . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , I 'm hardly going to get back into bed with him after more than a whole year . |
| 13 | The opportunity to do so did not arise until Racedown was offered to them six years later , by which time Wordsworth could contemplate a life whose course , since his Norfolk visit , had done much to shape his political and poetic character , and had left him with more than a little to repent . |
| 14 | His single , minded pursuit of operational perfection had to be witnessed to be appreciated , He was the only Commander in the field that was able to change the entire concept of strategic bombing ; moreover he was the only Group commander with any worthwhile operational background , my personal researches accredit him with more than a full bomber tour of operations , and that includes his escape from Sweden . |
| 15 | The maltote too thus became a regular impost , though the commons were not prepared to grant it for more than a year or two at a time for fear of losing control over it and to prevent the king from reviving the monopolistic schemes for exploiting the producers which they had struggled against between 1336 and 1351 . |
| 16 | With such a clear need to understand power , why has it , until recently , been avoided by managerial researchers , especially when sociologists have been analysing it for more than a century ? |
| 17 | Besides , he 'd never be able to sustain it for more than a minute or two . |
| 18 | If they 've had it for more than a month , encourage them to get out for some fresh air but not too much vigorous exercise . |
| 19 | For space close to the king was limited , and few occupied it for more than a decade or so , partly through accidents of mortality , partly through a career-structure in which the holding of high office in the royal household was often the prelude to a provincial post , but most of all through the play of faction around the king . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | We have been planning it for more than a year . |
| 22 | Brazil 's pro-privatisation rhetoric needs to be supported by much further change in policy and practice to turn it into more than a minor curiosity in its history . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Mum and Dad did n't find out about Flupper and us for more than a week . |
| 25 | 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 ! " |