Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [prep] more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My heart with more than lust . |
| 2 | ‘ I had a bite on the top of my head for more than a month . |
| 3 | A breathless , pervasive sense of heat possessed her body at every return of the memory and she was unable to remain settled and at ease in her seat for more than a few minutes at a time . |
| 4 | This book has concentrated on the political and social values of Africa today , and traced their evolution over more than a century . |
| 5 | RENTOKIL was quick off the mark yesterday when it decided to increase its dividend by more than earnings to compensate for the Chancellor 's decision to cut the tax credit on dividends from 25 per cent to 20 per cent . |
| 6 | For a day and a night the feasting on the horse filled everyone in the enclave with a dreadful exultation , but gradually it died down as the garrison came to realize that one horse was hardly enough to stay their hunger for more than a few hours . |
| 7 | He kissed her hand with more than necessary gallantry and Jenna turned away as jealousy once again bit deeply into her . |
| 8 | From her days as a newsreader on ITN through to Breakfast Time with Frank Bough and more recently The Clothes Show and BSkyB News , Selina 's cool aloofness has tantalised her audience for more than a decade . |
| 9 | One woman with this problem , whose rather self-absorbed elderly mother used to keep her on the telephone for hours with doom-laden conversations , solved it by telling her that she had developed migraine which was always triggered off by holding a phone to her ear for more than a quarter of an hour at a time ! |
| 10 | Whichever happened , it was clear that the citizens of Somerset could look forward to a radioactive legacy on their coastline for more than many of their lifetimes . |
| 11 | Forty-five per cent of their votes went to Faulkner which ensured his election with more than a quota of votes as fifth member . |
| 12 | But his wife was always his chief protector — he did not like her to leave his side for more than a day . |
| 13 | Every year we buy his work for more than the year before and every year we sell for more than the year before 1991 being no exception . |
| 14 | ALESSANDRO FIORIO , of Italy , despite being plagued by overheating problems in his Lancia Delta Integrale , extended his lead to more than half a minute during the second stage of the San Remo rally yesterday . |
| 15 | We were due at Chauk , an old field town , next day and Captain Tizzard advised me to take Rachel to the hospital there , but warned me that he could not delay his sailing for more than a few hours . |
| 16 | Indeed , the Colonel saw no reason to answer his wife with more than an equivocal smile . |
| 17 | In his darker moments Rincewind had come up with his own explanation as to why even minor spells refused to stay in his head for more than a few seconds . |
| 18 | This new sense of topographical security left him free to explore theories about art , the novel in particular , and see his writing as more than ‘ mere journeywork ’ . |
| 19 | However , he successfully adopted his style in more than adequately coping with the West Indian fast bowling of the 1960's . |
| 20 | If you 've not used the colour changer before , or not used your ribber for more than welts , it is wise to start by using the colour changer just to knit striped plain rib . |
| 21 | And from Spike Lee to Reverend Jesse Jackson , Michael Jordan to Philip Michael Thomas , black movers and shakers now shape US opinion on more than just race . |
| 22 | ‘ The barrow now belongs to you , so never let it or the pitch out of your sight for more than a few hours at a time . ’ |
| 23 | So that 's within six hours you would have worked your way through more than half of your compliment of armed officers ? |