Example sentences of "[pers pn] more [conj] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The formula is unique ; over half our guests return — many of them more than six times . |
| 2 | Yet it had still taken the pair of them more than two hours to assemble and photocopy the material that Morse had so confidently predicted would be found . |
| 3 | As a comparison , he pointed out that if the entire population of China were set the same task , it would take them more than four hours to complete it . |
| 4 | If a child can open them more than four inches he could fall out . |
| 5 | God gave them more than four centuries to show a change of heart . |
| 6 | I tried to sell it , but no one was willing to offer me more than five shillings , so Bob uses it for picking up the produce from the market every morning . ’ |
| 7 | They found the picture of Jill that Sayeed had given me more than eighteen months before . |
| 8 | But of all I had read so far , nothing troubled me more than two notes I encountered towards the end of the seventh chapter . |
| 9 | Indeed , it has taken me more than three years to cast off my British cynicism and truly comprehend the value of freedom in America . |
| 10 | ‘ I think I owe you more than one drink after this morning . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't play games , Miss Adams — you know who I mean well enough , or have you more than one lover you intend running away with ? ’ |
| 12 | We ca n't , we ca n't give you , we ca n't give you more than five horses on I think I think sheeps out of the bargain anyway , because we 're both , sounds that we both got an over supply of the sheep . |
| 13 | Hello , can I have a little , god my , more than twelve pounds , , or you more than twelve pounds ? |
| 14 | ‘ It wo n't take you more than twenty-five minutes . |
| 15 | I 've had her more than three years surely ? |
| 16 | He was to paint her more than twenty-five times . |
| 17 | It seems that the proposal that Haymo should be Bishop was opposed by the Pope and it necessitated his travelling to Avignon to be consecrated , a journey which cost him more than 1,441 florins . |
| 18 | It took him more than 30 years before he told anyone other than friends of his terrifying experience . |
| 19 | He 's down to the fucking , it 's taken him more than three hours ! |
| 20 | During 1919 he painted a mother and child which took him more than forty sittings , perhaps because the subject was of such personal interest . |
| 21 | From the fact that it was chosen by lot , with the further provision that no one might serve on it more than two years in his life , it is clear that the Athenians of the fifth and fourth centuries intended that the council should have no chance of developing a corporate sense , which would enable it to take on an independent life , and wished it to be merely a fair sample of the Athenian people , whose views would naturally coincide with those of the people . |
| 22 | A ( 1931 ) nineteen thirty one Lagonda sports car has been bought at auction by a man who owned it more than forty years ago . |
| 23 | In fact Boy had never done it more than three times with anybody . |
| 24 | Then you got it more than three times . |
| 25 | Attracted by the lion 's share of a $10m industrial assistance fund , a bit of McDonnell Douglas has already arrived , bringing with it more than 1,000 jobs . |
| 26 | Several courses gave some time to language improvement , but in only two cases was it more than 20 hours . |
| 27 | This motion condemns rise in unemployment caused by the incompetent handling of the Tory government 's economic policies and I ask for support of the T U C campaigns for the unemployed , but I would beg really that when we do campaign , the T U C gives us more than two days to notify us of rallies and meetings . |
| 28 | We had four on board and about 70 US gallons of fuel , a good half tank giving us more than 90 minutes flying . |