Example sentences of "[vb past] more [subord] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The night before his death I spent more than an hour with him and we spoke quietly of the future ; he wanted to be sure that Ray and I would look after Margaret , our step-mother , whom we had come to admire greatly for her devotion to Father . |
| 2 | Dr Alderdice spent more than an hour with the Stormont Minister , along with party colleagues Eileen Bell and Seamus Close . |
| 3 | It took more than an hour to control the blaze at the former Langham Hotel . |
| 4 | A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it . |
| 5 | A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it . |
| 6 | It then took more than an hour of bathing and shampooing to get Tosh back to his natural ebony colour ! |
| 7 | It rarely took more than an hour . |
| 8 | It rarely took more than an hour . |
| 9 | The operation , which started just after 8pm , took more than an hour to complete . |
| 10 | The last few miles to Ealing were covered in a jerking crawl which took more than an hour , and daylight was breaking down into darkness as Alison gave directions through the maze of streets and parked cars away from the main shopping area . |
| 11 | The march of uniformed members took more than an hour to pass the saluting base . |
| 12 | AT the magistrates court it took more than an hour to read out all the charges . |
| 13 | Police and firefighters took more than an hour to free the bodies from the wreckage . |
| 14 | A woman who waited more than an hour for an ambulance is to meet senior health managers to discuss the problem in Teesdale . |
| 15 | He was speaking after a meeting with Sir Patrick Mayhew which lasted more than an hour . |
| 16 | He had more than an hour to fill in before the meal : he had a maid bring him beer . |