Example sentences of "[adv prt] for more [subord] a " 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 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 .
11 Having made it , that family was split up for more than a year , but was reunited after the Blitz and eventually settled in Torquay .
12 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 .
13 You wo n't be able to keep it up for more than a week . ’
14 Some struggled against her , but few held out for more than a moment or two .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 NoS had mucked him about for more than a year .
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