Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] more [subord] [art] hour " in BNC.
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1 | They trekked in single file for more than an hour , holding their rifles high in front of their chests , without sighting any animals at all . |
2 | Tata had complained often enough that he could n't leave his two assistants at the shop for more than an hour before something was certain to go wrong . |
3 | At Liben railway station in the northern outskirts of Prague , East Germans queued cheerfully in drizzle for more than an hour to enter the departure hall . |
4 | Do not leave the meat in the water for more than an hour or two , for it will soon begin to decay and pollute the water . |
5 | But that too ran into difficulties when thick fog on the runway at Ronaldsway Airport , Douglas , delayed the flight for more than an hour . |
6 | Golding asked to speak to Charlotte alone and Derek was left on an uncomfortable chair in a busy corridor studying a LOCK IT OR LOSE IT poster for more than an hour before being summoned to join them . |
7 | Hundreds of callers jammed the BBC switchboard for more than an hour , complaining it had not been made clear it was make believe . |
8 | ‘ We are worried that the damage to the ankle is so serious that there will never be a full recovery for professional sports activity , ’ said Professor Marc Martens after he had operated on the AC Milan player for more than an hour in Antwerp . |
9 | Even the elements failed to subdue him — on one occasion he persisted in declaiming from the balcony overlooking the square at Samis for more than an hour , in the course of which a downpour cut the loudspeaker system dozens of times . |
10 | A very sticky variety clings to each new copy for an average time of more than an hour before it finally breaks free and the process can begin again . |