Example sentences of "for [adj] than an " in BNC.
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| 1 | An inquest has heard that a baby boy , who lived for less than an hour , could have died because of injuries caused by forceps used during his birth . |
| 2 | It is a play for only one performer , and it lasts for less than an hour . |
| 3 | For more than an hour , rockets exploded across the sky — an extravaganza that for many Peking residents recalled not so much the glory of the revolution as the tracer bullets and machine-gun fire of early June . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He sat for more than an hour alone before dragging himself to the room , shutting the doors loudly behind him as he went . |
| 6 | SCUNTHORPE , down to 10 men for more than an hour , equalised , forced extra time and then held out for a second replay . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | These new-look All Blacks , who have been told by management that the often churlish ungraciousness of other recent seasons is not acceptable , stayed for more than an hour . |
| 9 | Coleridge awoke , he said , retaining ‘ a distinct recollection of the whole ’ , and was eagerly committing the poem to writing when he was called out by a person on business from Porlock who detained him for more than an hour . |
| 10 | And for more than an hour they heard about the glory of steam and engines and old stations . |
| 11 | He dragged the 18-year-old girl to a nearby common and forced her into humiliating sex acts for more than an hour while the three-month-old baby she had been caring for lay alone in the house . |
| 12 | Hundreds of callers jammed the BBC switchboard for more than an hour , complaining it had not been made clear it was make believe . |
| 13 | For more than an hour he had crouched on the floor , bracing himself as the speed changes of the train and the unevenness of the track destroyed the momentum of his painstaking work . |
| 14 | In this article , by LTP we mean synaptic potentiation , which is both NMDA receptor-dependent and lasts for more than an hour . |
| 15 | MEDICS and police last night worked for more than an hour to rescue a teenage girl who fell 30ft down a railway embankment . |
| 16 | Some had been waiting for more than an hour , arriving while it was still dark and the little windows of the cells were still lit . |
| 17 | But this did not delay the charge for more than an instant . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | There were no sounds of any kind coming from Alina 's bedroom , and had n't been for more than an hour . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It took him two weeks to die and for the second of those we spoke together every night by telephone , often for more than an hour . |
| 23 | So many and so extraordinary were the stories she told me that our trip around his tiny château lasted for more than an hour and a half , with not a boring moment . |
| 24 | Assuming your trip is for more than an hour , the following items are considered pretty indispensable by most mothers . |
| 25 | I had been working for more than an hour and my wrists ached from the continuous chopping , but I was filled with an immense exhilaration . |
| 26 | County secretary Philip August said : ‘ We do n't anticipate any problems after watching Kevin bowl in the nets at Lilleshall for more than an hour . ’ |
| 27 | Muhammad went up the mountain — ; He was up there for more than an hour — |
| 28 | After tossing restlessly for more than an hour , Fran got up and crept from the room and down the stairs , hoping that a cup of tea would soothe her nerves . |
| 29 | Vařené hovëví se žloutkovou sýrovou omáčkou , which was boiled beef with a cheese and egg yolk sauce , served with rice , went down very well , but left her with little room for more than an ice-cream afterwards . |
| 30 | One is certainly not enough , when you consider the number of cars and drivers who use this stretch of motorway each day.It 's unwise for people tol have to drive for more than an hour and a half without taking a break . |