Example sentences of "less [conj] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them was less than an inch away from his eye as he lay buckled up on the ground beneath the tree . |
| 2 | Just as Pearce 's wild and screaming face slammed against the glass on the other side , less than an inch from Cardiff ‘ s own . |
| 3 | ‘ You do n't want to marry me — ’ his hot mouth was less than an inch above her face as she stared resolutely at his dark red silk tie ‘ — but there 's something else you do want to do with me . ’ |
| 4 | He had spent less than an hour in the Dragon and during that time he had succeeded in needling at least four men . |
| 5 | It was less than an hour from dusk , and we would have camped there had it been left to me . |
| 6 | The women began to congregate and we rose to greet each other , even though we 'd met at breakfast less than an hour ago . |
| 7 | They released their suggestions for revising the car tax less than an hour before Mr Lamont abolished it completely . |
| 8 | Siena is about nine miles south east and Florence less than an hour drive . |
| 9 | Katherine Lundy opened her son 's bedroom door less than an hour later , the bar of light fell across the sprawled figure of Patrick , the sheets rumpled and curled around him . |
| 10 | Before Delia Sutherland could make up her mind about how much to say , and to whom , she was forced into an explanation less than an hour after her return . |
| 11 | It was less than an hour since Chen had come from the singsong house ; not time enough for anyone to have discovered Liu Chang 's body , or for the girls to have undone their bonds . |
| 12 | By noon she was on the Brecon by-pass and , less than an hour later , was steering gingerly between the ruts on the rough and winding track to Hendre Gorfelen . |
| 13 | On the cooker to her right stood a frying pan the two women had used for their meal less than an hour ago . |
| 14 | Close-to and without their performance wigs , these two hardly seemed to connect with anyone that she 'd seen out on the stage less than an hour before ; then they 'd been all front , carnival vamps , not so much real human beings as fantasy figures with hidden human operators . |
| 15 | ‘ There are a couple of castles less than an hour 's drive away . |
| 16 | We were due to try out the show at Farnham , a 400-seater theatre , less than an hour from London . |
| 17 | Therefore she said , ‘ Less than an hour ago you stated that you will never marry Doreen . |
| 18 | Working on George 's local knowledge — his father 's home was less than an hour 's drive away — they planned to reach Miss Tuckey 's cottage at half past eight when the other committee members would have had time to digest and drive in from the countryside . |
| 19 | After tossing and turning for another while , Amiss fell into a deep sleep from which he was woken less than an hour and a half later by his alarm clock . |
| 20 | He had been waiting there since hearing from Bartocci , less than an hour earlier , that the kidnappers had been in touch and that the car would be leaving as soon as it got dark . |
| 21 | Her thoughts drifted back to Spike , the metal man , who had been killed less than an hour ago . |
| 22 | ‘ I spoke with Silvio less than an hour ago , Caroline . ’ |
| 23 | Knowing her sister well , Fabia could only marvel then that when Barney was , by the sound of it , so desperately ill , Cara appeared to be making every effort to rise above the shocking news she had received less than an hour ago . |
| 24 | But when I drove to London to collect her as we 'd arranged , I found that she 'd had a phone call less than an hour previously to say that Barney was ill . |
| 25 | But police say the IRA message gave them less than an hour to respond . |
| 26 | THE widow of murdered Belfast hairdresser Sean Hughes today told how she had chatted with her husband in his shop less than an hour before he was killed . |
| 27 | ‘ If he had stabbed someone 17 times less than an hour before , which I do n't believe he did , he certainly showed not the slightest emotion . ’ |
| 28 | and know you can do it in less than an hour , right to the bottom |
| 29 | Down less than an hour |
| 30 | An estate for life was less than an estate tail , and both were smaller than a fee simple . |