Example sentences of "[adv prt] [num] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Take down three more torches , and move the target . ’ |
| 2 | Left one , down one onto the block marked 1 , then down one more to collect the gem . |
| 3 | Now write down two more possible methods making sure that they fit into the criteria of |
| 4 | in the summer and they take over two more |
| 5 | It was part of the same southern European pattern that at the same time Greece shook off one more episode of military dictatorship , and with it the monarchy , and established a democratic republic . |
| 6 | He takes the band off and starts to sort through ; he ticks off one more name from the Yearbook 's list of radio stations , and then copies its telephone number across onto his checklist . |
| 7 | The floodgates opened then and Bordon piled up six more goals . |
| 8 | US military sweeps through the countryside found no resistance , and rounded up hundreds more former members of the Panamanian Defence Forces , as life returned to normal in the capital . |
| 9 | The train , hired by the rail unions , called at Edinburgh and several English station en route to the capital , picking up hundreds more supporters of the Save Our Railways campaign . |
| 10 | Adams had already given notice of intent overnight with his occasional left-arm spin , when Hansie Cronje ( imprudently cutting at his fourth ball ) offered a first Test wicket , and , suitably encouraged , the Jamaican picked up three more in an impressive 21-over spell of slight and turn which restricted the visitors ' lead to 83 . |
| 11 | On March 6 , 1990 , both Presidents signed the " San Pedro Alejandrino " agreement promising to implement future proposals of existing bilateral border commissions and setting up five more bilateral commissions , one of which was to deal with the controversial issue of territorial demarcation in the Gulf of Venezuela . |
| 12 | They felt the bag being carried , put down , picked up , carried again , put down , picked up one more time , and then thrown on to something soft . |
| 13 | The deckchairs flapped , the youngsters played on the outfield , the old gentlemen put on the caps and began to leave as Arlott summed up one more day of country cricket . |
| 14 | put it up one more notch with |
| 15 | Ludens picked up two more suitcases and hurried after them . |
| 16 | And she went off to look for Moominpappa to ask him to put up two more beds — very , very small ones . |
| 17 | Bring up two more needles , one each side of each group in working position , knit two rows and so on . |
| 18 | My anticipation cranked up two more inches of manifold . |
| 19 | I would remind Ben that I put up To Bolt or Not To Be , a widely recognised 8b/c , in November 1986 ; that I have since climbed more than 20 routes of this level or more ; that I repeated the roof at Volx fairly easily in 1990 ; and that I have since put up two more 8cs — Huevos in 1991 and Macoumba Club recently at Orgon — in addition to Just Do It . |
| 20 | The much-praised new ski area at Aonach Mor near Fort William which opened last season has picked up two more awards in the close season , including one for architecture . |
| 21 | ‘ Fix one line , foul up two more and then take a tea-break ! ’ |
| 22 | All we are really concerned about is picking up two more points to ease our way to the United States next year . |
| 23 | But Mr Ahtisaari said that more recent checking , against the roll of Namibians who registered to vote in recent months , turned up 54 more names , and the mission expects to find that at least 20 others have been repatriated . |
| 24 | They won that Test — and have not been beaten by England since , chalking up seven more victories and five draws . |
| 25 | As demand grew for restoration of veteran and vintage cars , he took on 6 more workers , 4 of whom were unemployed . |
| 26 | If a person has , say , five jobs to do as part of his professional responsibility , and is beginning to feel inadequate because he is n't doing them all perfectly … take on ten more . |
| 27 | With the 5·5cm ( 2¼inch ) cutter , cut out six more circles . |
| 28 | Over the next few months it is likely that the Home Office will order out hundreds more of the 3,500 Kurds who arrived in May and June and now live in north London . |
| 29 | You can picture it , ca n't you , as the daily dumper truck tips out hundreds more envelopes , each of which has to be laboriously slit open , the contents unfolded , date-stamped , sent to the right person to be read . |
| 30 | On Jan. 30 the USA announced that it was withdrawing in 1992 17,000 more troops than had been planned , and closing or cutting back 83 more bases . |