Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a [adj] more [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I struggled with a makeshift skipping rope and tried to do a few more press-ups each day ; it was not much fun . |
| 2 | The local battalion have rung to give a few more details of the incident . |
| 3 | I 'm sure he 'd got a few more bits of paper on his desk than what shall we do about P E Ps ? |
| 4 | She 'd left a few more pieces of trash on the dining-room floor : reminders of that time . |
| 5 | So many of you have written in and asked for help with this game , I 've decided to print a few more hints ( thanks go to Richard Lupton , Mark Latham and Ewen Nicholson for this stuff ) . |
| 6 | Come on I 'd like to see a few more hands up here . |
| 7 | At Edward 's death his heir was aged twelve and the king would only have needed to live a few more years to have handed power to an adult heir . |
| 8 | At Edward 's death his heir was aged twelve and the king would only have needed to live a few more years to have handed power to an adult heir . |
| 9 | The same argument can be used to add a few more names to the list , but the total is still not large . |
| 10 | The same argument can be used to add a few more names to the list , but the total is still not large . |
| 11 | ‘ We are going to spend a few more hours in one another 's company ; it would make life easier . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 've got to lay a few more bets , ’ he said . |
| 13 | ‘ Mandy , getting my career off the ground is a challenge that is going to take a few more years of my undivided attention . |
| 14 | However , Sally did try sniffing a few more times ( fortunately , without coming to any harm ) but then decided it was n't for her , and instead started drinking alcohol with her friends . |
| 15 | There was a lot of helpful feedback from these pieces so over the next few months I will try to provide a few more examples to expand this work . |
| 16 | He forbore to add that Poll might have earned a few more blows as the result of Sally-Anne 's intervention , to prevent her from involving anyone else in future . |
| 17 | Bolton 's could have had a few more goals … thankfully Reece and his defence managed to stop the rot … |
| 18 | Bolton 's could have had a few more goals … thankfully Reece and his defence managed to stop the rot … |
| 19 | Still , they might have had a few more years left in them yet , and so in that respect , it was rather courageous of them to accept Nicholson 's script and Rafelson 's apparent decision that all good things must come to an end . |
| 20 | Tampopo might have sold a few more bowls of noodles and Babette 's Feast caused little hiccups of interest in historic cooking , but The Cook , The Thief , His Wife And Her Lover plays around with the relationship between food , sex and death in a way that is bound to cause offence . |
| 21 | I may have asked a few more questions ; I ca n't remember now . |
| 22 | He had said he might be late , after all , and she decided to snatch a few more moments of privacy to recharge her batteries in the one place in the whole luxurious house where she was able to relax and feel she was her own person . |
| 23 | ‘ But if Mellor had not disputed our bill we could have survived a few more months in the hope that we would sell several houses on our books . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ He 'll have to take a few more days , ’ said Quinn . |
| 25 | now if I was to go there and back that 's eighty pence , I mean I could get , for , for that e extra eighty pence I could get a few things in there that are dearer but I mean I like going down the town anyway and just wander and go back but I do get a few more bits in there now than I did . |
| 26 | The pension had attracted a few more guests than Herr Zimmerman 's complaints had given him to expect . |
| 27 | PLUCKY Chesterfield sent a tremor through crisis club Liverpool last night by warning them : ‘ We 've got a few more tricks up our sleeve . ’ |
| 28 | Stereolab always look tonight as if they 've got a few more tricks up their sleeve than anyone else around at the moment , and in an age where recycling the past to create a spurious version of the future is the order of the day , they may well prove to be a benchmark of quality for their times . |
| 29 | We 've got a few more names and facts to throw at him . ’ |
| 30 | She said I must mention I 've had a few more deliveries from Ercol So we walked into the living room . |