Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] a [adj] more [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The Lazio star , pictured left carrying a lot of extra poundage on his way to Rome two months ago , has shed more than a stone in weight since his £5.5million summer move from Tottenham — but he must wait a few more weeks before he returns to serious competition . |
2 | God willing , I should like a few more years in which to settle my own account . |
3 | Bonnie do n't you think we should get a few more people to go to . |
4 | The same duties on a fishing vessel may present a few more difficulties as their crews do not normally have to cope with customs procedures . |
5 | All right now before we do any more dates put your hands down and we 'll have a few more birthday dates in a bit . |
6 | ’ It 'll add a few more days to our hop to Vadinamia . |
7 | It might add a few more years on to his life . |
8 | ‘ I 'll play a few more years for sure . |
9 | I 'll put a few more hours in at work . ’ |
10 | You 'd need a few more clues to establish her Oxford connections … but in fact she was a student here at Somerville College , winning a first class degree … and she was born in the city , here at Brewer Street . |
11 | If you wanted to you could work a few more rows of stocking stitch and just put in a single row of holes again , but for our practise piece it is better to carry on and make more holes . |
12 | ‘ The time has come for me to get it sorted out — and I 'd happily take a year out if it meant I 'd have a few more years later on . |
13 | what , and what I 'd do is I 'd put a few more spots in |
14 | In the meanwhile , do you think you could persuade a few more salmon to get into the rivers around your neck of the woods by the time next season opens ? |
15 | Well , no , not really Ma'am , there were still charts to plot , and observations to send to Group , and instruments to read — and the unspoken implication , ever present , was that we were Grade 2 technicians , and if she wanted to make up the numbers on parade surely she could find a few more pen-pushers in nine-to-five jobs ? |
16 | ‘ But you 're here now , so you may have a few more minutes with him , until the drug I have just administered takes effect . |
17 | It may take a few more years to get there , plus some pretty hard negotiation . |
18 | He would wait a few more minutes and then he 'd go . |
19 | He wanted her mellow with wine before dinner , and then he would advance a few more steps . |
20 | If they had a half decent team then perhaps they would warrant a few more column inches ! ! |
21 | ‘ I 'm half inclined to pursue her tomorrow ; perhaps if we had her we would have a few more answers to all this . |
22 | They have merely said , ’ Oh , no , we shall have a few more guillotines . ’ |
23 | So we have to discuss the B-H curves , and I will include a few more things , but you must realize that there is a lot more to it . |
24 | I will not dwell much longer on conformal mapping ( this is incidentally the term most often used for describing the method ) but will give a few more examples . |
25 | She 's hoping the novelty of a woman at the altar will attract a few more sheep into her flock . |
26 | The changes are still under way at Liverpool and Souness will put a few more noses out of joint before he 's finished . |
27 | ‘ It will improve the standards of Irish rugby but it will require a few more seasons until we see the real value of the hard competitive stuff ’ . |
28 | Lancing , who surprised themselves and everyone else by making their first appearance in the Halford Hewitt Cup final against the winners , Shrewsbury , last April , will raise a few more eyebrows if they do half as well this time . |
29 | All right now that we can do numbers up to thirty one , let's see if we can do a few more dates . |
30 | ‘ Christ , ’ says Pamela , good-naturedly , ‘ do you think we can have a few more poofs in here ? ’ |