Example sentences of "a [noun] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first night a girl put her hand inside my trousers was during a Kenneth More film about the sinking of the Titanic . |
| 2 | A bit more cash in your purse might be a good idea and you said you wanted to work . |
| 3 | ‘ The Weem women have not been behind-hand — they would have stormed Castle Menzies on their own. , ‘ There is a bit more spirit down our way — more spirit and more cash . ’ |
| 4 | In coming months , Max may be spending a bit more time in the country , as Sinitta is on the brink of signing a world-wide recording contract and a movie deal . |
| 5 | It carries a bit more weight in its nose ( diesel engines are heavier than petrol ) but the derv-sipping AX is just as agile as its petroleum cousins . |
| 6 | You ask a man who has a bit more experience and plenty of common sense ad he 'll say to you , ‘ Get the lad in , bring him home to his parents and the father will give him a clip round the ear . ’ |
| 7 | You get a bit more respect from those . |
| 8 | Not that I have anything against gas fitters but I do think that to do what I did at 15 takes a bit more courage . |
| 9 | When I started in the shop I was into digging out a bit more detail about it , finding out the kind of Arthur English-style kipper ties my granddad used to wear and the cars that were around then . |
| 10 | Working part of lunchtime had a slight advantage for me because it meant I now had a bit more time to load the container rail set . |
| 11 | Daniel Halpin : ‘ My last hat was a flowery one , the same shape as this but a bit more girlie . ’ |
| 12 | Portugal , who beat England 1-0 in the last World Cup , need to do a bit more than that next Wednesday to deny the Czechoslovakians a place in next year 's finals — they need to win by four goals . |
| 13 | AFTER the recent wonderful developments in eastern Europe , particularly the fall of the Berlin Wall , can we now have a bit more freedom — other than the freedom to spend money . |
| 14 | And although fall-out from tests has declined dramatically in recent years , a bit more uncertainty about predictions is a price worth paying in order win an agreement setting lower limits . |
| 15 | So you 'll have to put on a bit more flesh if you want filmstar legs . |
| 16 | Clarissa could only say glumly that according to the newspapers , the Finns were doing very well at any rate , and how mean Charles 's officers were not to give him a bit more Embarkation Leave . |
| 17 | Overtaking needs a bit more planning , but for those who have long since given up the chase and opted for a more dignified life , this is a lot of car for the money plus a BMW badge to ride behind . |
| 18 | Drawbacks are the introduction of a bit more slop in the system and the potential for reduced access in tight spots . |
| 19 | The viewers get a glimpse of an event or person on the early evening news , another taste at nine or ten in the evening and ( hopefully ) a bit more detail and not too much distraction in the following morning 's papers , radio and TV . |
| 20 | ‘ So she wants us to pay a bit more attention , to think about it a bit . |
| 21 | The Arkansas Governor , Bill ‘ Slick Willie ’ Clinton , has outpandered California 's ex-Governor Jerry ‘ Moonbeam ’ Brown by a whisker , has spoken a bit more sense with a bit less pizzazz and conviction , and looks set to scoop a big enough bundle of votes to guarantee him the nomination — unless he falls victim to further scandal or Democratic Party fixers impose a ‘ brokered convention ’ to find a last-ditch candidate . |
| 22 | But the Leicestershire player had to be satisfied with gaining a bit more experience at the top level as he went down 3–1 to Tristan Nancarrow , the world No 8 from Australia , in the second round yesterday . |
| 23 | A bit more money would attract more people into it and raise the standards . ’ |
| 24 | Perhaps I should have put a bit more water into my late night whisky ? |
| 25 | Being by Sharpen Up , a proven ‘ sire of sires ’ , Sure Sharp would only need a bit more Pattern success to earn himself a place at stud . |
| 26 | I can hire and , with a bit more difficulty , fire people . |
| 27 | Some of the delayed motorists were distinctly lacking in respect , one going as far as to say that if he were going to get buried he 'd have a bit more consideration for other road users . |
| 28 | I just thought you had a bit more guts than the rest of them . |
| 29 | Before giving an exposition of these assumptions , we need a bit more terminology : other variables can be causally prior to both X and Y , intervene between X and Y , or ensue from X and Y , as shown in figure 12.2 . |
| 30 | Visiting me in hospital , hot foot from the Middle East , with his Brigadier 's tabs and row of medals , he stroked his moustache and said in crisp tones , ‘ Pity you had n't got a bit more promotion , boy . |