Example sentences of "a few extra [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This senseless slaughter takes place merely to try to catch a few extra tuna , and in fact the tuna caught through this method amounts to only about 5 per cent of the world 's total catch . |
| 2 | It 's far better to spend a few extra minutes making a trace 100 per cent safe , even if it means putting a few extra pence into the finished product . |
| 3 | er because I said I , I only phone Marion once a month and phone mum probably about once a fortnight , I do n't like to leave it any longer and erm and I said I know I made a few extra calls over Christmas , but I said I really do n't know . |
| 4 | But animals , to varying degrees , employ all the senses available to human beings , with perhaps a few extra ones , and often with a far greater range of sensitivity . |
| 5 | Together their income is £44,000 , more than the Lippitt family and far more than the Belkin family , yet they will only pay a few extra pounds a week in combined tax under Labour . |
| 6 | If that means throwing hundreds out of work , or depriving families of a few extra pounds by delaying interest rate cuts , then so be it . |
| 7 | There are dozens of them , some with very good outdoors and walking sections and it 's an unusually restrained visitor who leaves without a few extra pounds in the backpack . |
| 8 | Brand A provides a really easy way of losing a few extra pounds of weight . |
| 9 | Repayment mortgages payable over 25 years can be extended to 30 or 35 years , earning you a few extra pounds a month because you will be paying less for longer . |
| 10 | Miners in the private licensed mines used to receive a few extra pounds for each shift to entice skilled workers away from the coal industry . |
| 11 | It would have been inconsiderate , and the possibility was not discussed , although Groa , moving from hall to hall with her husband , took the chance to pack a few extra boxes with thick clothes and blankets , and spent a little time during her last call at Orphir studying the crucifix Bishop Jon had pinned over her bed and wondering whether or not it would be Christian to pray for a wind . |
| 12 | Seasonal work is so uncertain that the pickers are forced to work whatever the conditions just to make a few extra pesos . |
| 13 | Yet when a chance came to her — a few extra lines , a small but important part — she would forget to learn the lines , forget to come in on cue and for a while would not be asked again . |
| 14 | He also said we should be asked to give a few extra lectures , to a wider group of comrades , viz. teachers who did not have the opportunity to attend the course full time . |
| 15 | Better to think of it as a big , V8-powered luxury automatic saloon of unique character and style that , at £91,500 , costs about what a Mercedes dealer will take off you for a V12 Mercedes S-class with a few extra bits . |
| 16 | ‘ I noticed he had a few extra bits and pieces on . |
| 17 | A few extra nails may be all that is needed to secure them if they loose . |
| 18 | Ladies Night tells of Craig , Barry , Norm , Wes and Gavin , who decide to take up stripping as a way of earning a few extra pennies . |
| 19 | She had more than enough to cope with , but the chance of a job to bring in a few extra shillings was not to be scorned . |
| 20 | Amstrad has held its CPC prices constant for over five years now , apart from throwing a few extra baubles ( joystick , games ) into the mix . |
| 21 | Somewhere along the road , she had picked up a few extra senses , and she would have to learn to live with them . |
| 22 | They are sceptical that a few extra consultants or staff grade appointments will really reduce their hours and complain that the new deal was set up by doctors ' representatives not working in hard pressed specialties . |
| 23 | You should n't have to remove the power supply unit or unplug any cables to slot in a few extra megabytes of RAM . |
| 24 | It 's far better to spend a few extra minutes making a trace 100 per cent safe , even if it means putting a few extra pence into the finished product . |
| 25 | A few extra minutes while he went up for his loser 's medal would n't have made much difference . |
| 26 | For example , most people will not mind waiting a few extra minutes in a hospital waiting room if they know that the doctor has been called away to deal with an emergency . |
| 27 | It appears that a few extra hours of uninterrupted sleep can remedy the situation . |
| 28 | If the adventurers have the sense to give Halfling comrades a piggy-back ride , award a few extra EPs . |
| 29 | The fitting of a few extra valves solved the problem . |
| 30 | the only difference in the isotopes is one 's got a few extra neutrons . |