Example sentences of "few extra [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Brand A provides a really easy way of losing a few extra pounds of weight . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | You should n't have to remove the power supply unit or unplug any cables to slot in a few extra megabytes of RAM . |
| 7 | It appears that a few extra hours of uninterrupted sleep can remedy the situation . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Earnings per share rise partly because the retained businesses are managed profitably , but mainly because the extra earnings are bought with disproportionately few extra issues of capital or debt . |
| 11 | ‘ It is unlikely that we would sue the government — in fact , we might even pick up a few extra funds on the back of theirs . |
| 12 | If it merely has a few extra grammes of plutonium squirrelled away ( something explicable as an oversight — or the ‘ oops ’ factor ) , then it might be ready to end its quarrel with the rest of the world in return for a deal that could even bring diplomatic recognition from America , together with trade and aid from South Korea and Japan . |
| 13 | This food was also an invaluable help to passage migrants such as the finches and buntings , helping them put on a few extra grammes of fat to carry them through the next leg of their long journey to winter quarters . |
| 14 | Impetus and the driving weight told , and the wedge , only a little misshapen now , crashed through and bore down the few extra yards upon the waiting English . |
| 15 | Present policies seem likely to yield too few extra jobs for the price that will ultimately have to be paid in renewed inflation or higher taxation of earnings and savings . |
| 16 | See you can allow a few extra miles for getting |
| 17 | By starting later and doing it gradually you get a few extra weeks without the fuss and worry of having to give solids at all . |
| 18 | Tito , at the age of 87 , was forced to stay alive for a few extra weeks by the vigorous application of every last trick of the medical trade , including the use of a kidney machine , long after it was apparent that he had reached the end of a pretty long road . |
| 19 | When you are on a location shoot , in fact , it is always a good idea to take a few extra shots for possible use as cutaways to get you out of difficulties . |
| 20 | The more competitors we have , the more the basic raw material of popular is presented in bland supermarket-commodity ways , the more the NME , by dint of the few extra degrees of vim , suss and humour it puts into its coverage , will seem different from everything else . |
| 21 | And in the general confusion over Sunday opening , there was the opportunity of sneaking a few extra days of trading , and most booksellers who took this up were well rewarded for their efforts . |