Example sentences of "[det] more [noun pl] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 Then after I got half way along the I used to go down to that was another place where there was two more bungalows , you see , and then come out of there and go away to call on some more houses until I got to Miss the finish of the round .
2 erm then erm what I 'll do I 'll pick it up next week and that will obviously show you a bit more about Abbey Life and any , any of your friends or anybody you think might , might like to look at the video erm you know just to give them an insight , people you mentioned erm to me that you perhaps know you 'd like to pass the video on to them to have a look erm and if er er you 've got my number and if you want to ring me then I can get some more videos if you think other people might be interested I 'm quite happy to pass them on , on to you as well , okay ?
3 ‘ Could I have some more tablets before I go to bed ? ’
4 so you 'd be paying out for some more tyres if you do n't have that checked or anything
5 At my urging , he asked for some more photographs as I was keen on the idea of this spotlessly clean , ruthlessly attractive family in their Nordic pine kitchen .
6 We hop across some more intersections till we find his rusting yellow Ford Capri .
7 I should have caught some more waves so they could n't underscore me .
8 Well we can buy straps , or always order some more straps if that 's the case
9 He quietly filled in a few more forms while she was changing .
10 I 've had a few blokes , a few more blokes than you .
11 And one wanted re-estimating , the other one wanted a few more prices cos everything like marble tops which are going to cost a fortune to get done .
12 I called her Blackie — and a good few more things as well , I can tell you !
13 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 .
14 And I 'm intending to , to hold a few more assemblies as well to sort of get interest going again because it 's been a while since we did an assembly on it , so if we do another one , that usually gets it going again does n't it ?
15 We asked if she was getting tired of being subjected to all these questions , and she said that she had a few more minutes before she had to go and meet Jack and Rod for lunch .
16 I know it is , it 's not exactly doing a lot for me either but er cos it gets raised every bloody management meeting but I think having discussed the matter we 've actually opened ourselves out a few more options than we probably thought we had
17 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 .
18 He was hanging upside down , and he was so soaked in blood that it was a few more seconds before I discovered the severed artery was somewhere in his left leg .
19 Uranium U two three five U two three eight , the only difference is o ones got a few more neutrons than the other .
20 ‘ It will probably take a few more days before we know the source , but it would be up to the Disciplinary Committee to decide whether it will be made public , ’ he said .
21 He is planning a few more encounters before he becomes re-eligible for rugby next September .
22 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 .
23 No there seems no logic in taking a , a long barrelled weapon er in as much as the team leader perhaps has a few more responsibilities than the other officers have and I would be going forward to handcuff whoever was in that bo er in that bedroom .
24 In pursuit of land reform , in a country without large inequalities in ownership , party militants shot any old man they could find who had a few more acres than the rest , or whose social position , as arbiter of disputes , set him apart from others .
25 The other aspect Mr Mayor that I , that I want t to dwell on is the thing about housing benefits themselves , there 's been a lot of talk by a lot of speakers about benefits and er means testing in the years gone by and well okay I 'll give councillor a few more years than I have , I do n't remember the forties because I was born towards the end of them but , y'know , maybe that happened .
26 It was a few more years before I found mine .
27 Every broken marriage , every wrecked career must have one , in some form or another , and doubtless career and marriage might have drifted aimlessly on together for a few more years if the sea had been clear of Carlas , but it would have ended some time or other , and possibly with a lot more pain than there was now .
28 WELL LAY A FEW MORE RECRUITS BEFORE YE GO …
29 One hopes that Wyton , being a pre-war station , had a few more amenities than Bourn , which apparently had only recently been caved out of the mud .
30 The pension had attracted a few more guests than Herr Zimmerman 's complaints had given him to expect .
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