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 . |