Example sentences of "[verb] a few [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Night fell , and after walking a few more miles down country roads , they finally arrived at an old house standing alone by a river . |
2 | If you practise in an area where rentcharges are common you 'll also need a few more forms ( see your law stationer 's catalogue or the Land Registry list of official forms ) dealing with these . |
3 | You 'd need a few more clues to establish her Oxford connections … but in fact she was a student here at Somerville College , winning a first class degree … and she was born in the city , here at Brewer Street . |
4 | He forbore to add that Poll might have earned a few more blows as the result of Sally-Anne 's intervention , to prevent her from involving anyone else in future . |
5 | The pension had attracted a few more guests than Herr Zimmerman 's complaints had given him to expect . |
6 | So we have to discuss the B-H curves , and I will include a few more things , but you must realize that there is a lot more to it . |
7 | They want a few more minutes . |
8 | We want a few less troublemakers |
9 | I think it 's er wants a few more minutes so |
10 | She wants a few more screws in |
11 | She moved a few more inches and made another plan . |
12 | There was a lot of helpful feedback from these pieces so over the next few months I will try to provide a few more examples to expand this work . |
13 | Pat is planning to use her winnings to provide a few more kicks — by buying a Manchester United season ticket . |
14 | If the previous Labour Government in which he served had only caught a few more headlines and been as active in prison improvements and new prison building as all Conservative Governments since 1979 have been , his comments could be taken more seriously . |
15 | He would wait a few more minutes and then he 'd go . |
16 | ‘ You know , Mr Lytham , I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that my bequest might also wait a few more years . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | The American sat there , mouthed a few more obscenities before sinking into a deep sulk as he nursed his hurt pride . |
19 | I caught him up and tried a few more questions , but he 'd cut off communications . |
20 | But now , for the man who serves the famous … it 's back to serving the public of Swindon … after all John Reynolds has a few more strings to his bow . |
21 | He has a few more shocks coming his way yet . |
22 | And Dave Wotherspoon has a few more tricks up his sleeve , too . |
23 | Faye still has a few more days to consider the amniocentesis . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | ‘ It needs a few more minutes , so I think I 'll go upstairs , ’ she announced , throwing Luke a cool glance . |
26 | Declaring that she believed she was speaking for everyone , she expressed gratitude for the splendour of the hospitality provided by La Belle France , thanked the president personally , and added a few more words of the sort which well-brought-up people employ on such occasions . |
27 | Under cross-examination I added a few more details about my supposed activities . |
28 | I put a few more matches down . |
29 | Well you , you can clear the table and put a few more photos in the album . |
30 | The last time he had prayed he appeared to have been granted a few more minutes before termination . |