Example sentences of "[verb] more than a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he wants more than a few measly hundred — and I aim to see he does not get it ! ’ |
| 2 | In practice , of course , a large number of these relationships rarely involve more than a few people . |
| 3 | The Bible has more than a few things to say about astrology and fortune-telling . |
| 4 | Secondly , you should be aware that VMS itself becomes very slow once a directory has more than a few thousand files in it . |
| 5 | The apparatus required for imprinting , and then for measuring the efficacy of the imprinting response , was large and elaborate ; it was impossible to train more than a few birds at a time . |
| 6 | Harper 's own wife would need more than a few such compliments when he reached home , for she had been adamantly opposed to her husband travelling to Brussels . |
| 7 | Gerry Burton 's announcement in April last year that he would not be seeking re-election as Kidson Impey 's national senior partner caused more than a few raised eyebrows . |
| 8 | Many great rivers — the Ganges and the Indus , the Amazon and the Yangtze — are so muddy that the animals swimming in them can not see more than a few inches ahead . |
| 9 | This includes more than a few in the occult . |
| 10 | They 've learned a manoeuvre or two from the Red Arrows , but the Chileans ' repertoire includes more than a few party-pieces of their own . |
| 11 | However , the concert party folded before we had had more than a few ragged rehearsals , mainly because Bob 's girlfriend , a tall , bossy Waaf who fancied herself as another Vera Lynn , suddenly went all narrow-minded and decreed that if there was to be a chorus line , we were not to show our legs but to wear slacks . |
| 12 | He could n't have had more than a few hours ’ sleep . |
| 13 | And yet , ever since they had returned to New York , Laura had barely had more than a few minutes ' private conversation with her husband . |
| 14 | Neither retreated more than a few steps before attacking with renewed ferocity , driving the other back . |
| 15 | The International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) was reported in early August to be unable to trace more than a few hundred of the many thousands of Iraqi soldiers who died in the Gulf war fighting , nor had details been given of the location of mass graves . |
| 16 | You could never expect things to last , after all , could not plan more than a few days ahead . |
| 17 | My sons ’ dragons are incapable of flying more than a few miles before they fade . ’ |
| 18 | If such phrases always fail to extend more than a few words , through failing to match the input , then we can afford to delay the interpretation without placing too much of a burden on higher level components . |
| 19 | Neither did the nose drop more than a few degrees below the horizon . |
| 20 | It takes more than a few days but it goes again , just about . |
| 21 | ‘ It takes more than a few bruises , and a few kicks , to make people like us talk , eh ? ’ |
| 22 | Glenn Hoddle raised more than a few eyebrows when he took over at the County Ground last April . |
| 23 | ( In practice , however , the calculations required for systems containing more than a few electrons are so complicated that we can not do them . ) |
| 24 | But within a few days , all her mother 's youth and vigour were gone and the energetic , independent woman whose health and dependability she had taken for granted for so long had turned into a helpless invalid , unable to hold down the thinnest gruel , unable to sleep more than a few minutes at a time , unable even to answer the calls of nature on her own , so that she had to be lifted like a child onto the pot and lifted back into the jumble of stinking bedclothes . |
| 25 | He had not had time to compare more than a few paragraphs scattered throughout each text , but he had seen enough to know that their contents were practically identical . |
| 26 | They hesitated among the thick heather , unable to see more than a few feet ahead . |
| 27 | It was now impossible to see more than a few yards . |
| 28 | 6 survived the crash but no one lived more than a few days . |
| 29 | To test whether recognising the land beneath is essential to them in finding the way , opaque contact lenses were fitted to their eyes which prevented them from seeing more than a few yards ahead . |
| 30 | Go on ; but do n't stay more than a few minutes . ’ |