Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] [adj] more [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He flicked the switch up and down a few more times .
2 Up and down a few more hills .
3 Great that we 're making a few bob at last ; I 've bunged down a few more ideas for old Clash songs we could flog to various fee-paying customers .
4 He quietly filled in a few more forms while she was changing .
5 I went along a few more times , but just sat there in silence .
6 Diana not only ostentatiously wore outfits that she had been seen in before — to knock a few criticisms on the head about the money she spent on her wardrobe — but she also seized the opportunity to kill off a few more misconceptions .
7 I raced back to the line-up and picked off a few more waves .
8 She picked up a few more guns from corpses , and did n't feel naked any more .
9 The car , however , had picked up a few more dents , and none of the windows existed any longer .
10 So let me spell out a few more advantages you may not have realised before :
11 The girls squealed as their feet sank into six inches of mud , but they persevered after encouragement from the boys and found the bottom much firmer as they waded out a few more feet .
12 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
13 the P.N.M. would have to sort out a few more issues of contention ; a Federated West Indies for instance ; constitutional reform ; should they let the U.S. retain its naval base at Chaguaramas ? and , are we a socialist movement ?
14 While the Duke and Lieutenant Benson went to Maryhill later in the morning to talk to Hess , Carrington soned out a few more ends .
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