Example sentences of "an extra [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's as if he has just noticed an extra thumb . |
| 2 | If they are slow to decide what to do , the goblins may get the chance of an extra hit ! |
| 3 | Immediately post-operatively his temperature fell to 35.8 C. Warmed blood was transfused to counteract shock and an extra blanket was placed around him . |
| 4 | We talked a little more , while Terry and Tom prepared themselves for the inevitable angry reaction from the guards and Brian lay down under an extra blanket as his body came to terms with the shock of the beating . |
| 5 | Len Seager had been conscious throughout the entire rescue operation and as Rachel joined him briefly in the back of the ambulance and covered him with an extra blanket he managed another smile . |
| 6 | Some devices for keeping costs low are employed and these can , where required , provide up to an extra 20% of expenditure : a popular ploy is to purchase stationery in advance and then resell it cheaply to the candidate as second-hand stock . |
| 7 | To run the program , users need a microphone an extra 2Mb of RAM , $130 to buy the software and a separate Sound Blaster audio board . |
| 8 | ‘ Because you 're an extra man , dear , ’ she said . |
| 9 | ‘ And what happens , ’ asked Henry mischievously , ‘ when Cousin Amy is n't there and your friends have an extra man ? ’ |
| 10 | Twelve months ago when Graeme joined us I had hoped that we could generate enough business to justify an extra man . |
| 11 | There 'd always be an extra man who had a different beat every day . |
| 12 | Meanwhile the diocese not only supplied an extra man but very quickly went about finding a house on the Trendlewood estate for the Carter family to move into ( at a cost of £125,000 ) — so very generous and rapid support from the diocese was a key factor . |
| 13 | It ultimately failed and the shipowners emerged victorious , offering only to take on an extra man on each ship to reduce unemployment . |
| 14 | An extra man , says Boswell , had joined their little party , ‘ Evan Campbell , servant to Mr Murchison , factor to the Laird of Macleod in Glenelg ran along with us today . |
| 15 | ‘ An extra man on the ramparts is no bad thing , ’ Bicker said absently . |
| 16 | Sometimes you lost a shop steward erm notwithstanding sometimes if the work study department needed a er an extra man er you would lose a shop steward . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ We should have killed off Clare in the second-half when we had wind advantage and an extra man , but we failed to do so . |
| 18 | Heart — Collect three for an extra life . |
| 19 | Jump the gap and make your way down the steps and platforms to another ladder , pick up another crate to your left and climb down the ladder , kill the workman and run right ( out of the building ) , get on the lift and jump into the little room ( this contains a couple of records ) , get the crate and climb up the ladder to kill the last workman , get on the lift to your left and go to the top , jump onto the platform , and the next , and the next , until you reach the furthest one where there 's an extra life . |
| 20 | This time , it runs an extra day and there will be more sculpture . |
| 21 | The length of the queues in Windhoek and Katutura , two of the most densely populated urban areas in Namibia , triggered conjecture that the poll might have to be extended an extra day . |
| 22 | Bad weather has prolonged the tension by half an extra day . |
| 23 | Bad weather has prolonged the tension by half an extra day . |
| 24 | ‘ You will probably have realised that , due to an administrative error in our payroll section , you have been given an extra day 's pay … instead of having a day 's pay deducted . ’ |
| 25 | We asked for an extra day , and that was fine . |
| 26 | I did n't expect to see her again until late on Monday — I went off to do some walking for the weekend and was taking an extra day . |
| 27 | Day at leisure , or hire a bike for an extra day . |
| 28 | His soldiers , he said , would prolong by an extra day their ultimatum to the Palestinians to leave the mountain ridges between here and Beirut . |
| 29 | Everyone else has gone home , except the poor wretches who are spending the hols at school , and we three are independent citizens whom she invited to spend an extra day . |
| 30 | Faith 's boyfriend met us and we stayed an extra day sightseeing . |