Example sentences of "a few more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I negotiated my way to Piccadilly — those illuminations are a splendid sight — and after a few more adventures finally arrived at the Savoy . |
| 2 | She nibbled a few more flakes of meat and dropped the bone back on to her plate . |
| 3 | In the meanwhile , do you think you could persuade a few more salmon to get into the rivers around your neck of the woods by the time next season opens ? |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A few more times and you 'd get it . |
| 7 | However , Sally did try sniffing a few more times ( fortunately , without coming to any harm ) but then decided it was n't for her , and instead started drinking alcohol with her friends . |
| 8 | She began to feel that if she did this a few more times she would get the hang of it . |
| 9 | I went along a few more times , but just sat there in silence . |
| 10 | The speaker scraped and clicked a few more times , but after half a minute of no reply the phone was rehooked . |
| 11 | Turkey Lurkie blew his beak loudly and sniffed a few more times . |
| 12 | He flicked the switch up and down a few more times . |
| 13 | Had England held a few more catches , that could have won them the match ; as it was , an all-out total of 307 meant victory for West Indies by 134 runs . |
| 14 | as if the fancy and unnecessary packaging which manufacturers use for Christmas gifts is not enough , we then destroy a few more forests to encase them in acres and acres of wrapping paper . |
| 15 | ‘ To a man without a job a few more houses on a field or a few foreign accents in the local pub seem a price worth paying for prosperity . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | A few gags , monologue — that was Lennie 's bit — a few more gags , I 'd do my drunk routine , and finish with a song and a bit of tap . |
| 18 | I told a few more lies . |
| 19 | I 'll put a few more hours in at work . ’ |
| 20 | Presumably he had snatched a few more hours ' sleep , she decided morosely , while she 'd been traipsing fruitlessly up and down Strøget . |
| 21 | ‘ We are going to spend a few more hours in one another 's company ; it would make life easier . ’ |
| 22 | She would allow herself a few more hours with him , and then she would practise self-discipline . |
| 23 | In the case of the tms and citB promoters , however , stable complexes were not detected until the nascent RNA had a few more nucleotides ( 11 ) . |
| 24 | All right now that we can do numbers up to thirty one , let's see if we can do a few more dates . |
| 25 | She said I must mention I 've had a few more deliveries from Ercol So we walked into the living room . |
| 26 | If they had a half decent team then perhaps they would warrant a few more column inches ! ! |
| 27 | ‘ Mayhap if we had a few more wizards among us we would not now be in the straits we are in . ’ |
| 28 | I would be very glad if there were a few more Loughgalls . ’ |
| 29 | So many of you have written in and asked for help with this game , I 've decided to print a few more hints ( thanks go to Richard Lupton , Mark Latham and Ewen Nicholson for this stuff ) . |
| 30 | So maybe a few more turning counts the census |