Example sentences of "a few more [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they had a half decent team then perhaps they would warrant a few more column inches ! ! |
| 2 | So maybe a few more turning counts the census |
| 3 | Show-jumping desperately needs a few more character horses . |
| 4 | it is perhaps a tribute to the resilience of both that they can come together at all : for the result , we may have to wait a few more cricket seasons . |
| 5 | Some folk in the village said it was a public disgrace that a maid like Martha Pascoe should be bartered for with barrels of fish , but most saw the whole affair as a great joke , because when all was said and done , the lass was unlikely to marry Sam or Harry or anyone else against her will , and if she could use their ardour to win a few more stone of pilchards and thereby swell the village purse and give everyone a bit of harmless fun , then more power to her elbow . |
| 6 | A few more work experience spells on NME should stand you in jolly good stead for the future . |
| 7 | But after a few more choice obscenities slide by she turns to me and , smiling , says , ‘ I 'm doing my best . |
| 8 | But the way he works at his game , do n't rule out the possibility of a few more wonder balls this summer . |
| 9 | Er … yes , perhaps just a few more condom and illicit sex gags turned up in that show than normal . ’ |
| 10 | It is certain that the news of Mr Souness 's impending operation will have created a few more worry lines of the face of First Division management . |
| 11 | Luckily by then we had enough material — together with a few more worry lines . |
| 12 | She suddenly wished that she had Finn here so that she could tell him a few more home truths . |
| 13 | A few units , inevitably , were not warned in time , the radio messages and despatch riders did not get through , but nothing serious happened , a few more border incidents at dawn , adding to a list already long , was all . |
| 14 | All right now before we do any more dates put your hands down and we 'll have a few more birthday dates in a bit . |
| 15 | A few more fifty-rupee notes were offered , but again Chaman shook her head . |
| 16 | ‘ A few more trade figures like that and we will see the market fall further . ’ |
| 17 | There 's a few more coming behind me . ’ |
| 18 | A few more war damaged cars and non-standard cars for which spare parts were not available were moved into Purley depot . |
| 19 | And Gwyn 's hoping Rambo will father a few more record breakers in the future . |
| 20 | Yes that is , yes , could do with a few more mind you , but still , that looks nice there |
| 21 | Caerphilly , he suggests , is a bit like Bishop Auckland ( Bishop Auckland with a few more chip shops ) but the outlying villages belong , uniquely , to the Valleys . |
| 22 | ‘ Come on , ’ Ace yelled , willing the motors to sacrifice their entire future lifetimes of useful work for just a few more horsepower now — and with a grinding , tearing , roaring noise the platform cracked , buckled , and was ripped from the side of the building . |