Example sentences of "only a few more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a few more yards , and soon I was inside with the door locked after me . |
| 2 | They defeated Rother and Grange ‘ C ’ by wide margins and need only a few more points to be totally beyond reach . |
| 3 | Kirov took only a few more minutes to search the small studio from top to bottom . |
| 4 | Peter Dawson had been considerably older than Isobel and since he had only a few more years to serve in the army , had decided to establish a permanent home in his native town . |
| 5 | Only a third of LEAs had arranged any training for social services departments about the purpose and procedures of the 1981 Act , and only a few more ( 38 per cent ) had arranged training for health authorities . |
| 6 | Whilst it was many centuries before flint sickles were replaced with iron scythes and reap hooks , it was only a few more years before reapers , when self binders and then combines were introduced . |
| 7 | The shock wave was delayed by only a few more seconds , and then it rolled over them like a small hurricane . |
| 8 | Only a few more entries and I 'll be finished . |
| 9 | " Well , if you go on like you 're doing now you may live only a few more weeks or months . |
| 10 | With only a few more bribing days left before the general election and in view of the fact that the House has been televised for more than two years , will the Prime Minister tell us whether he is prepared to take part in televised debates during the general election campaign with the Leader of the Opposition — yes or no ? |