Example sentences of "after a few more [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After a few more games we stopped for lunch and went over the morning 's action .
2 But after a few more choice obscenities slide by she turns to me and , smiling , says , ‘ I 'm doing my best .
3 After a few more minutes she became restless , and stood up again , her eyes searching the slope of the hillside and the valley below , trying to determine whether some small movement down there was a man on horseback or merely a trick of her imagination .
4 But after a few more minutes lie again became puzzled and tapped once more .
5 After a few more minutes he mumbled , ‘ You frightened ? ’
6 After a few more days of subtle hints — ‘ If you 're a smoker , with young children , over a certain age , in a high-stress job , it 's lethal not to have a medical ’ — ‘ Oh all right !
7 The road continues on a switchback course , reaching more open ground with wider views and , after a few more miles that seem to be leading nowhere , arrives at the top of a hill where the cottages of Arnisdale are suddenly revealed around a bay ahead .
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