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

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1 what he , he 's moving , he 's moving actually a bit more towards the East End model in Glasgow
2 A little foresight might have shown them that spending less on early hospitality and a bit more on the venue would have saved them time , money and trouble overall .
3 ‘ Pity 'e do n't spend a bit more on these 'ouses , ’ Florrie remarked acidly .
4 She probably had a real great impression of herself right she did and then when she turns round and we said well I 'm sorry and said well sorry no got a bloody big shock , gave her a shock to the system and to be quite honest what I 've seen of her since then has been a darn sight more er spruced up and a bit more on the bloody ball than she was before
5 Mum I think I need a bit more on my carrots .
6 Erm if you look at that it looks as if you spend a bit more on presents than stationery .
7 That 's when he actually got into the ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ period and when the show extended a bit more into the theatrical — more props with street scenes , a huge lift chair that went over the audience , and things like that .
8 May be Councillor efforts 'd be better employed asking his leader to stop wasting public money and direct a bit more into Social Services
9 Tal talking about pensions Tom , the chap er cha with the office girls and that and , and checking our expense sheets , he , he er they put a notice on the board you could ante your what , in your pension , you could a put a bit more into it and I were looking at notice and he says ooh he says it 's no good for you , he says er w well I told you about it did n't I ?
10 and , and it went , cos it was quite a bit more worth petrol that went all over the place .
11 Not because I wanted to go back to my childhood but because I had a deep , healthy interest in finding out a bit more about what was happening while I was growing up .
12 I knew a bit more about Sir Ivor than they did .
13 Write down the name of one friend who you think may be interested in knowing a bit more about what you believe as a Christian .
14 One thing about those rockabilly boys — if you knock 'em down , they just get up again , and the Stray Cats probably know a bit more about the snakes and ladders of the music biz than most …
15 I 'm fairly happy with my playing now so I 'd like to just learn a bit more about the construction of guitars .
16 ‘ We we would like to know a bit more about how girls feel about having sex , ’ says Andrew .
17 But I did feel I 'd like to know a bit more about him .
18 which is actually poorly understood , we 'll talk a bit more about that in the next lecture .
19 Well let's find bit , a ba ba a bit , find out a bit more about , about the people here .
20 Now we 'll talk a bit more about signals because presently we 're going to have a look at a a little bit of video which is erm showing commentary .
21 And also to find out more a bit more about the correspondence course
22 " Then tell us a bit more about the natives , " said Chuck lightly , sipping his champagne and glancing around at the little groups of Annamese who were tending to draw closer together as the babble of noise from the French around them grew louder .
23 But then we asked him a bit more about it and he made his fatal mistake .
24 Find out a bit more about both when you go to your antenatal classes by watching two new videos , both sponsored by Pampers .
25 And also when we , when we 've worked out the best fit preference , I 'll explain a bit more about how the dynamic relationship
26 And he added , ‘ Ah 'd like to have a wee chat with those two , find out a bit more about them .
27 Let's think a bit more about the man himself .
28 ‘ I wish I knew a bit more about Place . ’
29 Then , taking a deep breath as if she were about to plunge into a pool of unknown depth and temperature — which , perhaps , she was — she continued , ‘ But could you tell me a bit more about what the work would entail ? ’
30 We know a bit more about their massive pay increases , but not so much is known about the beautiful profits , about the wonderful conditions that they 've allocated to themselves .
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