Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] another [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But I mean it might take another two weeks , it might take another two months .
2 But I mean it might take another two weeks , it might take another two months .
3 When he told Perkins his landlord of his case , and that it would be a pity to leave Solomon unfinished , Perkins blanched when he heard it would take another two years , gave him his fat hand and told him if the painting did not sell after two years , and Haydon still could not pay , ‘ … why , sir , we 'll consider what is to be done , so do n't fret , but work . ’
4 However , he thought it would take another ten years of satellite measurements before the predicted temperature increases and climate changes could be confirmed .
5 In other bad news , Japan 's domestic telecommunications giant , NTT , said it would cut another 30,000 jobs between 1994 and 1996 , on top of a planned 40,000 jobs to be lost between 1990 and 1993 .
6 It will take another 20 years to complete the original link between the Severn and the Thames .
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