Example sentences of "it would [vb infin] about [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I think it would make about two gallons of whisky , I think he said , the little barrel .
2 It would create about 15,000 jobs and would cost between £2 billion and £3 billion , considerably less than the previous route .
3 Caretaker reflected : if he got the Amy Roy 's tender out and rowed across , it would take about fifteen minutes .
4 C Will agreed to put this in hand , and estimated that it would take about two months to complete .
5 Unfortunately , it would take about five man-centuries to write the New Testament into a bacterium , so I doubt if anybody will bother .
6 It would take about er it would take about three days like to really give it and then it would have to lie for a wee while to harden you know , the polish to harden .
7 I estimate that it would take about 2 months using -day of my time per week .
8 I estimate that it would take about 2 months using ½-day of my time per week .
9 But it would take about ten times the age of the Universe to write it all . ’
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