Example sentences of "it [verb] [num] more [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thames Valley Police Force says it needs 800 more officers to cope with rising crime , starting with 200 this year . |
| 2 | It has six more consultants , a new computerised axial tomography scanner , new plastic surgery beds and an additional surgical ward . |
| 3 | THE Alliance Party scored six of the best when it added two more councillors to its group of four on Ards Council . |
| 4 | For instance , it took 14 more hours for a territory with eight songs to be re-occupied than one with only one song . |
| 5 | But it took five more years , and the Tiananmen massacre , for its residents fully to grasp their prospective vulnerability as citizens of China . |
| 6 | It took two more minutes to examine all the other bedrooms and establish that four people was the limit . |
| 7 | It took two more days for these to appear , in a lengthy convoy of ox-drawn sledges which could only move painfully slowly . |
| 8 | Finally , under the obscurity of dust and smoke the Germans managed to get a foothold on the summit , but it took three more days of bitter close combat before the vital Côte 304 was finally theirs . |
| 9 | Sealink released figures for their performance from June 27 to August 28 , claiming that it carried 38,493 more passengers and 10,818 more cars between Larne and Stranraer than last year . |
| 10 | Not only does it close four more pits but it threatens five power stations in the area . |