Example sentences of "another [num] [noun pl] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Another 12 hours and I am sure she would have been dead . ’ |
| 2 | It was another six months before I was able to pick up a gun again . |
| 3 | ‘ Is that a promise , Chris , or will I have to wait another six months before I bump into you — literally ? ’ |
| 4 | It took me an hour to zig-zag down that pesky Alp , and it will be at least another 17 years before I go up a mountain for anything other than rösti or a yodel . |
| 5 | John looked at his watch , ‘ Come on Mary , we can go on for another ten minutes and I 'd like to find out what is around that bend . ’ |
| 6 | I suppose if the doctor had got his diagnosis right , then I would have had to go to hospital but it was to be another ten years before I was sent to such a place . |
| 7 | I tell myself that I will let myself lie in bed for another five minutes though I stipulate that I am not allowed to go back to sleep and that I have to count out the five-minutes in my head . |
| 8 | Another twelve days till I get my canoe . |
| 9 | I have another two weeks before I have to get back and … ’ wistfully ‘ … |
| 10 | It was another two years before I was able to break through the painful years of silence and begin the fragile , tentative process of making myself whole again . |
| 11 | Nicola , who had shed tears of disappointment , said : ‘ Another two seconds and I would have been Olympic champion — the girl 's eyes were going red . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're remaining in that bed for at least another twenty-four hours if I have to tie you to it . ’ |