Example sentences of "it had sold [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That it was signed by a partner called Hugh Jarse would lead the wary to conclude that the CV Society was as adept at pinching stationery as at extracting money out of fun-loving freshers : after only an hour it had sold four presidencies , six other posts and had about 40 names on a list headed ‘ I 'm interested in your society but do n't want to cough up any money at the moment ’ . |
| 2 | On Dec. 12 a Swedish company , Brown Boveri , admitted that it had sold two presses used in the manufacture of nuclear weapons , to Iraq . |
| 3 | Hanson revealed that it had sold 100,000 shares in Morgan — but told investors it still owns 4.4million shares in the merchant bank . |
| 4 | By the end of September that year it had sold 100,000 copies . |
| 5 | It said it had sold 38,000 NT developers ' kits to date . |
| 6 | By the end of the century it had sold 1,250,000 copies and unlike Allon 's own collection of hymns , it had been an official publication , part of the growth in musical taste and improved choirs . |
| 7 | Since then , demand for board level products has increased , but the Sparcbook has taken off more slowly than Tadpole hoped , so that by September 30 it had sold 647 of the things , bringing in £3.5m . |
| 8 | By early April it had sold 1,000 companies out of a total of over 8,000 . |