Example sentences of "it [verb] [vb pp] some [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking at the Expo Comm International exhibition , Sapsan , the only Russian manufacturer of Unix workstations , says it has sold some 1,500 Unix systems in the former Soviet Union since 1989 . |
| 2 | Determined not to undermine his DEC marketing team 's present offerings , Goodnight makes big beef about the fact that it has sold some 3,500 versions of SAS in the last three months . |
| 3 | It has published some 28 books on different health issues and produces a quarterly magazine . |
| 4 | It has taken some 30 minutes to locate the toilet facilities within the multi-store , multi-tiered , many stairwayed emporium which is GUM . |
| 5 | Army losses were given officially as 178 dead ; the LTTE acknowledged that it had lost some 500 fighters , whereas the government claimed over 2,000 Tigers killed in the battle to Aug. 3 , and a further 500 in " mopping-up operations " in the succeeding days . |