Example sentences of "[vb -s] it [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philips Electronics NV says it sold 100,000 CD-I players in 1992 , but expects the market to mushroom in the next two years , with a doubling this year , and a trebling of that in 1994 — 600,000 in other words . |
| 2 | It says it rejected earlier offers of Fondiaria 's shares as too expensive . |
| 3 | DEC says it delayed any announcement until now so there would be meat on the bones , not just promises . |
| 4 | Praxis says it took less time to install the ANDF version of the program than the 15 minutes it takes to compile the C sources of Wingz . |
| 5 | Intel says it saw strong demand in the US and Japan , where orders rose significantly as the market was stimulated by lower personal computer prices . |
| 6 | Vicom says it incurred massive debt during the development its own proprietary visualisation line whilst at the same time taking over Sun 's products , and could n't attract the new development capital it required . |
| 7 | A precise chronology is impossible , but Bede says it was in 653 — by which 654 may need to be understood , for Bede also says it occurred two years before the death of Penda ( in 655 or 656 ) — that Peada was converted ( HE V , 24 ) . |
| 8 | The farm reckons it took twenty man hours to clean up the strawberry patch . |
| 9 | The dog decides it had better police this family itself , and , next thing you know , it is fastening its jaws on disobedient members of the family , its family . |
| 10 | The IRA claims it gave 38 minutes warning of the Warrington bombs and details of their exact location . |