Example sentences of "say it [vb past] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In face of spending cutbacks in the Japanese private sector , NEC Corp is trying to drum up business for its SX-3R supercomputers by cutting monthly rental rates on 10 models in the family by up to 38% : it says it sold only eight of the things last year , down from 14 in 1991 . |
| 2 | It claims some 150,000 Interactive Unix licencees and says it added around 75,000 last year — many , but ‘ not a great percentage ’ were upgrades . |
| 3 | It claims some 150,000 Interactive Unix licensees and says it added around 75,000 last year — many , but ‘ not a great percentage ’ were upgrades . |
| 4 | Compaq Computer Corp says it shipped more 80486SL-based Compaq Conturas in the first month of the product 's availability than any other portable in Compaq 's history . |
| 5 | IXI Corp in the US says it gave away some 500 copies of its Motif toolkit for Sun workstations during the recent SunSoft Inc developer 's conference . |
| 6 | One woman , remarking on ‘ how wonderful it was , with what faith the Führer spoke ’ , was reported as saying it took just such a speech to show ‘ how faint-hearted one had become through the routine of everyday life ’ , and that she could now look to the future with confidence again . |
| 7 | Endill found it funny but someone sitting next to him said it became very annoying year after year . |
| 8 | Emile Al-Uzaizi , the deputy leader of the council 's Conservative opposition group and a social services committee member , said it seemed quite incredible that the mother could call her neighbour and still not return home . |
| 9 | The company said it shipped over 90,000 Sparc processors during the quarter , 57,000 of which were systems , the balance being upgrades and multiprocessors . |
| 10 | ‘ Rumble ’ became ‘ boom ’ because Imran ( S ) said it sounded more scary . |
| 11 | Aunt Lou said it sounded very nice but to make sure the bed was aired because old places were often damp . |
| 12 | Marie bought it for me , and she said it looked really great . |
| 13 | Marron told police he 'd been copying what he 'd seen on a pornographic video : Judge Paul Clark said it showed how harmful such videos were . |
| 14 | While it was widely felt that CPA formalised good practice , some respondents said it included too many patients , impinged on clinical judgement , and required more resources to implement properly . |