Example sentences of "say it [vb past] its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you 'd say that as a b er as a result of that it did it did er so it did When you say it served its purpose , it did improve the image ? |
| 2 | Sequent expects to continue to win orders from the traditional mainframe market and says it expanded its sales force to 160 from 125 at the end of 1991 although total employment fell to 1,550 from a peak of 1,800 . |
| 3 | More than 120 copies were in the hands of various TV and broadcasting units by 4pm on Tuesday , the time The Sun says it got its copy . |
| 4 | Munich-based consumer electronics group Schneider Rundfunkwerke AG , ravaged by personal computer price wars , says it cut its group loss to less than $45m 1992 from $90m the previous year , and it told Reuter it hopes to approach breakeven this year ; 1992 sales were around $310m compared with $377m done in 1991 . |
| 5 | IBM Personal Systems Business Unit Europe/Middle East/Africa says it had record volume of sales in the first quarter of this year , and points to Dataquest figures suggesting that it outshipped its nearest competitor by 66% during the last quarter of 1992 and the first quarter of 1993 — gaining 4% in market share over the previous six months ; the company also said it reorganised its manufacturing and distribution operations at its Greenock , Scotland , plant , cutting distribution costs for its ValuePoint and ThinkPad brands by more than 65% , cutting its inventory by 17% since the end of 1992 ; this magnitude of savings will also be realised for the PS/2 and PS/1 lines this year . |
| 6 | The group said it increased its share of deposits outside France and had been active in capital markets , where it gained notoriety last year for backing Giancarlo Paretti , the failed MGM film studio owner . |