Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adj] million [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But last year it sold seven million bibles translated into 119 languages to 90 countries and so became the world 's largest exporter of bibles .
2 The Feminine Mystique , which dared to put the silent question , did not see the light of day until 1963 , when it sold three million copies , but it was already being written and its audience was waiting .
3 It produced 100 million francs and plenty of newsreel showing sacks of letters being unloaded in Colombey .
4 It produced 3.8 million tonnes of carbon per year , even with the highest levels of energy efficiency .
5 It cost two million pounds , and includes the latest in video technology , as Adrian Britton reports .
6 It claimed 1.25 million people could be caught in the poverty trap .
7 Just last year it handled six million pounds worth of claims from churches hit by crime .
8 It put 16 million tonnes of material into the upper atmosphere .
9 It had six million viewers and it 's by far the most popular thing I 've done , but I do think it was watched by all types and ages of people . ’
10 The Express has lost millions of readers since its heyday in 1964 when it had 4.2 million circulation — and the deadly decline continues this month .
11 In the following month it distributed two million leaflets on the Munich crisis , following this up in December with ten million leaflets on the Spanish Civil War .
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