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 . |