Example sentences of "it [verb] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keep the weight well towards the left foot and push the ball down low , letting it bobble its way up the bank . |
| 2 | As it lowered its wings in threat posture , I took a last few shots before backing away , mindful of Valdemar 's account of the owl which left long , bloody furrows up the back of a photographer who pushed his luck too far ! |
| 3 | It applied its new cash limits to approvals of local capital spending and to local grants . |
| 4 | It is a general feature of the education system that both through its programmed and ‘ hidden ’ curricula it plays its part in the socialisation of the individual and in social reproduction . |
| 5 | And the place is not simply the background or backdrop against which the action occurs ; it plays its part in the drama . |
| 6 | Not only does the rhythm fit with what the poet is saying , it plays its own central part in creating the mood and meaning of the poem . |
| 7 | However , the company plans to buy shelf space in the New Year , when it launches its new title , House Beautiful , as a monthly magazine . |
| 8 | This is the question the St John Ambulance brigade is asking as it launches its Breath of Life campaign . |
| 9 | Sun is clearly demonstrating to Bill Gates some of the black arts on which the Unix industry has cut its teeth — more of which Microsoft can undoubtedly expect to face when it launches its Windows NT challenge . |
| 10 | Tel ( 021 ) 711 1343 ) has a code of practice for funeral directors which it encourages its members to display . |
| 11 | It encourages its employees to do the same on an individual basis . |
| 12 | The court ruling comes at a sensitive time for the Japanese government , which is claiming a lead role in environmental affairs , and has strenuously denied that it encourages its hazardous industries to relocate to third world countries . |
| 13 | We followed the wall 160 ft , at which point it doubled its width and was continuing and we had no time to go further . |
| 14 | For a moment she thought it shared her doubts ; there was a hint of a fumble as it doubled its hind legs under for the leap . |
| 15 | Sequoia Systems Inc , Marlborough , Massachusetts , is sinking deeper into the mire and now says it will restate its financial results for the year ended June 30 for the second time , and will amend its annual report on form 10K , because it now finds that it overstated its turnover . |
| 16 | It rears its head in Eastern Europe , in North America and in Western Europe . |
| 17 | It turns its attention to the Isle of Wight Regatta . |
| 18 | Deconstruction is the form it takes when it turns its attention to specific texts . |
| 19 | The same report also , when it turns its attention to taking stock , extends itself to pupils . |
| 20 | BZW 's cheapest option — pulling out of Tokyo — is barely feasible , given that it got its TSE membership only last November after much huffing and puffing from Margaret Thatcher when she was prime minister . |
| 21 | There will be a brief insight into the history of the company and how it got its name . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Electronic Retailing Systems International Inc , Wilton , Connecticut developer and marketer of electronic shelf labelling systems , reports that it got its initial public offering of 1.6m shares , 1.3m of them new , away at $13 a share . |
| 24 | I do n't know how much Oliver 's told you about the Shakespeare School , but take it from me that place is tacky : how it got its registered status I shudder to think . |
| 25 | How it got its name is not a documented fact , but it is believed to have come about when the tailors of London congregated at the Haymarket Theatre to protest about a play called The Tailors : A Tragedy For Warm Weather . |
| 26 | " I do n't know how it got its name , no , " replied the older boy smiling patiently , " but no doubt some book-reading bore is about to inform me . " |
| 27 | And it got its head trod in . |
| 28 | She could see where it got its name . |
| 29 | A phenomenon which can occur on a high speed reach when air bubbles work their way down the skeg and cause it to lose its grip in the water . |
| 30 | Taking as its basic premise the principle that courses of higher education should be made available to all those able and willing to benefit from them , it affirmed its belief that the pool of ability , especially among girls , who at that time were grossly under-represented in higher education , was sufficiently deep to warrant an expansion in the numbers of full-time and sandwich students in higher education in England , Scotland and Wales from 216,000 in 1962–3 to 390,000 in 1973–4 and 560,000 in 1980–1 . |