Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] its own [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( g ) the perceived advantages and disadvantages of the takeover ( in a contested bid , the offeror will need to think carefully about what arguments it will put forward in order to persuade the target 's shareholders to accept the offer against their board 's recommendation and , where it needs its own shareholders ' approval , its arguments justifying the proposed bid ) ; and |
| 2 | The Ship slowed its fall and drifted down across the scrublands until it met its own shadow . |
| 3 | If it 's a merger there 's a gradual shifting of the sands until it finds its own level . |
| 4 | And the world , if it flunks its own test in the Gulf , will have no right to ask it to . |
| 5 | The base is spared the curse of the ‘ brown-outs ’ familiar in Manila because it has its own power plant . |
| 6 | The saw stuck when it reached its own depth , but he kept on trying . |
| 7 | As it crossed its own lines , a plane suddenly dived on it out of the early morning sun . |
| 8 | I felt the sinking whir of the back wheel as it dug its own grave . |