Example sentences of "it [verb] its [noun sg] [prep] the " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | And the place is not simply the background or backdrop against which the action occurs ; it plays its part in the drama . |
| 4 | It turns its attention to the Isle of Wight Regatta . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It points its finger at the odious hypocrisies of AIDS-sufferer Roy Cohn , one of Senator McCarthy 's henchmen . |
| 7 | If this government channelled its resources against employers who disregard the health and safety legislation as much as it channels its energy at the trade unions through the Employment Act I 'm sure we would see a great decrease in accidents and |
| 8 | Its courtship of Mitel ended in tears last year when it sold its stake in the Canadian company at a loss of £120m ( $120m ) . |
| 9 | ‘ I sold my soul to rock'n'roll before it sold its soul to the major multi-nationals . ’ |
| 10 | Azhag flew over the battlefield on his wyvern , swooping upon regiment after regiment and harrying the retreating army as it made its way to the refuge of Wolfenburg . |
| 11 | It made its debut at the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring with Jack behind the wheel , but he was forced to retire after nine laps . |
| 12 | The ZSL — challenged by the emergence of the PSL and the PSL-S , and faced with the expression of mass support by its membership for the PSL — had brought forward its 11th extraordinary congress to Nov. 26-27 , 1989 , when it changed its name to the PSL-Rebirth ( PSL — Odrodzenie ) . |
| 13 | The company reckons that it maintained its position as the leading supplier of computers to UK education , and established itself as an important supplier to the home market , and made good progress in Australia and New Zealand through the subsidiaries there . |
| 14 | ASLEF started life as a breakaway from the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants in the 1880s and it retained its autonomy during the process of amalgamations that led to the formation of the NUR . |
| 15 | It owes its origin to the Ars conjectandi of James Bernoulli ( 1713 ) , and was extensively treated by Abraham de Moivre [ q.v . ] . |
| 16 | It owes its name to the fact that it was used as the floor covering at the coronation of Frederik IV in 1699 , and that of all subsequent absolute kings . |
| 17 | It owes its position to the fame of Sillery which , equally overrated , owes its reputation to the vines of Verzeray . |
| 18 | Although the SPD agreed with the bill 's intention and much of its detail , it used its majority in the Bundesrat to reject the bill because it empowered the government to use telephone-tapping and mail-interception to gather evidence of illegal arms sales . |
| 19 | It has its origin in the academic institution 's need to justify the endless multiplication of commentaries , from undergraduate essays to doctoral dissertations and scholarly articles . |
| 20 | ‘ A lot of it found its way to the Irish Republic . ’ |
| 21 | Back in prehistoric times , the river which we now call the Thames was created by rains falling on hilly ground on the western side of this country , and meandering lazily until it found its way into the sea on the eastern side of the continental peninsular which became an island by separating itself from the continent of Europe . |
| 22 | Somehow it found its way into the hands of a government minister , and he got in touch with us . ’ |
| 23 | Most of it would disperse as it found its way through the gravel , and it may not be necessary to form a soakaway at the end of the drain . |
| 24 | It wove its way through the commercial dockside industry of the town which gave place , in time , to acres given over to the cultivation of the motor car in all its stages , new , second-hand and crushed to scrap . |
| 25 | Representing a reaction against the wish-dreams of the initial stage , realism is liable to assume a critical and somewhat cynical aspect … it places its emphasis on the acceptance of facts and on the analysis of their causes and consequences . |
| 26 | It suggests that Microsoft is engaging in anti-competitive behaviour in the way it sells DOS to hardware manufacturers , and in the way it uses its lead in the operating systems business to gain advantages with its apps software . |
| 27 | Private Eye will probably close if it loses its appeal against the award of £600,000 to Sonia Sutcliffe , which was also heard last week . |
| 28 | And , from 1911 to 1919 , it secured its position as the women artists ' association in Germany , it got funding from the state , became fully accepted as an association , and continued its activities for furthering the professionalism of women . |
| 29 | Intel Corp is expected to bless the project with its endorsement , fittingly since it re-enforces its position in the marketplace . |
| 30 | There was one … and one … and one … and one … and one , which added up to — it wrinkled its forehead in the effort of calculation — yes , one . |