Example sentences of "[vb past] it its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The events have , to conclude , all the trappings of a liturgical ceremony rather than a military exercise , and that is almost certainly what lies behind the story , and what gave it its origins . |
| 2 | The great tower or Stump of St Botolph 's church dominates both the town and the river which gave it its prosperity . |
| 3 | The canal never actually reached Ashby-de-la-Zouch , which gave it its name , but it was a very successful commercial waterway . |
| 4 | Usually held in October , it lasted for eight days and met outside the North Gate near the sloe tree which gave it its name of Sloe Fair ; discipline and disputes were enforced by a ‘ pie-powder ’ ( dusty feet ) court which sorted out the inevitable problems . |
| 5 | A fully secularized society was a contradiction in terms , for there could be no society that would not feel the need to uphold the collective sentiments that gave it its unity and individuality . |
| 6 | The Baderini Cardinal gave it its baroque facade and had its gardens laid out with descending terraces , fountains , a grassy-staged theatre , grottoes and a lemon house guarded by statues of antique giants . |
| 7 | It was both horrible and necessary , if only to prevent the spread of the disease throughout the Domain ; but it was just that — the horrible necessity of death — that gave it its fascination . |