Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , blowing on the breast feathers of a bird of prey causes it to stretch its wings out . |
| 2 | How has it balanced its books with the rest of the world ? |
| 3 | Not only has it showcased its product offerings including the new high end range of Macro Array CMOS High performance and density , or Mach , devices and recent high-speed programmable logic devices — but has offered its third party Fusion partners a platform and conducted straw polls to assess the demand for new 3V devices among its customers . |
| 4 | Has it changed its mind on unilateral nuclear disarmament , or on the Common Market , or on nationalisation , or on trade unions , or on the free market ? |
| 5 | McCaw has been pursuing LIN since June , and some analysts had expected it to raise its bid in wake of the merger agreement with Bell South , the regional telephone utility based in Atlanta , Georgia . |
| 6 | The Vatican 's decision to allow the exhibition organisers free choice of any volume in the Library is a result of a debt of gratitude towards the Library of Congress , which , in the 1920s and 1930s , helped it modernise its systems . |
| 7 | When your side wins an election , you expect it to help its followers by giving them plenty of undemanding if not very well-paid jobs ( kicking out the other lot 's placemen in the process ) , arranging nice little contracts , inventing new pension wheezes , and so on . |
| 8 | It has not yet reached that target and I urge it to re-examine its spending allocations to make sure that it does . |
| 9 | So you 'd say that as a b er as a result of that it did it did er so it did When you say it served its purpose , it did improve the image ? |
| 10 | Again it is the cat 's obsessive cleanliness , driving it to groom its fur with its tongue , that accidentally transports these ‘ helpful ’ chemicals into its system . |
| 11 | Brooklyn Center , Minnesota-based Sunrise Leasing Corp has signed with IBM Corp to buy new mid-range Pennant Systems printers at a discount from IBM 's list price , enabling it to expand its customer base because of its enhanced ability to lease and resell Pennant printers to customers throughout the US at attractive prices , Sunrise said . |
| 12 | Straight away though , despite the technical wizardry of the medium , he found it had its limitations . |
| 13 | Technalysis is a services company developing applications , products and systems on mainframe , mid-range and microcomputers ; Compuware wants it to expand its presence in the US mid-west . |
| 14 | USL repaid approximately $13m to AT&T from the proceeds and the remainder allows it to fund its cash flow requirements . |
| 15 | In relation to the concept of a new settlement the Department very firmly has an open mind at a time , we 've heard many statements drawing on the various P P G s , and from some of them you might have been excused for thinking that the Department had indeed turned it turned its back on the idea of a n new settlements , knowing that sort of situation we felt it appropriate before the start of this examination to sound out the residents of two Marscham Street |
| 16 | Sequent expects to continue to win orders from the traditional mainframe market and says it expanded its sales force to 160 from 125 at the end of 1991 although total employment fell to 1,550 from a peak of 1,800 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Munich-based consumer electronics group Schneider Rundfunkwerke AG , ravaged by personal computer price wars , says it cut its group loss to less than $45m 1992 from $90m the previous year , and it told Reuter it hopes to approach breakeven this year ; 1992 sales were around $310m compared with $377m done in 1991 . |
| 19 | It says it expects its OEM customers to implement the new standard in their products by the end of the year . |
| 20 | Upgrades to its existing 91 and 93 systems are in the works and Encore says it expects its OEM , McDonnell-Douglas , to sign up for the new machine . |
| 21 | Mountain View , California-based Parallan Computer Inc says it expects its shipments of manufactured products to IBM Corp to fall , because it expects IBM to assume manufacturing responsibilities for the PS/2 Server 295 this year — the jump in its first quarter sales ( see page five ) was primarily down to increased ships to IBM , it said . |
| 22 | Compaq Computer Corp says it expects its move into direct sales to generate up to 10% of its US revenues this year , and may be expanded to some foreign markets later this year : total US sales amounted to about $1,700m in 1992 , Compaq said . |
| 23 | Yeah , and you , that taste there 's always a taste in my mouth and then I can feel it pushing its way up . |
| 24 | It is high time that the Minister went to see Anglo-United and told it to get its act together and stop polluting the environment . |
| 25 | Three joints let it move its gripper to any point in 3-dimensional space ; and then two more let it point its gripper in any direction ; the sixth lets it twist its gripper round the gripper 's axis ; and the last opens and closes the gripper . |
| 26 | Let it make its way or not , as fate determines . |
| 27 | That that 's lubricant that 'll loosen it and let it work its way through nice and gently . |
| 28 | ‘ Let it work its way through him , ’ said Ellen to Brenda , ‘ let it work its way through and out ; the harder I put it the faster it will happen . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Let it work its way through him , ’ said Ellen to Brenda , ‘ let it work its way through and out ; the harder I put it the faster it will happen . ’ |
| 30 | Three joints let it move its gripper to any point in 3-dimensional space ; and then two more let it point its gripper in any direction ; the sixth lets it twist its gripper round the gripper 's axis ; and the last opens and closes the gripper . |