Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] on its [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , occasionally , very occasionally , a horse will become so fixated on its owner , so dependent on their approval , that it will be unobliging and uncooperative with other people . |
| 2 | Baer , better known as Ursus , claimed originality in 1588 for a scheme in which planets other than the earth revolved about the sun , while the earth merely spun on its axis . |
| 3 | The royal standard of England no longer fluttered on its pole , a sign that Henry and Wolsey had already departed with a small advance party though Doctor Agrippa had remained , waiting for us in our chamber . |
| 4 | Very , very confusing this is , the world is going upside down and he do n't know what 's going to happen next you see , for instance looking a year ago , two years ago the wall , the Berlin Wall was standing and the Russian empire was feared , all over the world , and now this day , it just fell on its face |
| 5 | it just fell on its face and it 's such a shame that the land like that er , er rich in everything , neglected themselves to that state that they 're begging for food |
| 6 | Its success , however , also rested on its quality , especially the combination of clear structure and precise detail . |
| 7 | Ashworth , with more reason than most VCs to resent the UGC 's butchery in July 1981 , also commented on its coyness about revealing the thinking behind those decisions . |
| 8 | She later served on its council ( 1910–15 ) , and was vice-president from 1912 to 1913 . |
| 9 | This one just hung there like a kite on an invisible string and then fell on its prey like a stone , somewhere in another field . |
| 10 | One at least had on its title the small ‘ last copy ’ stamp . |
| 11 | Allosaurus was assumed from its long hind legs to be a kangaroo-type reptile that actually bounced on its prey . |