Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cat opened one eye cautiously , saw that it was true and sprang onto Mildred 's shoulder where it rubbed its head gratefully against her hair . |
| 2 | To straddle the hurdle between its Unix commitments , where it derives its revenues , and NT , Sequent last week reorganised its management to give it more strategic depth . |
| 3 | When the hopped wort has been cooled it is run to fermenting vessels where it meets its destiny with yeast . |
| 4 | To understand why damage to Broca 's area impairs speech we need to know both where it gets its input from and what it does to that input . |
| 5 | RETURNED to London after too long an absence , Le Cirque Imaginaire is back until 6 March in the Riverside Studios where it made its UK debut many years ago . |
| 6 | The company has now started flying from Gatwick , and , to help to stimulate demand for the Gatwick operation , Airtours has become a regular advertiser in the South East , particularly on the Underground , where it promotes its holidays to the price-conscious sun seeker . |
| 7 | Although it reached its peak of popularity in the 1930s , cruising had begun in about 1844 when P & O's cruise through the Mediterranean was described by the writer William Makepeace Thackeray , and Mark Twain wrote about a cruise of 1868 from New York to the Mediterranean in his book Innocents Abroad . |
| 8 | There go right to see the Palazzo Erba-Odescalchi , a sumptuous palazzo built by the Cusani family in the early 1500s , although it takes its name from a later Archbishop who used it as his palace in the eighteenth-century . |
| 9 | Roland D-110 synthesiser module ‘ A very good source of sounds for the money , although it has its limitations . |
| 10 | Her gown looked expensive , Ruth thought , but it would have suited her mistress better than it did its owner . |
| 11 | Our damp climate can play havoc with the fabric of a home once it penetrates its defences . |
| 12 | TUC opposition also limited the effectiveness of the NUWM , which became an embarrassment to the Communist Party once it left its sectarianism behind it . |
| 13 | Once it reaches its zenith you can neither see , hear nor stand . |
| 14 | the English working class … can never do anything decisive here in England until it separates its policy with regard to Ireland in the most definite way from the policy of the ruling class , until it not only makes common cause with the Irish , but actually takes the initiative in dissolving the Union established in 1801 , and replacing it by a federal relationship . |
| 15 | By 1800 the new Shorthorn was Britain 's tallest breed , the bulls standing 152cm at the withers ; the famous Durham Ox was 165cm tall and weighed 3,024 pounds as a five-year-old in 1801 when it was exhibited all over the country , remaining a star travelling showpiece until it dislocated its hip in 1807 . |
| 16 | Until quite recently it seemed quite certain ( from estimates of stars ' masses , interstellar dust , etc. ) that the Universe would continue to expand until it met its heat death . |
| 17 | Speaking to Christian supporters in east Beirut , General Aoun reminded the deputies in Taif that ‘ a war has erupted to liberate Lebanon and it is still on and it will continue until it achieves its goals ’ . |
| 18 | A lamb remains a lamb until it loses its milk teeth , more or less at the end of the year , and — if it has n't lost its life as well by then — it becomes a hogget . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He read the letters interlaced with hearts ; he lit a cigarette , exhaled slowly , watching the smoke nudge across the roof until it found its way out into the sky through the circle in the roof like a full moon ; he lifted the door open , and looked across the olive grove . |
| 21 | A parcel sent with Amtrak is given a unique barcode at the start of its journey which means the company can keep track of it from the moment it leaves until it reaches its destination . |
| 22 | In fact , I very much believe that no art comes fully alive until it finds its audience . |
| 23 | The SNP , if it maintains its principles , need change nothing to collect the electoral windfall left by Labour 's rush to the right . |
| 24 | British Rugby League , the former Wigan coach had said , was living in dreamland if it thought its standards had risen to match those of Australia . |
| 25 | It was perfectly clear to everyone that the company could carry on enough trade to flourish only if it supplemented its income by bringing in more goods than its treaty permitted , and the smuggling trade became large enough to disturb the Spanish authorities . |
| 26 | There is no disgusting crusty dirt that does n't care if it loses its job ; instead there are the big boots and frocks of the playground dressing-up box , the scruffy jeans and last year 's trainers like the ones set aside for playing after school . |
| 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 | This is where it can find a post-Thatcher purpose — and , if it keeps its nerve , votes as well . |
| 29 | If it bit its victim and then hung on tight , the ensuing struggle while the injected individual died would probably damage the long , delicate teeth , ripping them from their sockets . |
| 30 | But this will happen only if it gets its act together in the three areas of service provision , education , and research . |