Example sentences of "it [verb] its [noun] " 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 | As it lowered its wings in threat posture , I took a last few shots before backing away , mindful of Valdemar 's account of the owl which left long , bloody furrows up the back of a photographer who pushed his luck too far ! |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | And the place is not simply the background or backdrop against which the action occurs ; it plays its part in the drama . |
| 5 | Sun is clearly demonstrating to Bill Gates some of the black arts on which the Unix industry has cut its teeth — more of which Microsoft can undoubtedly expect to face when it launches its Windows NT challenge . |
| 6 | This is the question the St John Ambulance brigade is asking as it launches its Breath of Life campaign . |
| 7 | Tel ( 021 ) 711 1343 ) has a code of practice for funeral directors which it encourages its members to display . |
| 8 | It encourages its employees to do the same on an individual basis . |
| 9 | We followed the wall 160 ft , at which point it doubled its width and was continuing and we had no time to go further . |
| 10 | Sequoia Systems Inc , Marlborough , Massachusetts , is sinking deeper into the mire and now says it will restate its financial results for the year ended June 30 for the second time , and will amend its annual report on form 10K , because it now finds that it overstated its turnover . |
| 11 | It rears its head in Eastern Europe , in North America and in Western Europe . |
| 12 | It turns its attention to the Isle of Wight Regatta . |
| 13 | Deconstruction is the form it takes when it turns its attention to specific texts . |
| 14 | The same report also , when it turns its attention to taking stock , extends itself to pupils . |
| 15 | BZW 's cheapest option — pulling out of Tokyo — is barely feasible , given that it got its TSE membership only last November after much huffing and puffing from Margaret Thatcher when she was prime minister . |
| 16 | And it got its head trod in . |
| 17 | There will be a brief insight into the history of the company and how it got its name . |
| 18 | How it got its name is not a documented fact , but it is believed to have come about when the tailors of London congregated at the Haymarket Theatre to protest about a play called The Tailors : A Tragedy For Warm Weather . |
| 19 | " I do n't know how it got its name , no , " replied the older boy smiling patiently , " but no doubt some book-reading bore is about to inform me . " |
| 20 | She could see where it got its name . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In November 1978 , DATEC issued further proposals in which it affirmed its philosophy that colleges should have the maximum opportunity to develop courses which they consider to be most appropriate to educational , commercial and professional needs as they are able to identify and define them . |
| 24 | Taking as its basic premise the principle that courses of higher education should be made available to all those able and willing to benefit from them , it affirmed its belief that the pool of ability , especially among girls , who at that time were grossly under-represented in higher education , was sufficiently deep to warrant an expansion in the numbers of full-time and sandwich students in higher education in England , Scotland and Wales from 216,000 in 1962–3 to 390,000 in 1973–4 and 560,000 in 1980–1 . |
| 25 | April 1992 saw the car completed and it passed its MOT with flying colours . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It points its finger at the odious hypocrisies of AIDS-sufferer Roy Cohn , one of Senator McCarthy 's henchmen . |
| 28 | In answer to a parliamentary question on Aug. 5 the government said that it expected its NATO allies to withdraw around 133,000 troops over the next few years , of which 75,000 would be from the USA and 25,000 from the UK . |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | Seeing no need why it alone should be expected to make up the deficit , it requested its allies to increase their defence expenditure . |