Example sentences of "it [vb infin] 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 | What is the ‘ form ’ of a flea , and will it explain its ability to digest blood , and to move with agility ? |
| 3 | Let it make its way or not , as fate determines . |
| 4 | But friends , comrades - consider — if Britain treats its own like dirt , how will it treat its faraway cousins down under the Antipodes ? ’ |
| 5 | So why did it recruit its presenters from Tory Wankers Against Taste ? |
| 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 | Chicago-based advertising screens on shopping trolleys specialist VideOcart Inc has persuaded IBM Corp to let it restructure its $42m debt to IBM , to provide the company with relief from near term debt payments and enable it to attain its business goals : a $22m debt would replace the existing debt , giving VideOcart a one-time balance sheet gain of $20m ; terms of the new agreement include waiving all principal and interest payments until July 31 , and VideOcart retains its rights under a previous agreement with IBM that allows early repayment of the new $22m debt at any time for $17m in cash ; VideOcart also agreed to cancel a warrant granted last year to IBM to buy 540,000 VideOcart shares and grants a new warrant to buy 600,000 shares at $1.75 each ; from August 31 to December 31 , interest only payments will be due , but payments of $500,000 a month will be due beginning on January 31 1994 and will continue for 35 months , and a balloon payment will be due on December 31 1996 , although IBM has the option to convert the balance of the debt into VideOcart common shares at $8 a share on that date . |
| 8 | But with many colleges already concerned at lack of accommodation and teaching space , insufficient resources and the prospect of funding by results , will it achieve its aims ? |
| 9 | And can it repeat its success in Europe ? |
| 10 | He saw it break its flight over a dell between the dunes , soar vertically and then head off at an angle . |
| 11 | If it does n't port to NT , how could it defend its position as an open systems company , the newsletter asks , anticipating that Sun may find itself in the ‘ embarrassing position of being one of the only significant RISC systems vendors not offering Windows NT on its systems . ’ |
| 12 | Would it defend its mistress fiercely ? |
| 13 | We 're free to indulge what 's between us , to let it run its course , so why not accept the inevitable ? ’ |
| 14 | Wing Commander the Duke of Hamilton replied : ‘ My instructions are to let it run its course as if I know nothing at all about it . |
| 15 | That that 's lubricant that 'll loosen it and let it work its way through nice and gently . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 18 | W i it 'll be in Windo where will it keep its mouse driver , in DOS or Windows ? |
| 19 | Acting on this belief , he has : taken one of the most outspoken current-affairs programmes , ‘ Vzglyad ’ ( Outlook ) , off the air ; confiscated the property of the independent news agency Interfax , which was saved from closure only by the intervention of Boris Yeltsin and the Moscow city council ; suspended a free-thinking television news show called ‘ TSN ’ ; and consigned Radio Russia , Mr Yeltsin 's mouthpiece , to a frequency where most of the population can not hear it begin its broadcasts with phrases like ‘ In another move reminiscent of Stalinism , President Gorbachev today … ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Even more to the point , how can it move its gripper to a given position ? |
| 22 | The moon had risen but no sooner did it spill its silver light over the fields than it was swallowed up by cloud . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Donna took a sip of the brandy , feeling it burn its way to her stomach . |
| 25 | From where and whom does it draw its strength ? |
| 26 | Singapore may have to look to China to help it meet its labour needs in future . |
| 27 | Or should it adjust its policy as circumstances change and attempt to ‘ fine-tune ’ the economy ? |
| 28 | If , mercifully , I get pneumonia first , let it take its course . |
| 29 | Kathleen Lavender had a respect for death , for the propriety of letting it take its due , as and when it required . |
| 30 | Only when we are happy that the quality of the product is beyond question will it take its place on our shelves . |