Example sentences of "its [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pumfrey sat back in his chair and his thin face , with its alert blue eyes and the bristly little moustache , assumed the look of a frustrated ferret . |
| 2 | At this point the market began to bulge with new and lower priced devices such as the ImageMaker with its idiosyncratic optical font wheel , the Montage FR1 and the promised but rarely seen Mirus — a company in which Apple holds a 20% stake . |
| 3 | He had orders to give , and he gave them , swiftly making his rounds , and was ready when the first dragon-ship turned its baleful golden jaws to the land and ran towards him . |
| 4 | The most important feature of the mill is its working 120-year-old machinery , believed to be the oldest of its kind in existence . |
| 5 | Mozambique 's quota in the Fund was SDR61,000,000 and its outstanding financial obligations to the Fund , composed entirely of outstanding SAF loans , currently totalled the equivalent of SDR42,700,000 ( $56,400,000 ) . |
| 6 | One of its outstanding early proponents had been the French mathematician and philosopher René Descartes ( 1596–1650 ) . |
| 7 | The villa at Lufton , Somerset , with its outstanding octagonal shrine supported by narrow buttresses , could also be said to have similar characteristics . |
| 8 | As Third World capitalism develops , the working class is destined to play its classic revolutionary role . |
| 9 | Unlike its classic American predecessor , from whom Rudner and Bergman have shamelessly pinched not only the basic scenario but also many a vignette along the way , Peter 's Friends never unfolds its characters with any psychological depth or surprise . |
| 10 | Thankfully the old saw that ‘ you ca n't call yourselves world champions until you 've beaten the Boks ’ has been laid to rest and now , politics allowing , the South African game can get on with the long overdue task of putting its own house — in particular its over-powerful domestic unions — in order . |
| 11 | It shot forward in erratic leaps before settling back into its usual roaring rhythm . |
| 12 | The last night was its usual hilarious self , culminating in advice from the Norfolk folk that we would ‘ arve to larn to tark praper ’ for our trip to Norfolk next year . |
| 13 | The highlight of the celebrations is the Centenary Trophy in June when the World champions , Olympic champions and England join Ireland , but the youths set the ball rolling in a series switched to Ireland from its usual four-year cycle to suit the occasion . |
| 14 | The series was moved to Cork from its usual four-year cycle to suit the occasion . |
| 15 | He had a jaunty air , his panama at its usual rakish angle and his cane swinging . |
| 16 | I generally only knit the ribber at a looser tension and leave the main bed at its usual ribbed tension . |
| 17 | That of Cornelius was its usual angular self topped off with a twirling banner . |
| 18 | She sighs , but peeling the taters is having its usual calming effect . |
| 19 | When they reached St Mark 's Square , with its usual motley crowd of tourists and pigeons , corn-sellers and hawkers , he paused outside Florian 's and suggested , ‘ What about a long , cool drink ? ’ |
| 20 | She blinked up at him , horribly aware that his nearness was having its usual unsettling effect on her blood pressure . |
| 21 | Additional features are a number-coded locking device , a variable depth feature which allows the briefcase to be expanded from its usual 3½ inches to 5½ inches , individual gilt initialling on each briefcase , an ink-resistant interior compartment for pens , and three pockets inside the lid to take different sized papers/documents . |
| 22 | I console myself with the thought that whatever happens to the ankles of others ( and there is no doubt that prettily turned item is a tremendous turn-on ) , mine are contemplated without the libido 's charging in with its usual tedious cries of ‘ Me , me , me ’ . |
| 23 | She ran a shaking hand over the wispy tendrils , smoothing them back into the neat knot gathered at the nape of her neck , but without the aid of a comb or mirror it was impossible to return her hair to its usual immaculate style . |
| 24 | She raised her hand to hail a cab but the Paris traffic was zooming by at its usual break-neck pace . |
| 25 | The refrigerator hummed its usual little tune to break the silence and Donna drank her coffee . |
| 26 | Life went on , at its usual alcoholic level . |
| 27 | Apparently the Lorrimores were still safely with us as he came back presently without haste or alarm , and after a while the train made its usual unobtrusive departure westwards . |
| 28 | There was some clicking , and then the muffled sound of a human voice making its usual incomprehensible noises . |
| 29 | While the world criticised Israel , America made only its usual token gestures of condemnation because it was supporting the CIA-backed Phalangist leader Bashir Gemayel to the tune of more than $4 million . |
| 30 | Her beautiful red hair was arranged in its usual chaotic beehive , but there was something strange about her eyes which had a curious bruised look about them . |