Example sentences of "[vb pp] its [noun] in [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After much investigation , he discovered that it was n't a British resident at all , but a Russian bird that must somehow have been blown off course from its migratory route during the hurricane-force storms of the previous year — the storms that had immediately preceded its arrival in our village car park . |
| 2 | Pat had stressed its appeal in his manuscript so , on a snatched afternoon 's climbing , I met Don Sargeant and we set out to investigate . |
| 3 | After the president 's office had released his controversial decree without any reference to a ‘ special order ’ of rule — the provision that had most alarmed the legislature — observers said it was not clear whether he had revised the decree to meet the demands of the Constitutional Court and parliament or had exaggerated its harshness in his weekend speech . |
| 4 | It had buried its adze in his fontanelle , and was working the thing backwards and forwards methodically to split open his skull . |
| 5 | Mr Bond said the company had sold its half-share in its headquarters , the RandI Bank Tower , for £54million . |
| 6 | The Report concluded : ‘ Moreover in recent years there was a substantial increase in Argentina 's military strengths in all three of its armed services , which must have increased its confidence in its ability to occupy the Islands and retain them . ’ |