Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] its [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the current position is that there 's been substantial progress er in Greater York , and I think its testimony to the willingness of the Greater York authorities to work together there that there 's been such a level of agreement I think probably er never before achieved in the Greater York area as to the direction that Greater York erm er should take . |
| 2 | This method alone has been the downfall of countless ' big fish up and down the country , and I foresee its popularity increasing in the coming seasons . |
| 3 | Rather than an archaeologist engaged in reconstitution of broken pictures , the enquirer is like the secretary to a historiographical commission which never meets , and which evolves its consensus through bilateral talks with an outsider . |
| 4 | By 1618–19 output had improved sufficiently , it seems , to warrant the building of a water-powered stamp-mill at a site believed to be at the foot of Red Dell or Thriddle and which , despite its altitude , was well placed to serve the mines about there which would now include the newly discovered God 's Blessing at the head of the dell and which like its namesake ( almost ) in Newlands Valley near Keswick , was highly esteemed but mistakenly so . |
| 5 | I hope that the hon. Member for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) will , in the House this afternoon , condemn the antediluvian attitudes of the TGWU , which sponsors him , and which turns its back on help for the unemployed made available by the Government . |
| 6 | The French , therefore , set about building galleys , their principal repair yard being the Clos des Galées at Rouen , which came to be developed in the course of the fourteenth century , and which saw its heyday during the successful wars waged by Charles V in the 1370s . |
| 7 | Last : a solid form of wood , plastic or metal on which a boot or shoe is built , and which gives its shape to the boot or shoe . |
| 8 | From an attitude that is greedy for possessions , and particularly from house price inflation , which has put the price of houses beyond the reach of many young couples starting out on their life together , contributing directly to homelessness , and which has its root in the increased demand for homes from family breakdown . |
| 9 | You think of a warm , inky cave and you got its mouth all right . |
| 10 | It is his mysterious wind , which man can not get under his own tidy control : as Nicodemus was reminded by Jesus , ‘ The wind ( pneuma ) blows where it will , and you hear its sound but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going . |
| 11 | Cook a potato decently and you conserve its flavour . |
| 12 | Then suddenly he turned towards her , eyes blazing , lifted it , and she felt its point pierce the skin of her forehead , and the sudden spurt of blood gushing into her eyes . |
| 13 | Somewhere close at hand a bird sang in a paean of thrilling and triumphant sweetness , and she heard its song echoed in her own heart . |
| 14 | They swung out and past some small , slower car , overtaking it as though it was stationary ; headlights ahead of them glared , the on-coming car flashed its lights and she heard its horn sound as they passed , a few seconds later . |
| 15 | Its leaf tips touched hers and she soaked its energy , communed with the giant . |
| 16 | It can , however , be life saving when traditional methods of intubation fail , and we recommend its inclusion with equipment for difficult intubations . |
| 17 | A wound in the flesh of our society had cracked open , we looked into it , and we smelled its sepsis . |
| 18 | When confronted with the large body of unknown work they saw in 1923 ( the brochure stated that ninety pieces on display had never been shown before ) , critics were obviously perplexed , and they sought its meaning , especially the meaning of O'Keeffe 's abstractions , in the fact that the artist was a moan . |
| 19 | This centralizing mission the bureaucrats of Charles III found beyond their strength and they bequeathed its fulfilment to their liberal successors . |
| 20 | Last autumn , Roof magazine provided the following glimpse of Cllr Major in action : some tenants had taken the liberty of painting the stonework around their front doors and he ordered its removal . |
| 21 | Cadfael went about his work all the more assiduously because a part of his mind was elsewhere , and he felt its absence as guilt , even though his concern was with a serious matter of justice , guilt and innocence . |
| 22 | As an economist , Pareto was well aware of the further dimension to social phenomena which the concept of interest introduces , and he acknowledges its significance without , however , dealing with it in great detail in his sociological work . |
| 23 | Her face flashed up in Hope 's mind 's eye and he abhorred its prettiness which he saw as entirely calculating , unaware of her lust to be free — through marriage . |
| 24 | It staggered , and he caught its elbow . |
| 25 | He became convinced that the horses were sensing his moods and feelings and were anticipating his wishes through telepathy , and he proved its existence by using pairs of closely bonded or empathic horses ( horses who were mentally and emotionally close to each other ) in a series of experiments . |
| 26 | In 1519 , Zwingli became preacher at the Grossmunster , and he used its pulpit to launch savage attacks on Catholic doctrines . |
| 27 | Harbour commissioner Frank Sluman said : ‘ The sea is a cruel master and it takes its toll over the years . ’ |
| 28 | Whether or not the biographer was right , it is true that once you can exclaim ‘ Abba , Father ! ’ , joy is the accompanying fruit of the Spirit and it sheds its radiance over life and death . |
| 29 | A caricature of a dog was sitting on the lawn in front of one of the town houses as he passed , and it laid its head on its paws and looked at him with dark eyes . |
| 30 | Dieting without exercise also forces the body to manage on less oxygen , and it reduces its oxygen intake even further when it has to take energy , not from food , but from the body itself . |