Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [prep] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the thin , wretched creature it had been at the beginning of the siege it had become quite fat , for recently it had succeeded in eating two small lap-dogs which had unwisely fallen asleep in its presence . |
| 2 | Cossutta told some 1,500 delegates meeting in Rome that the Soviet Communist Party had fallen due to its own errors , not because of any flaws in the ideals of the 1917 October revolution . |
| 3 | As the BF increasingly lacked purpose and credibility other emerging movements became interested in its assets . |
| 4 | British Aerospace has to reach world standards of productivity and efficiency , as it made clear in its press release . |
| 5 | It was an arduous process which became tangled in its own complexity leaving juries baffled and the legal and financial regulatory systems exposed . |
| 6 | Whether one is satisfied that Mercier made free with its location so as to avoid having a fussy detail right at the edge of his picture must be for each observer to decide . |
| 7 | At the same time the book became popular for its literary merits with the Romantic Movement , who preferred a naïve and spontaneous style to the studied and artificial manner of the eighteenth century . |
| 8 | This seaworthy offshore cruiser is a modified design that became popular in its own right . |
| 9 | Abortive attempts in our time to shuffle off the whole experience and make light of its impact have only begun comparatively recently to attract the attention of psycho-analysts . |
| 10 | But in Urquhart , standing there facing him that night , she encountered a ratchet that had broken free of its retaining spring and was spinning in reverse . |
| 11 | It lies asleep within its woody shade , |
| 12 | The doppelganger stands right behind its owner and always moves swiftly to dodge out of sight . |
| 13 | After 15 minutes we came to the comforting realisation that the phone had come unplugged from its socket . |
| 14 | David Whitaker originally chose Milly , a name dropped due to its close public association with a young Jamaican pop singer of the time . |
| 15 | In the move to the middle ground of politics , it risked becoming indistinguishable from its rivals , except that it was tarnished with holding office for so long . |
| 16 | Katherine felt the hush in the room grow ominous in its waiting for her . |
| 17 | Feminist psychology is becoming conscious of its theories ' unadventurousness , their distance from other feminist debates , and the way their focus on individual subjects forces them to neglect social relations . |
| 18 | The city of Rome had to appear worthy of its position . |
| 19 | Other trusts based on the profits of industry gave increasing support to medical research , and the pharmaceutical industry , rapidly becoming international in its outlook and activities , promoted its own laboratories directed towards the discovery of new drugs . |
| 20 | Excellent value , this beautiful cornflower blue dress looks great on its own — but for even greater impact try adding equally bright accessories . |
| 21 | The building had originally been a manor house and must have looked beautiful in its heyday . |
| 22 | This competition has eluded United since its inception in 1961 , and after last season 's defeat by Sheffield Wednesday there must have been doubts that they would ever win it . |
| 23 | Such a heroic venture requires heroic singing , and that is where it seemed this enthralling evening would fall short of its target . |
| 24 | Under his feet a little floating clump of Um Suf , Mother of Wool , papyrus reed , torn loose from its moorings hundreds of miles to the south , nestled along the bank and came to rest against the shoal . |
| 25 | Bessie Parkes , a committee member , bought a printing-press and , after becoming familiar with its work , Emily Faithfull decided to open a printing office for women compositors , engaging Austin Holyoake , the brother of George Jacob Holyoake [ q.v. ] , to advise her . |
| 26 | This was part of a new chain of coastal castles from Cornwall to Kent , and stands proud in its military symmetry against the flat marshland of the Rother estuary . |
| 27 | But in every other way , the new 911 looks identical to its predecessor . |
| 28 | keeping open to its fulfilment . |
| 29 | Downstream lies Regensburg , Germany 's largest medieval city , and Straubing famed for its rich folklore . |
| 30 | The storm beats chilly on its naked breast , |