Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This loss of control is frightening and therapy has helped me to acknowledge its existence , although I still do n't know why it happens . |
| 2 | The Mermaid is frequented by the local fishermen for breakfasts and lunches , which makes me think its fish must be the freshest . |
| 3 | All behaviouristic theories of cognition are viciously third-personal , where that expression signifies , first , that they can not be applied to the first-person perspective and , second that our ability to apply them to the third person really rests on our bringing to bear first-person knowledge : as with rats in mazes , where my plain and unreduced apprehension of the rat 's environment enables me to see its grasp of that environment in terms of its behaviour within it . |
| 4 | He saw once more the star-form of closed lips , the penis beneath them hanging its head as if in awe , a godlet among goddesses . |
| 5 | The Amiga 's technical superiority counted for little when there were hardly any games for it , and hardly any of them used its facilities . |
| 6 | Nothing disturbed its cadences as she spoke , except the low accompaniment of the Sheikha 's schoolgirl daughter , who translated gently and continually for me . |
| 7 | He could have bought chain mail underwear , or a whole-head rubber mask with nothing interrupting its smoothness but a single , tiny breathing hole . |
| 8 | In early July , I asked its Executive Committee to examine the Black case . |
| 9 | mm , give it time I mean its talk , talk , Churchill said jaw , jaw , but you can have too much jaw , jaw , ca n't ya ? |
| 10 | As I thought about that perceptive question I realised its implications . |
| 11 | ‘ It was not until I saw how Messer Bartolomeo 's news was received by your friends that I realised its importance for you . ’ |
| 12 | As soon as I walked onto the beach behind the resort where I was staying , I realised its potential . |
| 13 | ‘ Though circumstances have changed and are constantly changing , I trust its emphasis on hope and compassion will still be found relevant today . ’ |
| 14 | A strange freedom , though ; one a barrage balloon would know if someone severed its cable and set it at liberty to wallow and wander at will . |
| 15 | As a professional campaigner I found its elitism deeply disturbing . |
| 16 | But as I rode out with the nation 's most prestigious hunt , I found its members the model of politeness . |
| 17 | And finally , when I scrutinised Master Southgate 's spur , I found its sharpness tinged with mercury . ’ |
| 18 | I say its Bracken |
| 19 | We paused now and again at some hostelry and , on one occasion , a Benedictine monastery , I forget its name . |
| 20 | I imagine its removal , my womb collapsing to follow , closing it on itself like a ball of orange peels without the fruit . |
| 21 | I imagine its value is probably pretty cool too . |
| 22 | As I began to reflect on this verse , I let its truth penetrate deep within me . |
| 23 | I await its summons , and as a preliminary response , end with two lines from Blake 's Milton : ‘ If you account it Wisdom when you are angry to be silent , and Not to shew it , I do not account that Wisdom , but Folly … ‘ |
| 24 | I answered him with lies , happy that he was so interested after I 'd been certain that he 'd never say a word to me : I told him that I grew it myself , my family grew it , and it was everywhere like green grass and empty milk bottles in London ; it was really amazing hashish. wherever I threw its seeds it sprang up like flames leaping into the air . |
| 25 | I realized as I turned its pages that this was probably telling me more about the country and its people than my actual visit . |
| 26 | It would have been nice if it had been a decade to the day since the dog died that I exhumed its skull , but in fact I was a few months late . |
| 27 | Well , Im about 5 quid shorter … but on a day of being sold short — I spose its whats expected . |
| 28 | I know its London shrieks and shuffles as it rushes through road canyons and around the sharp edges of tall buildings . |
| 29 | The mystery of this curious behaviour intrigued me , but it was several days before I discovered its logic from a Prague friend . |
| 30 | And if I use humour to avoid your problem or make light of it , then I diminish its significance . |