Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [prep] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | After using it , I asked about its accuracy , as the readings bore no resemblance to that of the chemical test kit . |
| 2 | Below the 102/2 comes the 101/2 ( £495 , reviewed by John Borwick last September ) and above the 104/2 lie the 105/3 ( £1,995 ) and 107/2 ( £3,195 ) which I reviewed in its original form in August 1988 . |
| 3 | ‘ It is like a house I dreamed of once , where I wandered through its rooms for an eternity . ’ |
| 4 | Beside her meagre meal Portia carried a slim black zip-up file case and a copy of the Financial Times which I recognised by its distinctive colour . |
| 5 | The day was moving on faster than I was now and a heat haze shimmered over the Tarn as I came to its banks to sit and eat my lunch . |
| 6 | I joined the Labour Party because I believed in its values . ’ |
| 7 | My former wife disliked not only the taste of it herself but refused to come near me if I succumbed to its temptation . ’ |
| 8 | She drew the word out , so that I heard in its simple syllable all the pain and hurt of the drug . |
| 9 | I thought of its maker ; Lawrence the animal ; Lawrence the master craftsman ; such an amalgam , so potent ; take away the magic of hand and eye — no replica of the key ; take away the brute — no key to replicate , for only a brute could have done to Holy Harding what Lawrence did to Holy Harding — Holy Harding , school monitor , altar boy , server in the Cathedral of ix … |
| 10 | It was proof of a homosexual community and it was through porn that I learned of its existence . ' |
| 11 | He also taught us music and it was through him that I learned of its expressive nature . |
| 12 | I emerged from its jaws a short time later , however , as I could n't bear the heat — My water wave fell down ! ’ |
| 13 | I said to its owner oh I said another one as daft as ours , she said yes |
| 14 | So when I walked in here and caught sight of the painting on your wall , naturally I responded to its presence ! ’ |
| 15 | With all my might I stamped at its head , but missed it by a couple of inches ; again I stamped with the same extraordinary result ; but with the third stamp I caught the poor little creature and crushed it to pulp , and yet it gave one more thrust with its tiny legs and then lay still . |
| 16 | I groped for its neighbour , found it , ducked through the gap and up on to the curved deck of the treadmill . |
| 17 | It was half-hidden by mud , so that I trod on its legs before I realized . |
| 18 | I pushed against its hard muscles , the nerves twitched under the smooth coat . |
| 19 | She asked about its contents and was told that the terms merely protected the cleaners from liability for damage to sequins and beads . |
| 20 | The bed itself she redraped in its midnight cover , and added a couple of red-and-blue cushions . |
| 21 | She peered at its various buttons and dials and wondered if it were possible to wreck it by unintentional mis-setting . |
| 22 | He waved her to a comfortable old armchair , and she sank into its deep cushions , curling up apprehensively on the big seat , her eyes watching him guardedly , trembling at the thought of what he had in store for her . |
| 23 | She perched at its edge and let her pen , as was her wont , run automatically over the creamy paper . |
| 24 | Throughout the 1920s and 1930s her moderate and conciliatory personality worked to mediate between the revolutionary and the gradualist wings of the Women 's International League ( founded under Jane Addams at The Hague in 1915 ) as she served on its international executive . |
| 25 | She walked towards its edge and saw the slivers of glass shining in the morning sunlight , the remains of the champagne bottle . |
| 26 | And she went on turning , pressed to him , after she stepped from its loosened clutch . |
| 27 | But even as she thought about its different feel of smooth dryness instead of stinging dampness , she suspected she had not felt a swab on her brow at all . |
| 28 | She stared into its surface , which exercised a deep downward draw , as when one peered into a well and felt one 's thoughts involuntarily plummet . |
| 29 | Nothing and no one could measure up to the beautiful goodness , attractive goodness she saw in its ideal perfection in Jesus Christ . |
| 30 | Methodically , she went through its contents . |