Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Remove a fox from its territory and another will soon take its place — so where is fox-hunting 's defence that it controls foxes ? |
| 2 | It 's more of an English tweed suit of a butterfly than a Sultan 's robe but it has its own uniqueness and beauty . |
| 3 | Not that the national cause formed the only basis of the Party 's support and it seems that by 1937 or so something like 600 action committees had been formed to organize the workers in Cochinchina , principally in the Saigon — Cholon area . |
| 4 | Indeed , the companies have been at pains to demonstrate the technology 's feasibility : the CeBit show saw a demonstration of isoEnet in action on NatSemi 's stand and it has published a White Paper on it . |
| 5 | Although most of us do n't have the time or the inclination to record what tickles a particular customer 's fancy when it comes to paying , it does nevertheless pay off to make that extra effort and note what it is that works — particularly with large customers . |
| 6 | Agents Mathews and Goodman are looking for rents of around ££10 a sq ft for space in Martin 's Building as it becomes free for letting with a range of suites up to 14,000 sq ft being available . |
| 7 | Ruthven cradled his cat and stroked the back of its head , his hand moving faster and faster across the animal 's fur until it stirred restlessly and mewed in protest . |
| 8 | This is Bennett 's story and it makes for fascinating reading . |
| 9 | Responding to the disclosures , the ANC said that the government 's admission that it had funded Inkatha to pursue anti-ANC activities threatened the peace process . |
| 10 | And , the most perplexing puzzle of all , just what is the phenomenal nature of the kingfisher 's experience as it gazes into the water ? |
| 11 | Basque pelota looks like being this year 's corker as it involves catching a tennis ball in a fruit bowl and throwing it at a wall ( below left ) . |
| 12 | It had been extensively rewritten by Robert , who was now so good at doing Mafouz 's handwriting that it had affected his ability to reproduce his own signature convincingly . |
| 13 | Above and top : Polypterus ornatipinnis — even a large pair of these were not beyond Derek 's ingenuity when it came to bringing them home from the USA . |
| 14 | What 's the last thing to go through a fly 's mind when it hits the front of your car ? |
| 15 | The Kent-based house-builder , Ward Holdings , yesterday provided some backing for Countryside 's optimism when it announced much-reduced annual losses of £5.3 million , against a £14 million deficit in 1991. — PA |
| 16 | No some people it if their hair 's dark and it do n't matter what length |
| 17 | John Blandy was a quartermaster with General Beresford 's force when it occupied the island . |
| 18 | A robotic dispenser arm was whirring nervously and jabbing into Bernice 's neck as it tried to locate an item that was n't there from a shelf that had been removed . |
| 19 | There was coppa , made from the muscular part of the pig 's neck where it meets the shoulder , and prosciutto , Parma ham , which comes from the same part of the pig as English gammon , and is cured in specially air-cooled rooms up in the foothills of the Apennines above Parma . |
| 20 | Within Renaissance writing we can discover evidence which reveals that a text 's recognition that it circulates within a powerful institutional context need not be capitulation to context , but its own powerful representation of that context . |
| 21 | and then on top of that he took the battery off Pat 's car and it fell over in the front so all the acid burnt the carpet ! |
| 22 | There had once been a row at Goodwood when the scrutineers rejected Colin 's car because it did n't have a fireproof bulkhead . |
| 23 | JOCASTA FORBES WATCHED the headlights of her mother 's car as it drove carefully up the twisting canyon drive , and began to die inside . |
| 24 | In a statement on July 15 Shamir 's office said that Israel would take a " positive view " of Assad 's reply if it enabled Israel to conduct " direct and unmediated negotiations with Syria " . |
| 25 | The flies lay their eggs mostly on the hairs of the horse 's legs , where they hatch and enter the horse 's mouth when it scratches itself . |
| 26 | A long tongue came out of the lamb 's mouth as it licked its lips . |
| 27 | Labour 's shadow Scottish Secretary , Tom Clarke , said the news emphasised Rosyth 's vulnerability if it secures only surface work . |
| 28 | In response , Pat Arbor , the chairman of the Board of Trade , said it was not the exchange 's fault that it had been duped by Stotler 's doctored financial records . |
| 29 | So must a butterfly feel as it rose towards the sun , so must a bumble bee feel as it slipped from nectar.filled flower to flower , so must Matthew 's foal as it gambolled beside its mother . |
| 30 | Think it was with a bit of Ellie 's assistance that it got made like that . |