Example sentences of "it and [verb] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beside the path to his right there was a low wooden fence , a yard high he reckoned it to be , and in some places the snow had driven against it and reached its top . |
| 2 | B bit it and spoiled its smooth , symmetrical shape somewhat . |
| 3 | Thus , when you 're setting up the mouse , for instance , if you 've got MOUSE.COM loaded , Presentations senses it and uses its MOUSE.COM interface . |
| 4 | The Romanian section of Radio Free Europe in Munich was repeatedly the object of attempts by the Romanian secret service to penetrate it and to harm its staff members . |
| 5 | ‘ But he who is in quest of picturesque scenery of the Lake ( Derwent ) must travel along the rough side screens that adorn it and catch its beauties as they arise in smaller portions , its little bays , and winding shores … its deep recesses , and hanging promontories , its garnished rocks and distant mountains . ’ |
| 6 | It will use it as an embedded controller in office automation products such as X-terminals after it shrinks it and optimizes its speed . |
| 7 | May we turn our eyes towards this great sun , draw warmth and strength and comfort from it and receive its blessing . |
| 8 | A referendum on Maastricht would give everyone the opportunity both to understand it and to debate its implications themselves . |
| 9 | ’ Can you call-beam link with it and access its controls ? ’ |
| 10 | Manufacturers of dynamite and the other nitro-organics plied their trade as placidly as ever ; manufacturers of ammonium nitrate fertiliser merely desensitised it and countered its hygroscopicity with kaolin or kieselguhr instead of wax . |
| 11 | It should acknowledge what is confessional about itself too which compromises it and opposes its intended outcome of openness and tolerance . |
| 12 | In general terms , the first chapter of the book manifests Nash 's intention to treat popfiction , " the art that easily diverts us " , with respect , and to defend it against those readers who scorn it and deny its merits . |
| 13 | For example , if a hotel wants to develop an impressive mail-out , then it may not be advisable to use a third A4 size — it should perhaps be larger with a specially designed envelope which interests the reader sufficiently to open it and read its contents . |
| 14 | In all its forms , its object is to raise man above himself and to make him lead a life superior to that which he would lead , if he followed only his own individual whims : beliefs express this life in representations ; rites organize it and regulate its working . |
| 15 | To deal with it and to prevent its persistent effects on children , doctors and nurses need more training to develop their psychological awareness and their counselling skills . |
| 16 | She stood still for a moment and looked up and down the street ; it seemed to shine ; the light the sun had poured onto the packed dirt of the road glowed back pewter under the stars ; there was no longer any moon , it had set earlier that night , and the dimensions of the scene had expanded , creating a vacancy which made Rosa feel her pulse quicken , as if she too were growing , becoming less stubby , less compact , stretching upwards and turning silvery herself like the leaf of an olive when the breeze lifts it and shows its metallic underside . |
| 17 | My parents still live there and my father loves it and shares its faintly ridiculous pride . |
| 18 | perhaps he had undone the knot and looked inside or perhaps he had done no more than lift it and feel its weight . |
| 19 | Now just imagine the outcry if Council had the power to close down every organisation , stop funding every organisation that criticised it and reviewed its actions . |
| 20 | It was therefore thought important to publicise again the condition and at the same time characterise it and discover its natural history using a larger number of cases . |
| 21 | For after 1933 the labour movement internationally was faced with a problem which was to preoccupy it and to change its focus from domestic to international affairs . |
| 22 | Advanced Visual Sytems Inc , the Waltham , Massachusetts-based spin-out from now defunct Stardent Computer Systems Inc , is attempting to put the past behind it and do its own thing with former parent 's flagship graphics software environment , the Application Visualisation System . |
| 23 | We must move from the idea that the animals were given to us and made for us , to the idea that we were made for creation , to serve it and ensure its continuance . |
| 24 | An unmarked police car had been detailed to shadow it and report its ultimate destination . |
| 25 | The Association is most grateful to the Rococo Group for their work in producing an excellent book and to all those who contributed to it and supported its sales . |
| 26 | ‘ Later , local residents killed it and distributed its meat among themselves , ’ the Daily Nation said in a report from Makueni . |
| 27 | In response , Anthemius sent an army from Italy under the command of his son , but Euric 's forces crossed the Rhône , destroying it and killing its general . |
| 28 | It is God 's intention that we cultivate it , improve it and harness its resources for our own use . |
| 29 | You could look at it and say its 500K more than you COULD have spent . |
| 30 | But despite this Hereford MP Colin Shepherd says charity and aid should not be sent there … because the Serbs will hijack it and destroy its purpose . |