Example sentences of "it [vb past] [verb] itself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enver Hoxha 's widow Nexhmije Hoxha , who had headed the Communist-dominated Democratic Front until December 1990 , but who had subsequently been expelled from the party as it sought to rid itself of the hardline old guard , was arrested on Dec. 4 to stand trial for corruption , as was Rita Marko , a politburo member for 34 years until July 1990 . |
| 2 | It had freed itself from the stairwell and could smell them , not far above it and within easy reach . |
| 3 | By 1959 , it had established itself as the pop sound and a fledgling British rock culture was throwing up performers such as Cliff Richard as challengers to Elvis . |
| 4 | The government lost credibility and became increasingly unpopular as it became evident that it had failed to meet the targets which it had set itself in the March 1990 radical economic austerity plan [ see pp. 37312-13 ; 37371 ] . |
| 5 | It is clear at that stage the London committee envisaged funding its proposed activities by subscriptions , and that it intended to concern itself with the diseases of cows and sheep as well as horses . |
| 6 | Among the smaller opposition parties the JCP fought a largely defensive campaign in which it attempted to dissociate itself from the discredited communist regimes of Eastern Europe . |