Example sentences of "attached itself " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vague beige word that has naturally attached itself to Mr Major is ‘ nice ’ . |
| 2 | One unfortunate and totally false legend which has attached itself to the Tilford Bach Festival is the idea that the choir consists of local people . |
| 3 | The original Hebrew does not quite spell that out in detail , but that was what was meant , and has forever attached itself to the sin of sodomy which was until recently against the law and still is with those under 21 years of age . |
| 4 | The same legend may have attached itself to tree clumps as well . |
| 5 | Do not try to remove burnt material which has attached itself to your skin . |
| 6 | A If an anemone can not be easily removed ( and without damage ) when you buy it , then I would certainly seriously consider buying the rock if has attached itself to as well . |
| 7 | Disproportionately she had longed , in the interminable wastes of adolescence , in the grey and monotonous steppes , and some of the longing had attached itself to this night , this one night of the year , when others ( she knew from school friends , from the radio , from novels ) , when others went to parties and celebrated whatever was about to be . |
| 8 | Exalted patriotism attached itself to victory over the United States in 1898 , to conquest in Morocco , even to the success of Peral 's submarine . |
| 9 | The upshot of this little matter was to leave me labelled as ‘ Mr X ’ — a pseudonym invented by Harold Wilson and which has attached itself to me throughout the years , but never offensively . |
| 10 | On the slow descent to Bristol airport a creature had attached itself to one of the wings . |