Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] itself for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly , as his mind prepared itself for the acceptance of the |
| 2 | Land was parcelled out to major mamluks to enrich themselves and this unusual form of alien rule perpetuated itself for several centuries . |
| 3 | Equally , no company should fail to take advance action to prepare itself for them . |
| 4 | The financial sector prepared itself for full deregulation and open competition with foreign institutions . |
| 5 | She heard a footfall , she pressed herself back , keeping an eye on the street ; in a doorway , further on , a silhouette detached itself for a moment , and she saw a man throw his head back and shake it as if intoxicated , while holding his arms extended , and she fancied she heard him speak to his own fidanzata of that evening , she imagined him murmuring about her hair — as dark as a raven 's wing , perhaps ? |
| 6 | All that was left of Bernice 's rational practicality marshalled itself for a final , concerted assault on her bewildered brain . |
| 7 | The effect of Lenin 's strategy , he warned , would be that the party substitutes itself for the class , ‘ the party organization substitutes itself for the party , the Central Committee substitutes itself for the organization and , finally , a ‘ dictator ’ substitutes himself for the Central Committee ’ . |
| 8 | She decided she would say it , noticed how her body rearranged itself for the tone that would come . |
| 9 | In the urge to protect itself for the negative battles of the present , the party thus pulled back from its only truly positive policy for the future . |
| 10 | And the implications of that as the government readied itself for the privatisation of British Airways were too horrific to contemplate . |
| 11 | While you may gain from a long overdue cheque , you 'll lose out again when a rather large bill presents itself for payment . |
| 12 | In Chapter 4 we look at how Soviet society organises itself for war . |
| 13 | The effect of Lenin 's strategy , he warned , would be that the party substitutes itself for the class , ‘ the party organization substitutes itself for the party , the Central Committee substitutes itself for the organization and , finally , a ‘ dictator ’ substitutes himself for the Central Committee ’ . |
| 14 | An animal might for instance prepare itself for a fight by learning a particular association between some noise and the appearance of its enemy in the near future . |
| 15 | At the same time , the film offers itself for ‘ simultaneous collective experience ’ and the reason why critical and affirmative attitudes can fuse is because ‘ individual reactions are predetermined by the mass audience response they are about to produce … |
| 16 | The child 's parents , and especially his father , were perceived as the obstacle to a realization of his Oedipus wishes ; so his infantile ego fortified itself for the carrying out of the repression by erecting this same obstacle within itself . |
| 17 | The utility continues to make satisfactory progress to reposition itself for the periodic price review . |
| 18 | I said at the beginning , when I talked about the woman at the pool , that ‘ the essence of her charm , independent of time revealed itself for a second in that gesture and dazzled me . ’ |
| 19 | As the conservative party prepares itself for a turbulent debate on Europe tomorrow , many of them will be turning to the work of a Cotswold publisher for guidance . |
| 20 | The effect of Lenin 's strategy , he warned , would be that the party substitutes itself for the class , ‘ the party organization substitutes itself for the party , the Central Committee substitutes itself for the organization and , finally , a ‘ dictator ’ substitutes himself for the Central Committee ’ . |