Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] itself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My enthusiasm transmitted itself to Malc and he left at the end of visiting time a happier man . |
| 2 | A twenty-five-foot wave flung itself at the canoe from an unexpected angle and before the crew could turn to absorb the blow , the Hokule'a rose up the face of the wave at forty-five degrees , and was capsized as it flew off the peak . |
| 3 | Southend could and should have won it near the end when once again the Town defence got itself in a tangle … |
| 4 | Southend could and should have won it near the end when once again the Town defence got itself in a tangle … |
| 5 | I believe that it was , or had some connection with , a species of agoraphobia , which in his case manifested itself as an acute fear of heights . |
| 6 | DIPLOMACY was plunged into darkness and officials were stranded in lifts after a snake coiled itself round power cables and blew all the fuses in a government conference centre in northern Tanzania . |
| 7 | DIPLOMATS were stranded in lifts when a snake coiled itself round power cables and blew the fuses at a conference in Tanzania . |
| 8 | As from last week , ICL plc 's Training Services division transformed itself into Peritas Ltd , a wholly-owned , but independent subsidiary . |
| 9 | Anxiously , they waited as Delaney 's black figure lowered itself into the fog , and was lost , bit by bit , from view , suggesting a primordial creature descending into a tropical , mist-covered swamp . |
| 10 | My feeling of distaste and fear manifested itself in mounting irritability . |
| 11 | Punk prided itself on making recordings with all the rough edges showing . |
| 12 | The Association applied itself to ways of resolving the continuing tension between the utilitarian needs of business and industry and the reinvigoration of a cultural leadership , its avowed objective being to reconcile practical utility , enlightened patriotism , and the " human ideal " in education . |
| 13 | A palpable bulk aligned itself beneath them , a fish on a line , but a fish without fight . |
| 14 | Indeed in Cehave NV v Bremer Handelgesellschaft [ 1976 ] QB 44 , the Court of Appeal considered that it was the intention to re-state the pre-existing sales law and that this intention translated itself into a canon of statutory interpretation . |
| 15 | Protestantism concerned itself with the inscription of dogma , attention to the text , was more emphatically scriptural . |
| 16 | His mind concentrated itself on Tolby 's footsteps which were slightly uneven , as if the solicitor had a slight limp . |
| 17 | Indirect Rule and the evolution of the Commonwealth idea had disarmed much left-wing criticism of the empire in the years between the wars and encouraged the development among British radicals of ‘ responsible ’ views on imperial subjects , which came naturally to bloom when Labour found itself at last in office . |
| 18 | After years of assuring everyone that China could be trusted to carry out the 1984 British-Chinese agreement on Hong Kong in good faith , the colonial administration found itself after Tiananmen Square presiding over a population which knew that China could not be trusted at all . |
| 19 | Certainly , as his mind prepared itself for the acceptance of the |
| 20 | Thrusting the heavy wooden doors of the lift open as they reached her floor , she precipitated herself into the small lobby from which the corridor to her room led , recoiling in dismay as a tall figure unwound itself from one of the two easy chairs beside a small table graced with a vase of fresh flowers . |
| 21 | His mind busied itself with images of what this news could do to his investigation if it ever became public ; the newspaper headlines ; the half-amused speculation of the cynics ; the crowds of sightseers , the superstitious , the credulous , the genuine believers , thronging the church in search of … what ? |
| 22 | The most dramatic development of the last quarter of a century has been the emergence of the urban-rural shift as a major factor in population redistribution , but in the late 1970s and early 1980s its strength waned somewhat , as too did the pace of local decentralization , whereas the North-South divide reasserted itself at this time after a period of lower significance . |
| 23 | On 18 December 1961 the Committee for Space Research declared itself in favour of the development of the Diamant rocket . |
| 24 | In the stroboscopic view , the giant pistons were the only things moving — until a figure detached itself from the wall , its grey colour exactly that of the background steel . |
| 25 | It was then that a familiar figure detached itself from the shadows of the trees and moved out into the dim orange light of one of the streetlamps . |
| 26 | Heartened by the sight of Weir standing beside Reagan on the South Lawn , the administration allowed itself to be drawn further into the Israeli-Iranian manoeuvres . |
| 27 | Nor was she in the gaming room with its low lights on green baize tables , circles of hands restless with chips , cards , cigarettes , while the tension adjusted itself with each soft call of the croupiers . |
| 28 | What passed for reality on the discworld reasserted itself with a rush of sound . |
| 29 | There could be only one consequence as the clothier distanced itself from its customers . |
| 30 | The ruling DEMOS coalition dissolved itself at a meeting on Dec. 30 , and called for early elections in April or May 1992 . |