Example sentences of "[noun sg] itself with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did n't seem likely : the first floor was in the roof itself with sloping outside walls and few places to hang pictures . |
| 2 | I 'd say — and interrogate me in the cell itself with shouted , rapid-fire questions , punctuated by slaps in the face and , just once , hair-pulling . |
| 3 | But we get away from the Crucifixion itself with this third panel . |
| 4 | Below the streets were alive with people , all of them bathed in the neon glow that seemed to fill the very air itself with multi-coloured energy . |
| 5 | A highly-developed sense of the ridiculous is inimical to the striking of certain musical attitudes ; and , while I 'm sure mason regards the craft of composition itself with profound seriousness , there are clearly many compositional modes and self images which he 's quite unable to invest with the spurious dignity they often demand . |