Example sentences of "[to-vb] itself for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stopped for a moment , and gazed at it with pleasure , and saw how huge it was , surging against the rocks with far more power and energy than it had in the shelter of the estuary , flinging plumes of spray about in a reckless manner and dragging back to gather itself for the next rush forward . |
| 2 | If the European Fighter Aircraft fails to go ahead , the Government will have to brace itself for a further jobs bombshell . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , in Orange , it was time for Christmas , and the section started to organise itself for the festivities . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The merchant bank or broker will charge a commission for procuring the subscribers and may agree to subscribe itself for the balance if it fails to procure sufficient interest from its clients . |
| 6 | So the market will have to prepare itself for a non-Tory government . |
| 7 | The utility continues to make satisfactory progress to reposition itself for the periodic price review . |