Example sentences of "[verb] itself [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It allows the vehicle to manoeuvre without tearing itself apart on the back axle . |
| 2 | When an inquisitive fish or crab provokes them to such action , it finds itself struggling in a mesh of filaments while the sea cucumber slowly inches itself away on the tube feet that protrude from its underside . |
| 3 | Pravda , the official Soviet newspaper , has positioned itself unambiguously on the side of the East German government 's authority . |
| 4 | Probably , she concluded , it had just washed itself along on a tide of alcohol and that uneasy mixture of salaciousness and sanctimoniousness which characterises these melancholy occasions . |
| 5 | By unilaterally adopting the programme , with its commitment to wide-ranging economic sovereignty for the individual republics , Russia placed itself potentially on a collision course with the USSR administration should the latter not follow suit . |
| 6 | Christmas has come early for me with this one — another mysterious release that planted itself firmly on the Vibes desk . |
| 7 | Just such an episode has been playing itself out on the American financial stage . |