Example sentences of "[vb past] itself in the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In war , more common as the Dukes of Normandy used their English kingship to press their rather doubtful claims to the French throne , Sussex found itself in the front line , convenient both for intended invasions and retaliatory expeditions by licensed French pirates . |
| 2 | It ricocheted off a bulkhead , impossibly loud in the confined space , and buried itself in the fleshy part of Terhune 's thigh . |
| 3 | A final essential advantage for the party manifested itself in the general election campaign , when Attlee , for so long the ‘ unknown Opposition Leader ’ , came to notice as a sober and responsible figure apparently capable of assuming the reins of government . |
| 4 | Alexei loosed , and the arrow leapt from the bow and embedded itself in the wooden spike which rose from the dome of a house two streets away . |
| 5 | Fortunately , the German spirit that found expression in the Reformation , and with it gave rise to the first German music , has never yet fully lost itself in the dominant Alexandrianism . |