Example sentences of "it [vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , in Lonrho/House of Fraser ( 1979 ) , it concerned itself with the managerial capacity of a particular individual . |
| 2 | She 'd loved the stones it smoothed , and its wildness when it flung itself over the promenade wall , scattering gravel and driftwood . |
| 3 | It manifested itself in the small hours at such an advanced stage that no cure save amputation of the head could bring relief . |
| 4 | Certainly , it regarded itself as the leader of the Six : the British proposal would weaken that position . |
| 5 | This was built for United Air Lines as DC-3A-197B NC 18942 in April 1948 and served with series of US operators until it found itself in the Sudan ( as N8044 ) in 1976 , before going to South Africa and joining Caprivi Airways in 1978 as ZS-KEX . |
| 6 | It found itself amongst the stockwork of veins and rich ore was being found continually . |
| 7 | BP has considerable experience of rationalisation ; along with much of the rest of UK manufacturing industry it reshaped itself during the early and mid-1980s . |
| 8 | It unravelled itself across the page . |
| 9 | January 1945 , by which time the Russians had established , and officially recognised the Union of Polish Patriots , ( later called the Lubin Committee ) and it proclaimed itself as the provisional government of Poland , a procedure which did not please the British , Americans , or the London Poles . |
| 10 | Founded 1259 , open to visitors during daylight hours , it proclaimed itself with the modesty of an institution whose confidence in its purposes was rock-solid . |
| 11 | Jordan had turned to Saudi Arabia for its oil supplies when it committed itself to the UN embargo on trade with Iraq and Kuwait [ see p. 37639 ] . |
| 12 | It detached itself from the thicket and reached rose-thorn fingers into the hard earth . |
| 13 | It showed itself at the turn of the century in a rash of gang fights , stabbings and street robberies , and in some parts of London there were excited rumours of youthful gangs armed with guns . |
| 14 | It adapted itself to the world in which it was being promulgated . |
| 15 | It disgraced itself on the Cambrian Coast Express some weeks ago and was hauled back ignominiously to the works where a tremendous flap occurred as to who paid for the necessary . |
| 16 | Then it formed itself into the semblance of a frown , the whole countenance becoming stern , implacable . |
| 17 | In general it allied itself with the conservative sector , knowing it could then rely on the wealth and status of this group and , in return , offering a value system that supported their regimes . |
| 18 | Thunder flashes , Roman candles and other pyrotechnics would enliven its passage until , a spinning hoop of flame , it launched itself over the cliff , described a brief trajectory and plunged into the sea , never to be seen again . |