Example sentences of "[vb past] itself to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite this bitter tragedy the town again rallied itself to the Yorkist cause when in 1470 they assisted King Edward IV in dispelling a Lancastrian uprising at the battle of Loosecoat Field . |
| 2 | What they may not have realised is that that message conveyed itself to the American public ! |
| 3 | There was a restlessness in the time that communicated itself everywhere and to everyone , that communicated itself to the very sounds in Britain 's air , the stones beneath Britain 's feet . |
| 4 | We merely became accustomed to the general life of the common birds and animals , and to the appearances of trees and clouds and everything upon the surface that showed itself to the naked eye ’ . |
| 5 | The existence of Dolphin Square , easily the largest erection of its kind in Europe , owed itself to the general run-down of the British Army since the end of the war . |
| 6 | One section of the New Left allied itself to the black working class who were demanding civil rights , and so acted against the narrow interests of the professional-managerial class . |