Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] itself [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | And it 's proved itself on many expeditions — you could live in it for weeks . |
2 | It 's flying fast but approaching incredibly slowly — it 's pressing itself towards me and waving and kicking so that I 'm getting bruised all over . |
3 | ‘ Sheer luck — it 's tagged itself with one of these . ’ |
4 | After being on the receiving end of the challenge which brought Marsh 's late dismissal , he allowed Piatnitski to complete a night which showed the strides the home side must make if it is to re-establish itself as a European force . |
5 | Computervision Corp so wants to put its sad ownership by Prime Computer Inc behind it that it is remaking itself in the pure computer-aided design software image of the company Prime acquired as quickly as it can . |
6 | Now it is selling itself as the natural arena for developing companies in the new Länder . |
7 | A landmark environment policy document was issued by the Labour Party in September , which claims it is committing itself to a green government . |
8 | A micro-second after he saw the first flash , the bullet which had come from it was embedding itself in his skull . |
9 | Security officials feared that it was re-establishing itself in the region , possibly with the help of the small Catalan secessionist group Terra Lliure . |
10 | The third case resulted from the willingness and need of the firm to take work from any source while it was establishing itself in a new market . |
11 | If I had been standing I could have put it in my personal manifesto that I was a sabbatarian but when the Party committed itself to that , it was placing itself in the position of a church . ’ |
12 | It was sunning itself on the path . |