Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] itself " in BNC.
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| 1 | It sought to steady itself amidst plasma and shellblast … |
| 2 | Even in rivers less polluted , when some living organisms could survive , the water failed to purify itself . |
| 3 | In the US , for example , where the socialist party failed to establish itself as a major party after a fairly rapid growth in the first decade of this century , it has long been argued that the presidential system is a major obstacle to the development of third parties , and undoubtedly these constitutional factors have been important ; but it is clear that many other social and economic characteristics of the US have had a preponderant influence in determining the absence of a large-scale independent socialist movement or party there ( Sombart , 1906 ; Laslett and Lipset , 1974 ) . |
| 4 | By looking after its past employees , the army sought to position itself as a caring organisation which would encourage new recruits . |
| 5 | In time , academic anthropology became less directly associated with evolutionary ideas , and it tried to establish itself as a respectable , if not conservative , branch of the social sciences . |
| 6 | The only problem was that every time he let the dog off the lead it tried to provide itself with a sheep supper , so consequently he had to keep it on the lead and feed it on tins of beans , sausages , bacon and egg , which had so exhausted his stock of food that now he was living on porridge and giving the dog the rest of his sausages . |
| 7 | It tried to hide itself . |
| 8 | Earlier , Buckingham Palace again tried to distance itself from the riddle . |
| 9 | It landed on the floor where it lay on its back , its numerous legs doing cycling motions as it tried to right itself . |
| 10 | It is this idea of the universal Church which is a seed of the conciliar movement ( when the Church sought to rule itself through councils ) . |
| 11 | The corpse seemed to brace itself against the tilt but that could not be , unless — |
| 12 | Yet each time that third line came round the tune seemed to gather itself up and find new energy from somewhere , and perhaps it did n't fall quite so far each time in the fourth , and Tabitha was captivated despite herself , watching the pretty man play and wondering how he would end it , how he could ever resolve the disagreement between the rush and the ebb , until she realized suddenly that he had , with a quiet , lilting little rill that ran up and then down and flicked its tail and was gone . |
| 13 | It heralded the end of the session , as Danny 's mood seemed to transmit itself to the others and they too became restless . |
| 14 | Lightning flashed again as the monstrous shape outside seemed to launch itself head first and downwards in a mad and frenzied lunge at the aperture . |
| 15 | Hubert Molland was an unpractised driver and his nervousness seemed to communicate itself to the big car , which juddered and groaned alarmingly . |
| 16 | The silence held for a while and then she heard a low laugh that seemed to trace itself right down her spine too . |
| 17 | And then , before they quite met , the smaller shadow seemed to detach itself from the wall and move out into space . |
| 18 | ‘ Why , Sarella ? ’ he grated after a battle that seemed to draw itself out to the limits . |
| 19 | There was a slight hitch with the installation of the scanner driver , but this seemed to resolve itself eventually , and did n't pose any great problem . |
| 20 | There was a slight hitch with the installation of the scanner driver , but this seemed to resolve itself eventually , and did n't pose any great problem . |
| 21 | And her body , where he gripped it , seemed to force itself into him . |
| 22 | Was n't it strange how history seemed to repeat itself ? |
| 23 | But as she sang , the voice seemed to lift itself out of the setting , out of the plot , and become a performance in itself . |
| 24 | It seemed to adapt itself to her and , in any case , she would not have noticed if it had been a giraffe . |
| 25 | At the end , the characters informally assembled to share food and drink , a sitar gently played , after nightmarish destruction the world seemed to renew itself . |
| 26 | I think Sussex has got to find a new , new hat , and got to express itself and demonstrate that it is in no sense relying on twenty five years of erm of erm fairly high reputation that the next twenty five years and the next twenty five years after that are just as challenging , perhaps even more so . |
| 27 | The church of the apostolic age sought to identify itself with the ‘ poor ’ whom Jesus had declared blessed ( Luke 6 : 20 ) ; or had he meant the ‘ poor in spirit ’ ( Matt. 5 : 3 ) , the humble-hearted , who could hold their property without pride as means to support the destitute ? |
| 28 | Enver Hoxha 's widow Nexhmije Hoxha , who had headed the Communist-dominated Democratic Front until December 1990 , but who had subsequently been expelled from the party as it sought to rid itself of the hardline old guard , was arrested on Dec. 4 to stand trial for corruption , as was Rita Marko , a politburo member for 34 years until July 1990 . |
| 29 | Here and elsewhere , the government strove to identify itself with new themes . |
| 30 | The inquisitive Warlord turned to realign itself with its mechanical peers which strode onward together in line abreast , to massacre Marines . |