Example sentences of "[vb base] [pn reflx] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make yerself at 'ome , said Mr Piggott , passing her an out-of-date copy of the parish magazine . |
| 2 | As Christian communicators in Asia we place ourselves at the service of those challenges , well aware that we need to conscientise people as much as we need to be conscientised . |
| 3 | Pergolas and arches are not so bad for accessibility , but dead-heading means work above your head and that entails the use of steps , which require a firm path or surface before you place yourself at risk on them . |
| 4 | Told him to look in any time — just to walk in , sit down , take his shoes off , and make himself at home ! |
| 5 | Going for quality not only means the way we do our work , but the standards with which we conduct ourselves at work . |
| 6 | Nervous controls are not the same as behavioural responses of the kind we have seen in the case of reptiles , which situate themselves at angles to gain the maximum benefit from , or to avoid the worst excesses of , solar radiation . |
| 7 | Kill yourself at five miles an hour in a car I know sounds stupid ! |
| 8 | By inhaling poisonous vapours , young people put themselves at risk of : |
| 9 | This is not the same form of heroism as those who put themselves at risk for others . |
| 10 | as if lax regulations are not enough consumers put themselves at risk by careless use of refrigerators and microwaves . |
| 11 | During the autumn and winter of that dramatic year they put themselves at the forefront of agitation for more effective air raid precautions , and used their influence in the war factories to defend workers ’ living standards while criticizing the inefficiency of management . |
| 12 | For every Western aid worker , there are at least five Somali aid workers who , like Hawa the nurse , put themselves at greater risk , work longer hours for little or no money , and provide a body of local people who may be able to continue their work in health care or administration after the fighting is over . |
| 13 | With regard to Bancroft 's second point , our research was designed not only to quantify sexual practices but also to understand why people put themselves at risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases , especially AIDS . |
| 14 | Locks weirs and boats need to be treated with respect according to the National Rivers Authority , but there are still some people who put themselves at risk by behaving foolishly . |
| 15 | Studies reveal that people asked to rate their own abilities on a scale of 1–100 pitch themselves at around the 55 mark . |
| 16 | I 'm beginning to realize why perfectly sane people pitch themselves at the mercy of the elements miles from the security of terra firma , has provided the perfect resort for our first events of the . |
| 17 | I also know of several productive bream waters where the bream never show themselves at all until they are being brought to the landing net . |
| 18 | Do a little homework before you put yourself at the mercy of a mortgage lender . |
| 19 | I said there 's a lot to be said for a chap that you inside out know his ways and how to cope with them but never ever put yourself at his mercy by marrying him . |
| 20 | Oh he adores her , oh yes he wants her back , and I said , she said , I , you see , I know him , I said there 's a lot to be said for a chap that you know inside , know his ways and know how to cope with them , but I said never ever put yourself at his mercy , I 'm marrying him , and the house will be hers , you see , when there properly divorced it 'll be in her name so if he starts coming the old soldier , she can bung him out . |
| 21 | Picture yourself at the mouth of a cave . |
| 22 | ‘ As they strap in for holiday flights , how many people imagine themselves at the controls ? ’ said a Virgin spokesman . |
| 23 | The hour to which we journalists strictly ration ourselves at lunchtime had already passed and the mart reports would n't sub themselves , but a selection of citric sorbets proved worth the extra 45p . |
| 24 | It 's well-known that the Scots , in general , have no love for the English — for good reason ; that the Irish , to this day , consider themselves at war with England . |
| 25 | Many other organisations are envious of all the In-Service training we provide , so do your best to support it and enjoy yourself at the same time ! |
| 26 | I hope to show ways you can help heal our environment and enjoy yourself at the same time , regardless of your earning capacity , age , sex , sexual orientation , race , political ideology , whether you 're an individual , couple , group , family and whether you 're country-folk or a city-slicker . |
| 27 | If the children have attended another school ask them what is was like , what they enjoyed most and , in all cases , reassure them that they are going to make lots of friends , learn a great deal of interesting things and enjoy themselves at your school . |
| 28 | To hold the regime together , and maintain himself at its head , he manoeuvred not only to maximize his chances of material and territorial satisfaction , but also to avoid alienating from himself any of the factions within his regime , while , at the same time , bolstering his own hegemony by ensuring the persistence of competition between them . |
| 29 | I knacker myself at my job to keep her nice and warm in my HOUSE , WITH MY KIDS AND MY DOG AND MY HI-FI AND MY CAR AND MY DAVID HOCKNEY PRINT … |
| 30 | A proportion of the flights on each main operating base maintain themselves at ‘ quick reaction alert ’ ( QRA ) status , ready to move out at a moment 's notice . |