Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pn reflx] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , Szeliga says : ‘ We are not coming in to buy market share ; we aim to promote ourselves at the quality and mid-priced end of the market . |
| 2 | I do not want to be harsh , but when I first set eyes on him I knew the type at once : the big , gangling provincial , so eager and relieved to find himself at last in artistic circles . |
| 3 | A staunch Tory , Shrewsbury was distressed to find himself at odds with some of his fellow Catholics over Ireland and deplored the support given to Daniel O'Connell [ q.v. ] |
| 4 | In pursuing these aims , de Gaulle continued to find himself at odds with the British and Americans . |
| 5 | ONE of this paper 's less chivalrous columnists ( a particularly poisonous character called Gadfly , inhabiting later editions only ) had cause last year to launch himself at Bishop Auckland Tory candidate David Williamson . |
| 6 | Towards the end of the third hour , a little man at the back of the great hall , a faithful apparatchik from the area of the Caspian Sea , was unable to contain himself at the unanticipated exposition of the enormities of Stalin . |
| 7 | Thomas was signed from Spurs last year for £500,000 , but has not been able to establish himself at Upton Park . |
| 8 | Wallace 's attempts to establish himself at United have been hindered by the player 's desperation to become a Stretford End hero as Fergie explained : ‘ He tried too hard to make himself popular . |
| 9 | It 's Wright 's ambition to establish himself at Newcastle but if the future , in terms of first team football , looks bleak he will have to consider the Forest interest . |
| 10 | James , who has still to keep a clean sheet , would be disappointed to be overlooked , but he has the confidence and the talent to establish himself at Anfield . |
| 11 | James , who has still to keep a clean sheet , would be disappointed to be overlooked , but he has the confidence and the talent to establish himself at Anfield . |
| 12 | For similar reasons BA , a Heathrow-based airline , was also keen to establish itself at Gatwick , thereby making itself the dominant airline at Britain 's two largest airports . |
| 13 | It accuses " particular producer groups " of " manipulating domestic environmental policies to benefit themselves at the expense of both the rest of the economy and ultimately even the environment " . |
| 14 | They prepared to launch themselves at the waiting cordon of brawnier , no longer jeering , senior cadets . |
| 15 | Generally , no fee is charged for pupillage , but local authorities do not give grants for maintenance , which has the unfortunate result that students without adequate parental means may find it impossible to establish themselves at the Bar . |
| 16 | Those who had no qualifications and no regular occupation were also more likely to have little family support , and to find themselves at eighteen or younger , living on state benefits in lodgings , single bedsits , or flats shared with other young people . |
| 17 | On the Left Bank the Germans began to find themselves at an increasing tactical disadvantage . |
| 18 | I can not say how strange it was , how peculiarly dead I felt , when I awoke to find myself at a distance from my father . |
| 19 | … trying to insinuate oneself at any price into the families of the older European dynasties . |
| 20 | But the scholarship was worth only £100 and , though his school plundered its scarce resources to add £20 , it was not enough for the boy to support himself at Cambridge . |
| 21 | Now to some , George Best telling Cantona to behave himself at Old Trafford is a bit like Stan Flashman lecturing on etiquette . |
| 22 | Aunt Carrie said Desmond is a real good worker when he 's on his own with his dad , and Dominic seems to behave himself at work , ’ said Joe . |
| 23 | In Wales also Gloucester was expected to set himself at the head of existing officials . |
| 24 | In Wales also Gloucester was expected to set himself at the head of existing officials . |
| 25 | I knew I would eat too much and mentally planned to restrict myself at lunch , which would be equally difficult . |
| 26 | Once dormant , however , their metabolism slows down so much that the pineal is virtually switched off , and how they manage to rouse themselves at the correct time remains a mystery . |
| 27 | In their hands love seemed a narrow-eyed , exclusive , selfish bastard , to enjoy itself at the expense of a woman who now lay in bed in Auntie Jean 's house , her life unconsidered . |
| 28 | Leading politicians in Britain , particularly in the mid-nineteenth century Liberal Party , scorned the imperial enterprise as no more than a way of offering the unemployable aristocracy a means to enrich itself at heavy cost to the innocent . |
| 29 | The next morning breakfast was laid ready in the dining room for the Bradfords ' guests to help themselves at whatever hour they chose to rise . |
| 30 | For students — young people and adults alike — it will mean more opportunities to gain new skills , obtain qualifications and develop fully the roles that they need to fulfil themselves at work and as citizens . |