Example sentences of "[vb -s] himself at [art] " in BNC.

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1 I was particularly taken by Patricia Routledge , unmistakeable even looking through a letter box , and by Lionel Jeffries for his affecting rendition of : The troops are ready to mutiny , The colonel is missing or dead , When up steps a bold , young lieutenant And places himself at the head .
2 All is filtered through Hoving 's glass , which magnifies himself at the expense of his colleagues .
3 Very often a student creates his first phrase and then finds himself at a loss .
4 Niki eats up a few places and then finds himself at the back of a bunch of five cars behind Prost , who is running second .
5 He 's a soldier that gives everything ; throws himself at the enemy and for once every ball , he touched finished in the back of the net .
6 Twice , in the Miller 's Tale , we hear a cock crow , as Absolon presents himself at the " " shot-wyndowe " " of Alison 's bedroom ( 3357 , 3687 ) .
7 Asked whether he shared Vera 's doubts about progress since the collapse of the communist regime , Ladislav lights another cigarette and settles himself at the table : ‘ A lot of the intellectuals are unhappy that the so-called ‘ transition' ’ is taking so long .
8 He then enjoys himself at the end of the book , looking to the future from various standpoints .
9 a person who contaminates himself at a site other than the original infected source
10 The male positions himself at the edge of the nest and fires a rapid succession of water droplets one to two inches out of the water and onto the nest itself to possibly agitate the eggs for recognition purposes .
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