Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We made ourselves at home , ate the simple food sent across to us from the refectory and retired to bed . |
| 2 | In the same way we may stress ourselves at work , causing ulcers , backache and nervous breakdowns in the process , but for what ? |
| 3 | For reasons beyond his control , the new tsar found himself at war with Persia just as he was coming to terms with the Turks . |
| 4 | With the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist in Bosnia , Germany found itself at war with its trade competitors in the west , and at war with its nationalist rivals and its potential empire in the east . |
| 5 | Frederick 's aggression disturbed George II 's position as Elector of Hanover and , because he tried to defend Maria Theresa 's treaty rights and France joined in the attack upon her , Britain found itself at war with France . |
| 6 | Since the Lord Chancellor 's Practice Statement [ 1966 ] 3 All ER 77 the House of Lords has considered itself at liberty to depart from its own previous decisions when it appears right to do so . |
| 7 | Dell places itself at number three . |
| 8 | Who made the comment er , about people walking themselves at night ? |
| 9 | American guests are famous for deep ties and they hope they will consider themselves at home as long as they are in this country . |
| 10 | In many cases this is due to great disappointment : if you can not enjoy yourself at Christmas when can you enjoy yourself ? |
| 11 | FIREMEN called to a chimney blaze found themselves at boss Jeffrey Ord 's home at Alnwick , Northumberland . |
| 12 | Oh yes , I 've Have you enjoyed yourself at school ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The weather and the course were at their most benign as Fulton Allem , of South Africa , made himself at home on his first appearance at Augusta . |
| 15 | Durkin quickly made himself at home in Carewscourt . |
| 16 | ‘ He made himself at home . |
| 17 | He quietly made himself at home , and launched upon the usual enquiries about my work and my writing . |
| 18 | ‘ When he was here , did he make himself at home ? ’ |
| 19 | Told him to look in any time — just to walk in , sit down , take his shoes off , and make himself at home ! |
| 20 | Going for quality not only means the way we do our work , but the standards with which we conduct ourselves at work . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Only , he says , during his leisure does the worker feel himself at home . |
| 23 | The academic who describes himself at cocktail parties with the words ‘ I am a physicist ’ or ‘ I am a historian ’ is saying something about his self-perception ( essentially a researcher , not a teacher ) ; but is also saying that he subscribes to the disciplinary code imposed on its practitioners . |
| 24 | I knew I would eat too much and mentally planned to restrict myself at lunch , which would be equally difficult . |
| 25 | Bowyer 's troopers , as professional soldiers are wont , soon made themselves at home in the courtyard and outhouses : within an hour , Sir John was receiving complaints of food being stolen from the kitchen ; jugs of wine mysteriously emptying ; and chickens , full of life the night before , suddenly being killed , plucked and spitted over makeshift fires . |
| 26 | ‘ The Scottish lords have made themselves at home , ’ Agrippa muttered . |
| 27 | By inhaling poisonous vapours , young people put themselves at risk of : |
| 28 | This is not the same form of heroism as those who put themselves at risk for others . |
| 29 | as if lax regulations are not enough consumers put themselves at risk by careless use of refrigerators and microwaves . |
| 30 | 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 . |