Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] at [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quickly taking stock of the atmosphere , Pétain remarked icily to Serrigny : ‘ In these circumstances we shall install ourselves at Souilly , where I hope we may find a little more calm . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | One day he found himself at Market Harborough but with no idea where he was going . |
| 4 | By instinct rather than design he found himself at Saint Winifred 's altar , and kneeled to approach her , his creaky knees settling gingerly on the lowest step of her elevated place . |
| 5 | It was not until he had accepted and had received travel instructions that he found himself at Bletchley Park as part of the Enigma team reading German cypher traffic . |
| 6 | So it was with no plans for the future that Troy found himself at Greenhill fair , dangerously close to Weatherbury . |
| 7 | Angry Jemson suffered the embarrassment of coming on as substitute and then being substituted himself at Carrow Road . |
| 8 | He then entered himself at Lincoln 's Inn , and , after being called to the bar in 1789 , began to practise on the northern circuit . |
| 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 | Thomas was signed from Spurs last year for £500,000 , but has not been able to establish himself at Upton Park . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Then she found herself at Lodge offices , where Ethel Mitchell was still working . |
| 15 | She started work at 14 and by the time she found herself at Vons she 'd held a variety of jobs . |
| 16 | Basing themselves at York might have suited their training schedules and their travel arrangements , but it has been less than ideal for their public relations . |
| 17 | Marjory , his daughter by his first wife , was persuaded to agree that if the king died without a son the crown should pass to his brother Edward ; but to be on the safe side a marriage was arranged between Marjory and Walter , the hereditary High Steward , who in spite of his youth had distinguished himself at Bannockburn and become one of Bruce 's most trusted lieutenants . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | At British initiative , we committed ourselves at Maastricht to the further enlargement of the Community , starting with the EFTA countries . |
| 20 | FRINGE BENEFITS Colin Ward gets away from it all , submerging himself at Dartington |
| 21 | Rosengarten 's forte lay in the fine arts , painting and sculpture in particular , to which he committed himself at McGill ahead of Leonard . |
| 22 | He has always been very bad about it , which is why he injured himself at Steve Hadley 's yard , and even now John has to dope him before he is clipped . |
| 23 | First establishing himself at Sockbridge Hall , Lowther moved to London permanently in 1663 . |
| 24 | It seemed like only yesterday that he had presented himself at Manchester 's Ringway Airport for training with the newly formed Parachute Regiment . |
| 25 | And what was it but deception that she should present herself at Vendelin Gajdusek 's home and allow him to think she was her sister ? |
| 26 | The team that was made up of the remnants from Roxburgh 's original squad — and three of those conscripted to compensate for nine weekend call-offs — distinguished themselves at Ibrox and none more so than Duncan Ferguson , of Dundee United . |
| 27 | By far the largest concentration is found at Chichester gravel pits , and the only other area at which more than 100 birds have occurred annually is Weir Wood Reservoir ; similar flocks seem now to be establishing themselves at Darwell Reservoir and Rye Harbour gravel pits . |
| 28 | One may indeed go so far as to assert that the Japanese occupation of Indochina was the key issue in the conflict between Japan and the US which led to the attack at Pearl Harbor ; and after what was , initially , a rather lofty approach to the problems of Indochina and Southeast Asian security , America 's final demand that Japan remove its forces from both China and Indochina ( 26 November 1941 ) was met with the equally final Japanese rejection which manifested itself at Pearl Harbor and the invasion of Southeast Asia . |
| 29 | The swiftly reacting keeper bravely threw himself at McCarthy 's feet after Mitch Cook was brushed aside by the forward , and caused a measure of concern as he hobbled around after lengthy treatment . |
| 30 | First a mix-up in the West Ham defence gave him a clear sight of goal , but Ludek Miklosko threw himself at Smillie 's feet to save . |