Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The galley was shaped like a three-sided square , and by parking himself at right angles to the double sink , his back to the companionway ladder , Nathan had her trapped . |
| 32 | There is also a speed-sensitive rear spoiler which automatically raises itself at higher speeds , though most owners will find the built-in anti-theft alarm and immobiliser much more practical for use in the UK . |
| 33 | The most dramatic development of the last quarter of a century has been the emergence of the urban-rural shift as a major factor in population redistribution , but in the late 1970s and early 1980s its strength waned somewhat , as too did the pace of local decentralization , whereas the North-South divide reasserted itself at this time after a period of lower significance . |
| 34 | No , Maggie protected herself at all times . |
| 35 | Our hostess scarcely showed herself at all . |
| 36 | Bernice threw herself at another of the creatures . |
| 37 | She did n't understand herself at all ! |
| 38 | The working hypothesis I end with , however , is that the subjective experiences of work , engendered by the application of particular rational-scientific principles of work organization , can have the psychic consequence that the worker is asked to manage himself at less than a mature level . |
| 39 | My God , these art-school minds betray themselves at crucial moments . |
| 40 | And more and more she met herself at this hour , too late to phone anyone , too weary to sleep . |
| 41 | Unable to summon the courage to enter the cold dark of the river the man , a lawyer by profession , finds himself at odd moments thereafter , and even in the courtroom , increasingly assailed by a laugh at the back of his mind , a laugh that mocks his whole posture in the world , a laugh that progressively exposes in him what he chooses to see as a guilty pretence . |
| 42 | Eventually he finds himself at 500 feet , unable to see a good field ahead , unable to remember the wind direction , and trying to select a field with very little choice . |
| 43 | The name of the game is to hit the guy as hard as you can and to protect yourself at all times . |
| 44 | In 1983 , for example , Gallup found that of voters who placed themselves on the political left and right , 22 per cent placed themselves at various ranges of the left end of the scale ( from ‘ far ’ to ‘ slightly ’ left ) , 51 per cent placed themselves on the right , and 13 per cent regarded themselves as middle of the road . |
| 45 | All this was owned by the d'Urbervilles , or the Stoke-d'Urbervilles as they called themselves at first . |
| 46 | They were also asked to describe the major characteristics of the groups in which they had found themselves at each point in their time on the terraces . |
| 47 | It is the third year the council has run its sports award scheme , aimed at helping Cleveland sportsmen and women who have proved themselves at national level and have real prospects of international success . |
| 48 | ‘ Through all the exhaustion and fear of the disastrous 1986 climb , Kurt Diemberger felt himself at one with creation , part of the ‘ endless knot ’ which put him in harmony with the cosmos and with a force which in the end was to save his life . ’ |
| 49 | Howard imagines himself at one with the infinite . |
| 50 | People would imagine that a type conference would be an extremely dull affair , but in fact it was like , barely able to control himself at any one time . |
| 51 | Such self-disgust appeared to have physical causes or manifestations : a pattern that was to repeat itself at irregular intervals for the next twenty years . |
| 52 | Maybe she had been locked in her self-imposed prison for so long that now she was unable to control herself at all . |
| 53 | ‘ What more can I say , ’ he added , ‘ except — it sounds fine — perhaps , although I would never commit myself at such an early stage , even perfect . ’ |
| 54 | Not involving yourself at all in anything whatever to do with " how or when or how much the primary sufferer eats or does not eat . |
| 55 | He can then argue that once one has advanced beyond the superstition that all desire is for oneself having pleasure , one has no reason of principle for denying the apparent fact that some desire is directed at occurrences not involving oneself at all , but rather the welfare of others . |
| 56 | In short , he had identified himself at last with the spirit of the times . |
| 57 | GUIL stirs himself at last . ) |
| 58 | He must n't strain himself at all . |
| 59 | The Archdeacon accused himself at many levels , not the least professional . |
| 60 | Being able to capitalize part of her pension would allow her to present herself at one of the main building societies with a deposit , to halve her housing costs , and begin acquiring a capital asset that would last with her into old age . |