Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pn reflx] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Wales also Gloucester was expected to set himself at the head of existing officials . |
| 2 | In Wales also Gloucester was expected to set himself at the head of existing officials . |
| 3 | She once tried to draw herself at school ‘ when I was obsessed with the dark circles under my eyes . |
| 4 | The elder of the two policemen smiled at Sarah but she dropped her eyes and tried to busy herself at the sink . |
| 5 | It was awful , he spoke so awkwardly , he always has to say things in a roundabout way , he always has to justify himself at the same time . |
| 6 | His family it 's like dad if he wants to better himself at running he 's not a natural at it . |
| 7 | Now he wants to test himself at the top : ‘ I 'm as ambitious as the next man . |
| 8 | They prepared to launch themselves at the waiting cordon of brawnier , no longer jeering , senior cadets . |
| 9 | He refuses to commit himself at all on the dating of Abdulkerim 's Muftilik , not even naming the sultan in whose reign it occurred . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If David Kent was serious about Moira Charles — and Penny Rogers was n't the only one to have seen them together — then I 'm not going to throw myself at him . |
| 12 | I was just beginning to enjoy myself at this dance , when up came Section Officer Hutchcroft , the junior Waaf Officer , the light of battle in her eyes . |
| 13 | On the Left Bank the Germans began to find themselves at an increasing tactical disadvantage . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In 1415 , Hus was summoned to defend himself at the Council of Constance , having been assured of a safe conduct by the emperor Sigismund . |
| 16 | In short , they should establish the kind of position in which they would wish to see themselves at the end of that period . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | WINNERS : Peers of the realm , who can continue to make use of the facilities in the Other Place without having to humiliate themselves at the hustings . |
| 19 | The Patriotic People 's Front ( PPF ) , the umbrella grouping which had comprised the HSWP and other parties represented in the government before liberalization measures were introduced , decided to dissolve itself at a national conference in May 1990 following the poor election result . |
| 20 | The Government will have to defend itself at an international legal inquiry against allegations that the SAS operated a shoot-to-kill policy . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | IF YOU are going abroad this summer , do n't forget to give yourself at least four weeks in which to get any necessary vaccinations . |
| 23 | Carter try to ingratiate themselves at our Circulation Not So Bad After All Party , 1990 |
| 24 | He drew back one of the chairs and proceeded to seat himself at the table opposite her . |
| 25 | Oh , no ; whatever it was wanted to introduce itself at some stage , because one night she was lying staring at the dark when it seemed as though her head simply filled out into a large horizon . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | No industrialist liked to put himself at the mercy of creditors . |
| 28 | They preferred to keep themselves at a ‘ safe ’ distance from computers . |
| 29 | That was when Sharpe bothered to show himself at the Prince 's headquarters at all ; he evidently preferred to spend his days riding the French frontier which was a job that properly belonged to the pompous General Dornberg , which thought reminded the Prince that Dornberg 's noon report should have arrived . |
| 30 | In pursuing these aims , de Gaulle continued to find himself at odds with the British and Americans . |