Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pn reflx] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wallace 's attempts to establish himself at United have been hindered by the player 's desperation to become a Stretford End hero as Fergie explained : ‘ He tried too hard to make himself popular . |
| 2 | It accuses " particular producer groups " of " manipulating domestic environmental policies to benefit themselves at the expense of both the rest of the economy and ultimately even the environment " . |
| 3 | A typically ambiguous attitude towards foreigners manifested itself at this point . |
| 4 | By nightfall all the rifle companies had been over-run ; some sections , and platoons from these companies extricated themselves at nightfall . |
| 5 | Of course if Adam had invited his parents to make themselves at home at Wyvis Hall , use it as a hotel , while he was away , they would have lent him any amount , but that was the last thing Adam would have done . |
| 6 | The next morning breakfast was laid ready in the dining room for the Bradfords ' guests to help themselves at whatever hour they chose to rise . |
| 7 | The testers presented themselves at factory gates , the minority one first and the other about half an hour later , and said they were looking for work . |
| 8 | The hounds threw themselves at the gate . |
| 9 | In spite of this , innovation by individuals and communities of farmers in Africa will continue , and for the most part will enable rural families to maintain themselves at a reasonable level of nutrition . |
| 10 | In the stands , spontaneous combustion provokes smouldering enthusiasm amongst the spectators , while on the playing area fielders fling themselves at the ball and into the advertising hoardings around the boundary in frenzied attempts to save runs . |
| 11 | Aircraft captains are legally entitled to deny boarding to any passengers presenting themselves at the aircraft who , cat the captain 's absolute discretion , are unacceptably under the influence of drink or drugs . |
| 12 | They had a soft spot for its mid- morning scene of desolation , the familiar down-and-outs warming themselves at their bonfires of pallets on the lorry park , street cleaners ineffectually sweeping piles of rotten fruit and a pecking order of scavengers collecting their portion of the spoils . |
| 13 | There was fighting in the gangways and a young girl beat the bouncers to throw herself at his feet . |
| 14 | If we can get a clear idea about the situation in which teachers find themselves at present , and how they experience it , then we shall be in a better position to see what the most productive way forward is . |
| 15 | Nor do I feel like setting myself up as an Aunt Sally just waiting for all those girls to throw themselves at me in the attempt to knock me off my perch ! ’ |
| 16 | The car slowed again more gently as the Annamese driver spotted another group of peasants gathering themselves at the roadside fifty yards ahead . |
| 17 | My God , these art-school minds betray themselves at crucial moments . |
| 18 | In a message to UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali the committee according to the Middle East News Agency on April 9 forwarded a message from Libya : the Libyan authorities would not object to the two men placing themselves at the disposal , via the Arab League , of the UN Secretary-General . |
| 19 | The cultists prostrated themselves at Susan 's feet . |
| 20 | The object of providing for arbitration rather than trial in small claims is to allow litigants to represent themselves at a hearing where their ignorance of procedure and adversarial techniques will not be a handicap . |
| 21 | The circle of grimacing faces thrust themselves at him , guns and fists roughly bruising him as the calls for something English were repeated . |
| 22 | The warriors hurled themselves at the heads or horns of their animals to make them lie down . |
| 23 | The arsenic is now on its way elsewhere , nor is the shake-up ending there , as dumps all over Europe have by turns found themselves at the end of the latest ‘ lead ’ . |
| 24 | as if lax regulations are not enough consumers put themselves at risk by careless use of refrigerators and microwaves . |
| 25 | When the neural tube closes ( Chapter 2 ) , a group of cells detaches itself at the site of fusion and migrates to many parts of the body and differentiates into a wide variety of cell types . |