Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [pn reflx] at " in BNC.

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1 In many cases this is due to great disappointment : if you can not enjoy yourself at Christmas when can you enjoy yourself ?
2 She usually so high and bright , a breezy chatter of her day in class , but now ; her work , the tawse , the first time she had used it , her tearful minute victims , she did not feel herself at all .
3 He 'll not hide himself at Riverstown . ’
4 Its fragrance is real , and penetrating : but it does not release itself at the first casual opening of the pages .
5 It does not infuse itself at conception — or any other magic moment .
6 ‘ You must not reproach yourself at any time .
7 ‘ If they 're sensible they do and their daughters will know what it 's all about and wo n't throw themselves at the first lad who looks at them .
8 No I funnily enough I just landed er er I I I did n't hurt myself at all .
9 I do n't restrict myself at all .
10 And if you ca n't organize yourself at work then it 's a ten to a penny that you ca n't organize the other bits either .
11 The warren rabbits did n't show themselves at once .
12 He just did n't look himself at all .
13 She did n't understand herself at all !
14 He 's a midfield player really , because he is very good on the ball , and he ca n't express himself at centre half .
15 You can be more confident that a negative test result means that you are not infected if you do n't put yourself at risk of infection through unsafe sex or by sharing injecting equipment in the three months before taking the test .
16 He must n't strain himself at all .
17 The second job of the day is to light the stove , a monument in itself , taking up a quarter of the thatched hut with its various extensions — a sill ( pod ) with an area for keeping dishes warm ( chestok ) , niches ( pechurki ) for small objects and matches , holes on the side for drying out leg and foot wrappings ( for lack of shoes ) , holes near the summit for reviving chilled hens in winter , and on the triumphal summit worn clothing on which to stretch out and sleep in the delicious warmth — ‘ U hholodnoi pechi ne sogreesh'sia ’ ( ‘ You ca n't heat yourself at a cold stove ’ ) .
18 ‘ I 've always wanted to meet you to say something … just to say I 'm sorry , but … but I could n't help meself at the time .
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