Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pn reflx] [adv] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was soon embarrassed , therefore , to find himself back at the plague village , helping Lucie and Izzie to settle into one of the cottages , wondering why he had not left with the rest . |
| 2 | You 're right ; they ought to pull themselves together at one place . |
| 3 | Jones , reeling from a £20,000 fine and suspended six-month ban imposed by the FA for his part in a video nasty about soccer dirty tricks , has to pick himself up at Middlesbrough . |
| 4 | If you 're on your own , treat his display with cool disdain and simply ignore him as you walk past ; or strongly assert yourself and tell him to cover himself up at once — but remember , no threats . |
| 5 | She is the only pop star of any sex who has been shrewd enough to re-invent herself successfully at 18- months interval since David Bowie in the Seventies . |
| 6 | IN A desperate attempt to cheer ourselves up at one particularly gloomy moment last week , my Somerset neighbour William Rees-Mogg and I were trying to construct the scenario of what might happen if Labour scraped into power . |
| 7 | Cheaper , simpler , safer and quicker to do yourself well at home for a bit . |
| 8 | It can be dangerous to over-exert yourself greatly at the beginning of your fitness programme . |
| 9 | The Romanians have been leaving Pontins Bream Sands centre in Somerset to turn themselves in at police stations across the west country . |
| 10 | Thus are we victims of various sorts of obsession when certain parts of ourselves seek to preserve themselves even at the expense of the whole personality . |
| 11 | The report says that the company 's failure is " due quite simply to the overvaluation of the project , which has allowed some vultures to enrich themselves immeasurably at Congo 's expense . " |
| 12 | The other thing is to talk it over with your line manager , so that if you 've picked something up you want to implement yourself back at , in the workplace then |
| 13 | Canary Wharf , the tallest building in Europe , fails to shape itself adequately at the fiftieth storey and is dull as a consequence . |
| 14 | ‘ Nice house , ’ said Joe , sitting down , for he was still young enough to make himself instantly at home . |
| 15 | As for Eliot himself , he seemed to make himself absolutely at home , as he usually did in a small gathering , and he swung his leg over the arm of the comfortable chair , where it reposed throughout the visit . |
| 16 | Have Fun and not to tie myself down at eighteen with |