Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pn reflx] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A system where the user presses a series of buttons without thought and gets exactly what he needs ( rather than what he at that stage thinks he wants ) is efficient but not entirely educational , any more than one so difficult that the user could only throw himself at the mercy of the person sitting at the reader 's adviser desk . |
| 2 | He should throw himself at the Doctor 's back , grapple with him , break the machinery at which he was working . |
| 3 | He could picture himself at the court of King Louis , accepting the thanks of his grateful monarch . |
| 4 | If the object-glass of a refractor or the mirror of a reflector is of poor quality , the images will also be poor — and a bad telescope does not always betray itself at a glance . |
| 5 | Such investors tended to come in when stocks were exchanged rather than present themselves at the moment of initiation . |
| 6 | The style is based on the premise that if you can defend yourself at the eight compass points covered by the trigrams you will be fully protected from attack . |
| 7 | He put on his shirt and suggested she should wash herself at the sink . |
| 8 | For an instant , Jimmy wondered whether he should hurl himself at the plate-glass windows . |
| 9 | Note that you may only select approved versions for successful approval ( except for the package module which must select itself at the same issue ) or |
| 10 | A star can therefore maintain itself at a constant radius by a balance between the attraction of gravity and the repulsion that arises from the exclusion principle , just as earlier in its life gravity was balanced by the heat . |
| 11 | On a commercial note , it may well be that the insertion of a landlord 's break will reduce the market rent obtainable for the property , a fact which will doubtless manifest itself at the time of the first rent review after the landlord 's power to break has become exercisable . |
| 12 | Just ge go anywhere sh I 'm sure she 'd entertain herself at the shops , she 'd be quite happy |
| 13 | This not only keeps it in place , but it also feels nice for your partner and means you can stroke yourself at the same time . |
| 14 | The 36-year-old player-manager will play himself at the expense of either Steve McMahon or Rick Holden , both of whom cost £900,000 . |
| 15 | However , even if we can not blame him for murdering the other in his sleep , we might respect him more if he did put himself at a disadvantage by clinging to one of his last disintegrating scraps of morality . |
| 16 | Its fragrance is real , and penetrating : but it does not release itself at the first casual opening of the pages . |
| 17 | The chief mark of that period was a new confidence in the power of reason , as opposed to acceptance of authority , to discover truth : we find things out , not simply by believing what someone else tells us , but by considering the evidence , reflecting upon it , and accepting what can ‘ prove itself at the bar of reason ’ . |
| 18 | At the end of the nineteen twenties the policy from Moscow , not just to the Chinese Communist Party but actually to communist parties all over the world swings dramatically to the left and Stalin is arguing that there 's , there are going to be revolutionary explosions all over the world the Communist Party must forge its own path , it must put itself at the head of these struggles , it must give a lead to the masses by launching insurrections and so on and so forth . |
| 19 | 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 ’ ) . |
| 20 | In a small employment agency there may only be one interviewer and you will put yourself at a disadvantage if you make a bad start . |
| 21 | If you lose these you will put yourself at an even greater disadvantage . |
| 22 | Many Yugoslav army officers had asked how they could put themselves at the disposal of the government , he said . |
| 23 | That is the last time I shall put myself at a loss or disadvantage for her , she decided , unable as she was to thank me . |
| 24 | Why the hell did n't you throw yourself at the door ? ’ |
| 25 | Yeah , I shall , I 'm gon na treat myself at the end of each month |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . |
| 28 | He will find himself at the heart of a Ruritanian ceremonial which makes the House of Lords seem informal . |
| 29 | RICHIE Richardson will find himself at the centre of another bitter Yorkshire bust-up tonight . |
| 30 | Together with the abolition of the Wage Councils and the minimum wage , the working man will find himself at the mercy of the unscrupulous bosses . |