Example sentences of "[pn reflx] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Do n't be ungrateful , ’ said Caroline , who was a bit above herself at the best of times . |
| 32 | She sighed to herself at the boring predictability of it . |
| 33 | Once extended her own eye was pressed to the lens of the telescope that was herself ( was it her own eye 's lens she was looking through the wrong way ? ) and she saw herself at the other end . |
| 34 | ‘ I was just telling you that I reckon it was a good idea — to wait a day before going back to New York , ’ Carole repeated , smiling to herself at the other girl 's slightly abstracted expression . |
| 35 | I might have made an angry reply about her own flaunting of herself at the male Ardakkean , but there was nothing to be gained by it . |
| 36 | While the water steamed from the taps , she busied herself at the long table beneath the bathroom mirror , lifting the lids from the various jars and sniffing at them until she found the one she was searching for . |
| 37 | Selina established herself at the circular steel table : evening paper , teacup , a single , deserved cigarette . |
| 38 | Tabitha flung herself at the hard bunk with an angry sigh . |
| 39 | The girl in the conservatory reached out a hand and flicked the switch , lighting them the last few yards , and floodlighting herself at the same time . |
| 40 | She was about to say so , in no uncertain terms , but stopped herself at the last moment . |
| 41 | Dana had not appeared for the promised fitting or for the rehearsal , excusing herself at the last minute because Roman had wanted her for alterations to one of the outfits she was to wear . |
| 42 | His dark eyes met hers as if he felt her surreptitious appraisal , and she found herself at the receiving end of that long , sardonic smile . |
| 43 | However , it seemed the news that a low-class woman had presented herself at the back door alerted Master Jobbernole to the possible reason for her presence and its consequences . |
| 44 | Juliet even surprised herself at the bitter words spilling over . |
| 45 | I was just to present myself at the right time on the due date , when he would honour his promise to see me . |
| 46 | In a short while , limping and protesting , I found myself at the local prison , pushed into a filthy stinking room with some two dozen other malefactors . |
| 47 | If any British club is interested in ‘ competing ’ against the Austrians , please could they either contact Mr Michael Stifel , CC Kitzbühel , or myself at the Austrian National Tourist Office in London . |
| 48 | ‘ Oh God , ’ I replied , launching myself at the Moroccan fabric , ‘ he has n't blown the gaff on my war wound , has he ? |
| 49 | ‘ I 'm pleading with you and mocking myself at the same time : how can you bear to resist ? ’ |
| 50 | I reproach myself at the same time . |
| 51 | Sometimes , I 'd have to take a turn if someone failed to arrive , enthroning myself at the green baize table and stuffing myself with shrimp rolls and pickles , me , the killer who 'd lived on bugs . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | They turned on the newly arrived Marines in surprise , and yet with considerable ferocity , hurling themselves at the armed men , who coolly gunned them down , their machetes being no match for rifles . |
| 54 | Fifty people ( the other thirty had disengaged themselves at the first mention of Dickens ) were now taking tea in the gardens of the Albion Hotel under the shelter of parasols . |
| 55 | ‘ 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 . |
| 56 | When Mrs Gray had produced two very passable cups of coffee , they seated themselves at the long deal kitchen table . |
| 57 | Janet 's counsellor Mamie Graham is on the end of a phone 24 hours a day for those who find themselves at the sharp end of crime . |
| 58 | Stringent safety measures now operate on buses to help drivers who , like Mr Seymour , find themselves at the sharp end of Strathclyde 's rising tide of serious crime . |
| 59 | At its most typical , this new form of innovation is at least primarily a marketing function , and this contrasts sharply with other kinds of innovation , which , governed by internal cultural purposes , often find themselves at the very margin of the market or indeed outside it altogether . |
| 60 | They altered the noise levels , and the lighting levels at mealtimes and were surprised themselves at the dramatic effect on behaviour — less agitation , reduced noise from the patients , shorter feeding times , and greater consumption of food . |