Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | She took the cup of tea-bag Indian and allowed him to settle himself at the large deal table covered with music scores . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | With his teeth chattering , his mouth bleeding and his hair flattened to his skull he could not have looked less appealing as he presented himself at the front door . |
| 38 | DEC president Bob Palmer , who was supposed to grace this week 's gathering with his presence — see front page — absented himself at the last minute . |
| 39 | Its fragrance is real , and penetrating : but it does not release itself at the first casual opening of the pages . |
| 40 | I was just to present myself at the right time on the due date , when he would honour his promise to see me . |
| 41 | on finding yourself at the wrong lane at a junction should you A stay in it and miss your road , B and wait until you can change or C signal and move over quickly ? |
| 42 | I reproach myself at the same time . |
| 43 | When Mrs Gray had produced two very passable cups of coffee , they seated themselves at the long deal kitchen table . |
| 44 | It 's great to see those guys out here , giving pleasure and enjoying themselves at the same time . |
| 45 | The observers were also especially impressed by the collective concern for those who showed signs of being unable to support themselves at the local level : |
| 46 | ‘ 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 . |
| 47 | But the Dalek Killer was throwing himself at the golden cloud . |
| 48 | He launched himself at the taller of the two men , dragging him back . |
| 49 | ‘ I 'm pleading with you and mocking myself at the same time : how can you bear to resist ? ’ |
| 50 | 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 . |
| 51 | Most London homes will find themselves at the top levels . |
| 52 | It 's very important to prove yourself at the top level because the gap between top amateurs and pros is not as wide as it was a couple of years ago , ’ he says . |