Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pn reflx] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vast waiting lists of the local authorities , as well as the existing local authority houses , contain large numbers of families who , with private enterprise building again at the rate and real cost of the 1930s , would be both able and willing to accommodate themselves at economic rents or prices . |
| 2 | Hence not only were there more old people , but more of them became unable to support themselves at earlier ages . |
| 3 | People would imagine that a type conference would be an extremely dull affair , but in fact it was like , barely able to control himself at any one time . |
| 4 | Maybe she had been locked in her self-imposed prison for so long that now she was unable to control herself at all . |
| 5 | ‘ I was n't able to defend myself at all , I was just wanting to get it over with . ’ |
| 6 | The Germans were extremely worried about the organization , and ordered all young Italian men born in 1923 , 1924 and 1925 to present themselves at various barracks within fifteen days . |
| 7 | It 's a bit late , but Britain 's getting ready to defend herself at last — in case . ’ |