Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pn reflx] at the " in BNC.

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1 Constable Perkins , who had been enjoying himself at the fête , ‘ patrolling ’ the exhibits , had only by chance come into the Cookery Tent at the vital moment .
2 So I shall be enjoying myself at the wedding
3 The gulls can see the help and benefit they receive from Iago 's service , but can not see , or conceive , that Iago could be benefiting himself at the same time ; and no one could possibly see that Iago is in fact benefiting himself by destroying them .
4 By the end of the tour kids were throwing themselves at the stage like little ‘ kamikazis ’ .
5 The subjective conviction of heightened awareness is so treacherous that to exempt it from the critical tests of reason is to put oneself at the mercy of chance .
6 The vociferation grew louder and louder all the time while I was serving myself at the counter .
7 But the Dalek Killer was throwing himself at the golden cloud .
8 At least that 's what I was telling myself at the start line of the Bury 20 .
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