Example sentences of "himself at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He created around himself at Hamilton Terrace a kind of family and it was this aspect of his life that allowed Susan Einzig to conceive of herself as a mother figure . |
| 2 | Aunt Carrie said Desmond is a real good worker when he 's on his own with his dad , and Dominic seems to behave himself at work , ’ said Joe . |
| 3 | But he proved himself at Charlton Athletic when the chips were down . ’ |
| 4 | The weather and the course were at their most benign as Fulton Allem , of South Africa , made himself at home on his first appearance at Augusta . |
| 5 | He therefore travelled through the greater part of England , observing everything , but was equally careful to inspect all ornamental and kitchen gardens , and to make himself at home and acquainted with all horticulturalists , for he was of the opinion that he could learn something useful which he did not know before at least from some of them . |
| 6 | When the headmaster telephoned the boy 's father , he was told by that unusually permissive parent that , if the teachers could not hold his son 's attention , it was better for the boy to educate himself at home . |
| 7 | Durkin quickly made himself at home in Carewscourt . |
| 8 | This resulted in his becoming more distressed and unable to cope with either his work or looking after himself at home . |
| 9 | Only , he says , during his leisure does the worker feel himself at home . |
| 10 | Industrial relations , as the subject today would be described , was an area in which he instinctively felt himself at home . |
| 11 | Told him to look in any time — just to walk in , sit down , take his shoes off , and make himself at home ! |
| 12 | ‘ The way he makes himself at home . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ When he was here , did he make himself at home ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ He made himself at home . |
| 15 | He quietly made himself at home , and launched upon the usual enquiries about my work and my writing . |
| 16 | Gould also made a considerable name for himself at home , finally attaining the scientific status he had yearned for as an ornithologist , on or off the field . |
| 17 | Having tutored himself at home , Paul received an A grade for A-level computer studies when he was 16 . |
| 18 | ONE of this paper 's less chivalrous columnists ( a particularly poisonous character called Gadfly , inhabiting later editions only ) had cause last year to launch himself at Bishop Auckland Tory candidate David Williamson . |
| 19 | With that Benny launched himself at Garry . |
| 20 | The linoleum beside the chest was badly stained by spills from the big white pot where he relieved himself at night when the house was very quiet and scary . |
| 21 | Having publicly backed his wife 's move , Mr Ozal now finds himself at odds with the party he founded and led for more than six years as prime minister . |
| 22 | Alexander found himself at odds with these famous words of Shakespeare : |
| 23 | The facts of political geography are alone sufficient to suggest that there might be many occasions when the Duke of Aquitaine found himself at odds with the Taillefers and the Lusignans . |
| 24 | But Briggs found himself at odds with colleagues within the NASA scientific establishment . |
| 25 | A staunch Tory , Shrewsbury was distressed to find himself at odds with some of his fellow Catholics over Ireland and deplored the support given to Daniel O'Connell [ q.v. ] |
| 26 | He finds himself at odds with a ‘ world order ’ he thinks of as noisy , dirty , ruthless , cruel , narrow-minded , increasingly uniform and joyless . |
| 27 | In pursuing these aims , de Gaulle continued to find himself at odds with the British and Americans . |
| 28 | However , subsequent thinkers have often seen his claim as in effect about the meaning of the word ‘ good ’ and Moore himself at times expresses himself thus . |
| 29 | He 'll not hide himself at Riverstown . ’ |
| 30 | As soon as the family had settled in England , he presented himself at Worcester barracks , falsified his age , and joined the army . |