Example sentences of "himself at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Durkin quickly made himself at home in Carewscourt . |
| 6 | This resulted in his becoming more distressed and unable to cope with either his work or looking after himself at home . |
| 7 | Only , he says , during his leisure does the worker feel himself at home . |
| 8 | Industrial relations , as the subject today would be described , was an area in which he instinctively felt himself at home . |
| 9 | Told him to look in any time — just to walk in , sit down , take his shoes off , and make himself at home ! |
| 10 | ‘ The way he makes himself at home . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ When he was here , did he make himself at home ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ He made himself at home . |
| 13 | He quietly made himself at home , and launched upon the usual enquiries about my work and my writing . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Having tutored himself at home , Paul received an A grade for A-level computer studies when he was 16 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The academic who describes himself at cocktail parties with the words ‘ I am a physicist ’ or ‘ I am a historian ’ is saying something about his self-perception ( essentially a researcher , not a teacher ) ; but is also saying that he subscribes to the disciplinary code imposed on its practitioners . |
| 18 | He 's a midfield player really , because he is very good on the ball , and he ca n't express himself at centre half . |
| 19 | Jamie Hill , prosecuting , said Sigsworth had been admitted as a voluntary patient to St Luke 's Hospital in Middlesbrough after presenting himself at North Ormesby police station . |
| 20 | ‘ Any advantage the Americans have around the greens has been taken away this year because the rough is n't so severe , ’ added the Scot , who learned much about himself at Pebble Beach when he finished third behind Tom Kite . |
| 21 | He was so distressed and shocked that he did n't play in the first two Tests , batted himself at No. 8 in the third and fourth matches , and withdrew from the fifth . |
| 22 | She helps William Ernest with his reading and encourages him to stick up for himself at school . |
| 23 | He would have regarded it as a breach of etiquette for a French nobleman to present himself at court in uniform . |
| 24 | ‘ But Rickie knows he 's in trouble , big trouble , which is why he suggested this idea of isolating himself at sea . ’ |
| 25 | For reasons beyond his control , the new tsar found himself at war with Persia just as he was coming to terms with the Turks . |
| 26 | In fact Patrickson , under such circumstances , could have found himself at variance with the old Company of Mines Royal which still had the powers vested in it and doubtless to his mortification be forced to give up his work or pay a Royalty — not however , to Muncaster estates . |
| 27 | Then he cleans the bed of needles and berries , spreads an old blanket over it , stretches himself at length , his hands folded under his head , and looks through the branches at what he can see of the blue sky . |
| 28 | Remember the anecdote about the actor who , after talking about himself at length , then says , ‘ But that 's enough about me , let's talk about you — what do you think of me ? ’ |
| 29 | But the ever-smiling Adams , who has been dogged by a catalogue of injuries over the past two years , was in no mood to feel sorry for himself at Party Politics ' home-coming , attended by more than 500 people in Upper Lambourn yesterday . |
| 30 | THE PEACEMAKER : He sees gifts as an excellent way of atoning for sins , but can put himself at risk by overstating himself — giving an exquisite set of English porcelain when a book token would do . |