Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [verb] [pn reflx] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it seemed the news that a low-class woman had presented herself at the back door alerted Master Jobbernole to the possible reason for her presence and its consequences . |
| 2 | No industrialist liked to put himself at the mercy of creditors . |
| 3 | But the doctor was also in the room and the brave little man had thrown himself at Detchard . |
| 4 | Marjory , his daughter by his first wife , was persuaded to agree that if the king died without a son the crown should pass to his brother Edward ; but to be on the safe side a marriage was arranged between Marjory and Walter , the hereditary High Steward , who in spite of his youth had distinguished himself at Bannockburn and become one of Bruce 's most trusted lieutenants . |
| 5 | It was a sunny day , and the garden party in the grounds of the school was a success , for Deborah and Stephen Manning , alerted by Sebastian and Alix , had insisted on presenting champagne ( you wo n't get anything to drink otherwise , they had been warned ) and it went quickly to the heads of those unaccustomed to drinking at all , while Sebastian 's contingent had primed themselves at their hotel before arriving , in double defence . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , in 1801 he had exhibited a portrait at the Royal Academy , and in the same year had established himself at 59 New Bond Street , at the corner of Brook Street , and published Rudiments of Landscape , a volume of uncoloured etchings after William 's drawings . |
| 7 | The Cheyney brothers were notable in Anglo-Italian society of the 1820s and 1830s , and were especially connected with Rome , where their mother had established herself at the Palazzo Sciarra . |