Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pn reflx] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's amusing himself at a dull time of year , and being here without his womenfolk , but he 's as adroit at calming the storm as he is at raising it . |
| 2 | Ellie cried , as she saw Mike hurling himself at the unprepared Patsy . |
| 3 | In the final stages of the peace-making at Utrecht in 1713 the representatives of the different powers avoided many of the difficulties and delays which had marked earlier such conferences by entering the meeting-place in the town hall pêle-mêle ( i.e. in no particular order ) and then seating themselves at a round table which had no head . |
| 4 | They turned on the newly arrived Marines in surprise , and yet with considerable ferocity , hurling themselves at the armed men , who coolly gunned them down , their machetes being no match for rifles . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh God , ’ I replied , launching myself at the Moroccan fabric , ‘ he has n't blown the gaff on my war wound , has he ? |
| 6 | Dana had not appeared for the promised fitting or for the rehearsal , excusing herself at the last minute because Roman had wanted her for alterations to one of the outfits she was to wear . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | One instant he had been in mid-spring , forelegs extended and jaws agape , aiming himself at the crouching man-thing before them , the next , the target had moved with blurring speed , rising swiftly to meet him head-on . |
| 9 | Sometimes , I 'd have to take a turn if someone failed to arrive , enthroning myself at the green baize table and stuffing myself with shrimp rolls and pickles , me , the killer who 'd lived on bugs . |
| 10 | on finding yourself at the wrong lane at a junction should you A stay in it and miss your road , B and wait until you can change or C signal and move over quickly ? |
| 11 | It 's great to see those guys out here , giving pleasure and enjoying themselves at the same time . |
| 12 | But the Dalek Killer was throwing himself at the golden cloud . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm pleading with you and mocking myself at the same time : how can you bear to resist ? ’ |
| 14 | The girl in the conservatory reached out a hand and flicked the switch , lighting them the last few yards , and floodlighting herself at the same time . |