Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from our regular rehearsals we often found ourselves at a loose end and would all troop round together . |
| 2 | Dulé saw him fall , and ran , swung himself up the smooth wall of the redoubt where the gunners were hard at work , and found himself at a mere arm 's length from one . |
| 3 | She was about to say so , in no uncertain terms , but stopped herself at the last moment . |
| 4 | She looked into the eyes of this human peacock and found herself at a complete loss for words ; and he too seemed surprised by this girl who had agreed to be his bride : he looked up at her ( she was half a head taller than he ) in a way that she might have interpreted as hostile had she not been in too much of a turmoil herself to notice it . |
| 5 | His dark eyes met hers as if he felt her surreptitious appraisal , and she found herself at the receiving end of that long , sardonic smile . |
| 6 | O'Toole and Finch even attended his funeral but — probably having drunk a little more than they 'd meant to , to ease their grief — they found themselves at the wrong funeral and mourning over the wrong body being buried . |
| 7 | At the age of 30 , I suddenly found myself at a turning point in my life . |
| 8 | In a short while , limping and protesting , I found myself at the local prison , pushed into a filthy stinking room with some two dozen other malefactors . |
| 9 | The Careys were also in attendance : Lady Carey glowered whilst her husband busied himself at the far end of the room , totally ignoring our existence . |
| 10 | While the water steamed from the taps , she busied herself at the long table beneath the bathroom mirror , lifting the lids from the various jars and sniffing at them until she found the one she was searching for . |
| 11 | Film stars , such as Marilyn Monroe , are likely candidates , and the pressure of such a role can create unbearable conflict ; Monroe killed herself at an early age and at the height of her popularity . |
| 12 | Juliet even surprised herself at the bitter words spilling over . |
| 13 | A beautiful non-tidal cove where Dublin 's finest flaunted themselves at an indifferent sea while their wives , children and girlfriends sat half a mile away on what was an excuse for a beach amidst the polluted debris of the capital and not a wave to be seen . |
| 14 | Tabitha flung herself at the hard bunk with an angry sigh . |
| 15 | The BCP-affiliated Dimitrov Young Communist League dissolved itself at an extraordinary congress on Feb. 24-25 , and an independent Bulgarian Democratic Youth Social Organization was constituted in its place . |
| 16 | Selina established herself at the circular steel table : evening paper , teacup , a single , deserved cigarette . |
| 17 | Again , beautifully rounded characters which established themselves at a leisurely pace are the secret of its appeal . |
| 18 | Once extended her own eye was pressed to the lens of the telescope that was herself ( was it her own eye 's lens she was looking through the wrong way ? ) and she saw herself at the other end . |
| 19 | After that they kept themselves at a safe distance . |
| 20 | With his teeth chattering , his mouth bleeding and his hair flattened to his skull he could not have looked less appealing as he presented himself at the front door . |
| 21 | DEC president Bob Palmer , who was supposed to grace this week 's gathering with his presence — see front page — absented himself at the last minute . |
| 22 | Fruits which were soft when ripe , such as the apricot , the fig or the mulberry , which might be bruised by falling , presented themselves at a small distance from the ground ; whereas hard fruit , which ran no risk of sustaining an injury by a fall , like the cocoa , the walnut or the chestnut , presented themselves at a considerable height . |
| 23 | Fruits which were soft when ripe , such as the apricot , the fig or the mulberry , which might be bruised by falling , presented themselves at a small distance from the ground ; whereas hard fruit , which ran no risk of sustaining an injury by a fall , like the cocoa , the walnut or the chestnut , presented themselves at a considerable height . |
| 24 | When Mrs Gray had produced two very passable cups of coffee , they seated themselves at the long deal kitchen table . |
| 25 | He launched himself at the taller of the two men , dragging him back . |