Example sentences of "[pron] presented [pn reflx] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 When at last my number came , I presented myself at the window and asked for a ticket on the 10.05 to Stockholm the next morning .
2 On the appointed day I presented myself at the villa .
3 The following day , having asked some leading questions of our local newsagent — Mr Bales always seemed to know exactly what was going on in the terrace and was only too happy to share his knowledge with anyone who wanted to pass the time of day — I presented myself at the offices of John D. Wood in Mount Street .
4 After another soothing dusk spent gazing at weirs and waterfalls , I presented myself at the Kenny Gallery , behind the bookshop .
5 This moral goodness was not exactly out there as an actual property of the benevolent feelings and actions which presented themselves to an observer as possessing it .
6 Mr Crum would dismiss ye on the spot if you presented yourself at the warehouse wearing those … those … dancing girls ’ things … probably send me packing as well if I was along with you . ’
7 The 1000 or so members of the meek class who presented themselves at the conference , were , suitably enough , unruffled by having been shunted from the Sorbonne to the techno-chic sidings at Porte de la Villette .
8 She presented herself as a mass of curly hair , decorated with huge teeth and knobbly knees .
9 While she presented herself as a target , the second galley had rowed against the wind north .
10 The cooking , which could n't be done before the day of the party , looked like an insurmountable mountain to Paige when she presented herself in the kitchen to help .
11 At 9.55 he presented himself at the door of the tall and impassive apartment-house a block back from Great Portland Street in the Marble Arch district .
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