Example sentences of "and [verb] [pn reflx] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Piano , Aaron , piano ! ’ she called , and her middle stepson , with his mobile thin white clown 's face , emerged from the crowd and seated himself at the instrument , as Liz called to Deirdre and the butlers to fill glasses and then join the guests for a toast : Jonathan turned on the radio , the eagle-crowned clock over the marble mantelshelf struck , some joined hands and some did not , Aaron struck up Auld Lang Syne , Big Ben struck , some sang and some did not , voices rose straggling , pure and impure , strong and weak , tuneful and tuneless , there were cries and embraces . |
| 2 | It 's great to see those guys out here , giving pleasure and enjoying themselves at the same time . |
| 3 | Robyn swore and flung herself at the stove , trying to scrape what was left of the bacon away from the bottom of the pan . |
| 4 | The boy rolled over and came on to one knee in a single lunge , and hurling himself at the man , caught him round the thighs with both arms , and swept him with him through the opening . |
| 5 | I walked round the walled field and found myself at the edge of a tinkers ' camp . |
| 6 | I turned over … and found myself at the top of page three . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He turned the corner , and found himself at the front of the house , which had a mountingblock , well chalked . |
| 9 | The next he had been jerked fully awake and found himself at the centre of a circle of strange , hostile creatures , the like of which he had never seen in his life . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | His poor mother lacked her husband 's capacity for discipline , and found herself at the mercy of her headstrong son . |
| 12 | I was particularly taken by Patricia Routledge , unmistakeable even looking through a letter box , and by Lionel Jeffries for his affecting rendition of : The troops are ready to mutiny , The colonel is missing or dead , When up steps a bold , young lieutenant And places himself at the head . |
| 13 | By the late 1960s , the new social patterns , technologies and musical styles had been substantially assimilated into a reorganized music-industrial system : a transnational oligopoly of vast entertainment corporations , supplied to some extent by ‘ independent ’ producers ; serviced by mass audience radio and TV channels ( with some ‘ minority ’ shows and channels ) , by a symbiotically pliant music press and by related leisure-products businesses ; and directing itself at a series of separate audiences whose distinctness is less subcultural than a creature of market researchers ' consumer profiles . |
| 14 | Many other organisations are envious of all the In-Service training we provide , so do your best to support it and enjoy yourself at the same time ! |
| 15 | I hope to show ways you can help heal our environment and enjoy yourself at the same time , regardless of your earning capacity , age , sex , sexual orientation , race , political ideology , whether you 're an individual , couple , group , family and whether you 're country-folk or a city-slicker . |
| 16 | Entering the cafe , the Blackshirts went upstairs and showed themselves at the window , which provoked a hail of missiles from the crowd below . |
| 17 | It is very important that you weigh and measure yourself at the beginning of the day on which you commence the Inch Loss Plan . |
| 18 | Julia turned away from the sea , stepped from sand onto concrete and settled herself at a terrace table outside a café . |
| 19 | At the first sign of activity on the ground floor , he pulled off his jacket and socks , hid them in a corner and positioned himself at the bedroom door , ready to make a dash for the kitchen . |
| 20 | Visitors look around and find themselves at a party , surrounded by chatting people , but their journey takes on a new twist as they glass is tipped , a face looms over the rim and they are poured into the drinkers throat . |
| 21 | Asked whether he shared Vera 's doubts about progress since the collapse of the communist regime , Ladislav lights another cigarette and settles himself at the table : ‘ A lot of the intellectuals are unhappy that the so-called ‘ transition' ’ is taking so long . |
| 22 | Harry took his leave of Ernie Love the following morning and presented himself at the Jubilee Clock twenty minutes early for his rendezvous with Nigel Mossop . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm pleading with you and mocking myself at the same time : how can you bear to resist ? ’ |
| 24 | Poor Stevie , unsettled by the cameras , fluffed his chip and left himself at the bottom of the slope . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Barking ferociously , the big Great Dane rushed from the rear of the house , skidded around the corner and hurled herself at the gate with such force that it creaked under the impact . |