Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] himself at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McCoist flung himself at the ball and beat Lukic with a wonderful diving header . |
| 2 | For a further four years , Sukarno found himself at the centre of a political maelstrom of which the outcome seemed obscure . |
| 3 | Cornelius found himself at a door . |
| 4 | It was 3-0 just before half-time as Shearer threw himself at the ball . |
| 5 | In Cairo , Stirling based himself at the flat of his brother , Peter , who was an official at the British Embassy . |
| 6 | In June 1263 , however , when Simon of Montfort [ q.v. ] resurrected the cause of the Provisions and advanced on the capital , Fitzthomas placed himself at the head of ‘ the people ’ who had taken to the streets in Montfort 's support . |
| 7 | Kathleen swallowed a lump in her throat , Ben coughed discreetly and Jack busied himself at the X-ray box . |
| 8 | Acland placed himself at the head of the ‘ moral renaissance ’ , consolidating a personal following built around his best-selling books and endless public meetings into a loose organization called ‘ Forward March ’ . |
| 9 | ALISTAIR PRESENTED himself at the offices of the TLM in an unblinking trance of punctuality . |
| 10 | Then between us we carried her to the river and rolled her in and Nour washed himself at the edge of the crocodile pool . |
| 11 | Perhaps the answer is that Puddephat killed himself at the flat ? ’ |