Example sentences of "[to-vb] himself at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Wales also Gloucester was expected to set himself at the head of existing officials . |
| 2 | In Wales also Gloucester was expected to set himself at the head of existing officials . |
| 3 | No industrialist liked to put himself at the mercy of creditors . |
| 4 | The civil rights marches created an opportunity for Ian Paisley to put himself at the head of plebeian Protestant resistance to the civil rights movement . |
| 5 | It was late on Friday evening — Friday , May 9 , 1941 — and he was ordered to present himself at the office at ten past seven in the morning . |
| 6 | He was awakened just before noon by the Master of Novices who announced that a message had come from John Benstede asking for Corbett to present himself at the castle immediately . |
| 7 | As soon as the basic tasks were finished , it was Jonadab 's custom to seat himself at the parlour table with a ledger and a leather drawstring bag full of money . |
| 8 | He drew back one of the chairs and proceeded to seat himself at the table opposite her . |
| 9 | In 1415 , Hus was summoned to defend himself at the Council of Constance , having been assured of a safe conduct by the emperor Sigismund . |
| 10 | Now he wants to test himself at the top : ‘ I 'm as ambitious as the next man . |
| 11 | That was when Sharpe bothered to show himself at the Prince 's headquarters at all ; he evidently preferred to spend his days riding the French frontier which was a job that properly belonged to the pompous General Dornberg , which thought reminded the Prince that Dornberg 's noon report should have arrived . |