Example sentences of "himself [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After some time he found himself down at the Green , where Emily had not come with him ; and remembered Emily , and decided that he must ask her to become engaged to him before he went , to wait for him ; would she agree ? |
| 2 | Tom settled himself down at the table and said , ‘ Now , let's have a chat about what we 're going to do when this snow clears . |
| 3 | Having saved the sports car company and turned himself in at the end of series one , Clive Owen led off the second series in 1991 completing the last days of a prison sentence and abandoning the city slicker lifestyle for a battle to save a bankrupt stately home . |
| 4 | ‘ Now then , ’ he said , crouching under the eave and seating himself comfortably at the foot of his bed , ‘ what 's it all about , eh ? ’ |
| 5 | As he breasted the deck level Delaney ducked back , threw himself aside at the sight of the figure sprawled on the ground . |
| 6 | Reaching the foot of the stairs , he saw movement off to his right along the corridor , but ignored it and launched himself bodily at the door six feet to his left marked CONTROL . |
| 7 | He scuttled ahead of them , bunching himself up at the approach to turnings in case anyone was coming the other way , and skimming over pools of polished moonlight with the feverish agility of a small bat . |
| 8 | Heraldic had finally pulled himself up at the start . |
| 9 | But bravely Close hauled himself up at the count of nine and by the end of the round he was back to his old self . |
| 10 | He was soon embarrassed , therefore , to find himself back at the plague village , helping Lucie and Izzie to settle into one of the cottages , wondering why he had not left with the rest . |
| 11 | Kenny Clark flung himself forward at the ball , only to see his efforts strike the foot of the post , but Julio Berazi was on hand to stab home and collect his fourth goal of the season . |