Example sentences of "himself at the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The temple bells were clanging to their climax as Ramlal hurried past the door , clutching his precious document , and laughing to himself at the thought that the God had got nothing from him at all .
2 McCoist flung himself at the ball and beat Lukic with a wonderful diving header .
3 His fingernails were broken and bloody from when he had thrown himself at the door and torn at it , in the moment when he realised that he had been shut into the stall , and what was going to happen next .
4 He 's a soldier that gives everything ; throws himself at the enemy and for once every ball , he touched finished in the back of the net .
5 Then , snatching a lance from one of them , he placed himself at the apex and , couching the lance , shouted to charge .
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