Example sentences of "[vb pp] himself at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angry Jemson suffered the embarrassment of coming on as substitute and then being substituted himself at Carrow Road . |
| 2 | Marjory , his daughter by his first wife , was persuaded to agree that if the king died without a son the crown should pass to his brother Edward ; but to be on the safe side a marriage was arranged between Marjory and Walter , the hereditary High Steward , who in spite of his youth had distinguished himself at Bannockburn and become one of Bruce 's most trusted lieutenants . |
| 3 | So he 's separated himself at least from that he 's pu he 's put at least one barrier between him . |
| 4 | It seemed like only yesterday that he had presented himself at Manchester 's Ringway Airport for training with the newly formed Parachute Regiment . |
| 5 | For his participation on the European tour these dys , he has based himself at Bagshot , in Surrey . |
| 6 | In fact Patrickson , under such circumstances , could have found himself at variance with the old Company of Mines Royal which still had the powers vested in it and doubtless to his mortification be forced to give up his work or pay a Royalty — not however , to Muncaster estates . |
| 7 | He watched Ewen steadily , while the constable , who had seated himself at the kitchen table , was taking notes . |
| 8 | There was clearly a close friendship between them , and the Office gives a moving account of his efficacy in curing her of some kind of fit : He came and found her mute , but when he had seated himself at her window and they had eaten together , it chanced that at the end of the dinner the recluse wished to sleep , and oppressed by slumber her head drooped towards the window where God 's saint , Richard , was reclining , and as she was leaning a litle on that same Richard , suddenly , with a vehement onslaught , such a grave vexation took her in her sleep that she seemed to wish to break the window of her house , and in that strong vexation she awoke , her speech was restored , and with great devotion she broke out into the words " Gloria tibi Domine " , and the blessed Richard completed the verse which she had begun . |
| 9 | Having tutored himself at home , Paul received an A grade for A-level computer studies when he was 16 . |
| 10 | In short , he had identified himself at last with the spirit of the times . |
| 11 | Such behaviour will perhaps be even more pronounced if the innocent loiterer happens to have stationed himself at places where his presence might be misinterpreted . |
| 12 | But the doctor was also in the room and the brave little man had thrown himself at Detchard . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He has backed himself at 16-1 to complete the marathon haul to Margate in 130 hours , and he is on course to win . |
| 15 | Having established himself at Ince , Killigrew set off for the busy mercantile town of Plymouth , where he soon fell in with a merchant , Tremayne , who had a daughter , Mary . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , in 1801 he had exhibited a portrait at the Royal Academy , and in the same year had established himself at 59 New Bond Street , at the corner of Brook Street , and published Rudiments of Landscape , a volume of uncoloured etchings after William 's drawings . |