Example sentences of "[to-vb] himself at " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not want to be harsh , but when I first set eyes on him I knew the type at once : the big , gangling provincial , so eager and relieved to find himself at last in artistic circles . |
| 2 | A staunch Tory , Shrewsbury was distressed to find himself at odds with some of his fellow Catholics over Ireland and deplored the support given to Daniel O'Connell [ q.v. ] |
| 3 | In pursuing these aims , de Gaulle continued to find himself at odds with the British and Americans . |
| 4 | ONE of this paper 's less chivalrous columnists ( a particularly poisonous character called Gadfly , inhabiting later editions only ) had cause last year to launch himself at Bishop Auckland Tory candidate David Williamson . |
| 5 | Towards the end of the third hour , a little man at the back of the great hall , a faithful apparatchik from the area of the Caspian Sea , was unable to contain himself at the unanticipated exposition of the enormities of Stalin . |
| 6 | Thomas was signed from Spurs last year for £500,000 , but has not been able to establish himself at Upton Park . |
| 7 | Wallace 's attempts to establish himself at United have been hindered by the player 's desperation to become a Stretford End hero as Fergie explained : ‘ He tried too hard to make himself popular . |
| 8 | It 's Wright 's ambition to establish himself at Newcastle but if the future , in terms of first team football , looks bleak he will have to consider the Forest interest . |
| 9 | James , who has still to keep a clean sheet , would be disappointed to be overlooked , but he has the confidence and the talent to establish himself at Anfield . |
| 10 | James , who has still to keep a clean sheet , would be disappointed to be overlooked , but he has the confidence and the talent to establish himself at Anfield . |
| 11 | But the scholarship was worth only £100 and , though his school plundered its scarce resources to add £20 , it was not enough for the boy to support himself at Cambridge . |
| 12 | Now to some , George Best telling Cantona to behave himself at Old Trafford is a bit like Stan Flashman lecturing on etiquette . |
| 13 | Aunt Carrie said Desmond is a real good worker when he 's on his own with his dad , and Dominic seems to behave himself at work , ’ said Joe . |
| 14 | In Wales also Gloucester was expected to set himself at the head of existing officials . |
| 15 | In Wales also Gloucester was expected to set himself at the head of existing officials . |
| 16 | The working hypothesis I end with , however , is that the subjective experiences of work , engendered by the application of particular rational-scientific principles of work organization , can have the psychic consequence that the worker is asked to manage himself at less than a mature level . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | No industrialist liked to put himself at the mercy of creditors . |
| 19 | It was awful , he spoke so awkwardly , he always has to say things in a roundabout way , he always has to justify himself at the same time . |
| 20 | She took the cup of tea-bag Indian and allowed him to settle himself at the large deal table covered with music scores . |
| 21 | When the headmaster telephoned the boy 's father , he was told by that unusually permissive parent that , if the teachers could not hold his son 's attention , it was better for the boy to educate himself at home . |
| 22 | People would imagine that a type conference would be an extremely dull affair , but in fact it was like , barely able to control himself at any one time . |
| 23 | His family it 's like dad if he wants to better himself at running he 's not a natural at it . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He would have regarded it as a breach of etiquette for a French nobleman to present himself at court in uniform . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He drew back one of the chairs and proceeded to seat himself at the table opposite her . |
| 29 | In 1415 , Hus was summoned to defend himself at the Council of Constance , having been assured of a safe conduct by the emperor Sigismund . |
| 30 | Now he wants to test himself at the top : ‘ I 'm as ambitious as the next man . |