Example sentences of "[vb infin] himself at " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When he was here , did he make himself at home ? ’ |
| 2 | A system where the user presses a series of buttons without thought and gets exactly what he needs ( rather than what he at that stage thinks he wants ) is efficient but not entirely educational , any more than one so difficult that the user could only throw himself at the mercy of the person sitting at the reader 's adviser desk . |
| 3 | He should throw himself at the Doctor 's back , grapple with him , break the machinery at which he was working . |
| 4 | High remuneration , excellent prospects and an immediate cash bonus await the successful applicant who will present himself at twelve noon today . |
| 5 | He could picture himself at the court of King Louis , accepting the thanks of his grateful monarch . |
| 6 | Only , he says , during his leisure does the worker feel himself at home . |
| 7 | He that boy has got a heart as big as a mountain I 'll tell ya , in those situations he will sling himself at anything . |
| 8 | He just did n't look himself at all . |
| 9 | He gyrated carefully so that he could see himself at all angles . |
| 10 | For an instant , Jimmy wondered whether he should hurl himself at the plate-glass windows . |
| 11 | He 's a midfield player really , because he is very good on the ball , and he ca n't express himself at centre half . |
| 12 | He 'll not hide himself at Riverstown . ’ |
| 13 | The 36-year-old player-manager will play himself at the expense of either Steve McMahon or Rick Holden , both of whom cost £900,000 . |
| 14 | He must n't strain himself at all . |
| 15 | THE PEACEMAKER : He sees gifts as an excellent way of atoning for sins , but can put himself at risk by overstating himself — giving an exquisite set of English porcelain when a book token would do . |
| 16 | However , even if we can not blame him for murdering the other in his sleep , we might respect him more if he did put himself at a disadvantage by clinging to one of his last disintegrating scraps of morality . |
| 17 | Why should Billy put himself at risk for the sake of his hereditary enemies , whether he 'd helped to bring them up or not ? |
| 18 | He will find himself at the heart of a Ruritanian ceremonial which makes the House of Lords seem informal . |
| 19 | RICHIE Richardson will find himself at the centre of another bitter Yorkshire bust-up tonight . |
| 20 | Together with the abolition of the Wage Councils and the minimum wage , the working man will find himself at the mercy of the unscrupulous bosses . |