Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] himself at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In winter the chestnut-seller installed himself at the edge of the market . |
| 2 | McCoist flung himself at the ball and beat Lukic with a wonderful diving header . |
| 3 | For a further four years , Sukarno found himself at the centre of a political maelstrom of which the outcome seemed obscure . |
| 4 | It was 3-0 just before half-time as Shearer threw himself at the ball . |
| 5 | In Cairo , Stirling based himself at the flat of his brother , Peter , who was an official at the British Embassy . |
| 6 | he sez they went to several addresses but then the driver surrendered himself at the police station . |
| 7 | The Careys were also in attendance : Lady Carey glowered whilst her husband busied himself at the far end of the room , totally ignoring our existence . |
| 8 | In June 1263 , however , when Simon of Montfort [ q.v. ] resurrected the cause of the Provisions and advanced on the capital , Fitzthomas placed himself at the head of ‘ the people ’ who had taken to the streets in Montfort 's support . |
| 9 | When the plaintiff presented himself at the theatre , the defendant , who was X 's servant and manager of the theatre , detected the plaintiff and refused to admit him . |
| 10 | Kathleen swallowed a lump in her throat , Ben coughed discreetly and Jack busied himself at the X-ray box . |
| 11 | Three narrow and thoroughly encouraging defeats ( 1–0 , 5–0 , 9–0 ) kicked off the 55/56 season and raffle winner Sid Beamish found himself at the helm . |
| 12 | Acland placed himself at the head of the ‘ moral renaissance ’ , consolidating a personal following built around his best-selling books and endless public meetings into a loose organization called ‘ Forward March ’ . |
| 13 | ALISTAIR PRESENTED himself at the offices of the TLM in an unblinking trance of punctuality . |
| 14 | Then between us we carried her to the river and rolled her in and Nour washed himself at the edge of the crocodile pool . |
| 15 | The evening arrived , the boys took their places , the master in a cook 's uniform stationed himself at the copper . |
| 16 | Perhaps the answer is that Puddephat killed himself at the flat ? ’ |