Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The absence of Neil Lenham ( how many times have I written that , I wonder ? ) handed Keith Greenfield a more regular opportunity to open , one this Brighton beau has grabbed enthusiastically , twice registering 55-overs bests , narrowly missing a Sunday best and forming such a productive partnership with Jamie Hall that Smith found himself at first drop for the initial one-dayers . |
| 2 | He seated himself at one end , and Emily sat beside him . |
| 3 | She composed herself at some leisure before answering . |
| 4 | A typically ambiguous attitude towards foreigners manifested itself at this point . |
| 5 | The most dramatic development of the last quarter of a century has been the emergence of the urban-rural shift as a major factor in population redistribution , but in the late 1970s and early 1980s its strength waned somewhat , as too did the pace of local decentralization , whereas the North-South divide reasserted itself at this time after a period of lower significance . |
| 6 | And more and more she met herself at this hour , too late to phone anyone , too weary to sleep . |
| 7 | It is an error to assume , as I did myself at one time , that theory necessarily exists in an ancillary and elucidatory relationship to criticism , which is in turn at the service of literature . |