Example sentences of "[verb] himself at [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As though performing a ritual , he stationed himself at the point of shoulder and walked the horse between Theodora and Henry . |
| 32 | In Wales also Gloucester was expected to set himself at the head of existing officials . |
| 33 | In Wales also Gloucester was expected to set himself at the head of existing officials . |
| 34 | He could picture himself at the court of King Louis , accepting the thanks of his grateful monarch . |
| 35 | In winter the chestnut-seller installed himself at the edge of the market . |
| 36 | All is filtered through Hoving 's glass , which magnifies himself at the expense of his colleagues . |
| 37 | It was 3-0 just before half-time as Shearer threw himself at the ball . |
| 38 | In Cairo , Stirling based himself at the flat of his brother , Peter , who was an official at the British Embassy . |
| 39 | he sez they went to several addresses but then the driver surrendered himself at the police station . |
| 40 | Was that the young man who killed himself at the station ? |
| 41 | Perhaps the answer is that Puddephat killed himself at the flat ? ’ |
| 42 | The gulls can see the help and benefit they receive from Iago 's service , but can not see , or conceive , that Iago could be benefiting himself at the same time ; and no one could possibly see that Iago is in fact benefiting himself by destroying them . |
| 43 | One instant he had been in mid-spring , forelegs extended and jaws agape , aiming himself at the crouching man-thing before them , the next , the target had moved with blurring speed , rising swiftly to meet him head-on . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | No industrialist liked to put himself at the mercy of creditors . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | For an instant , Jimmy wondered whether he should hurl himself at the plate-glass windows . |
| 48 | Very often a student creates his first phrase and then finds himself at a loss . |
| 49 | Niki eats up a few places and then finds himself at the back of a bunch of five cars behind Prost , who is running second . |
| 50 | And he employs a zig-zag training sprint which involves a series of passes before the player finishes off by flinging himself at a rugby tackle bag ! |
| 51 | At the first sign of activity on the ground floor , he pulled off his jacket and socks , hid them in a corner and positioned himself at the bedroom door , ready to make a dash for the kitchen . |
| 52 | During a horse show he positioned himself at the edge of the arena . |
| 53 | In summary , Martin emerges as a master maker renowned for flutes and musettes , who , after his marriage in 1666 , established himself at the Enclos du palais ( working with his father from at least 1668 ) . |
| 54 | ‘ I 'll go in front as the standard bearer , ’ said Nigel as he placed himself at the head of his patrol . |
| 55 | And when he had said this he placed himself at the feet of the Bishop , and there before all the people made a general confession of all his sins , and all the faults which he had committed against our Lord Jesus Christ . |
| 56 | Then , snatching a lance from one of them , he placed himself at the apex and , couching the lance , shouted to charge . |
| 57 | 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 ’ . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | He 's a soldier that gives everything ; throws himself at the enemy and for once every ball , he touched finished in the back of the net . |
| 60 | He watched Ewen steadily , while the constable , who had seated himself at the kitchen table , was taking notes . |