Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Self conscious in my normal clothes I seated myself at the rear of the upper stalls . |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose I took the wrong path , ’ he said , ‘ and I found myself at the edge of a cliff . ’ |
| 3 | The scene shifted and I found myself at the head of a stairwell , aware that yet another place might be reached but only by somersaulting over the banister and walking my feet down the opposite wall as one might descend a defile in a crag . |
| 4 | Then the talk turned to the West and I found myself at the centre of questions . |
| 5 | Before I had really recovered , I found myself at the railway station , where I said goodbye to Dulcie and we went our separate ways , promising to keep in touch , as one does . |
| 6 | I threw myself at the door and tried desperately to open it . |
| 7 | When at last my number came , I presented myself at the window and asked for a ticket on the 10.05 to Stockholm the next morning . |
| 8 | On the appointed day I presented myself at the villa . |
| 9 | All is filtered through Hoving 's glass , which magnifies himself at the expense of his colleagues . |
| 10 | Why the hell did n't you throw yourself at the door ? ’ |
| 11 | She seated herself at the desk . |
| 12 | She seated herself at the desk , relocated a floral display and smiled as the first patient walked into the room . |
| 13 | ‘ Women of middle class origins who found themselves at the beginning of their working lives unequipped to promote themselves within occupations which traditionally demanded either precise qualifications or highly developed aptitude ’ . |
| 14 | Ramsay , who found himself at the head of nearly a thousand men of Lothian , largely Lindsays — whose chief , Sir David , Keeper of Edinburgh Castle , was sick and so not present — Setons , Hepburns , Sinclairs , Keiths and other lesser clans , as well as his own men , offered to ride fast for the Borderland , to join Scott of Rankilburn whom Douglas had alerted to watch Dunbar ; together they would make up a force large enough to give that Earl pause . |
| 15 | Outside she found herself at the top of a fire escape . |
| 16 | Do a little homework before you put yourself at the mercy of a mortgage lender . |
| 17 | She killed herself at the theatre last night . ’ |
| 18 | Was that the young man who killed himself at the station ? |
| 19 | The 1917 announcement was wrung out of a reluctant and distracted Cabinet by Edwin Montagu , who saw himself at the time as the architect of a new India — an India of ‘ great self-governing Dominions and Provinces … organised and coordinated with the great Principalities … , federated by one central Government ’ . |
| 20 | Pragmatism can be viewed as appealing to many who located themselves at the convergence between liberalism and socialism , since it sought to temper and transcend the positivism and empiricism associated with Fabianism and the idealism identified with New Liberalism . |
| 21 | Mr Crum would dismiss ye on the spot if you presented yourself at the warehouse wearing those … those … dancing girls ’ things … probably send me packing as well if I was along with you . ’ |
| 22 | The 1000 or so members of the meek class who presented themselves at the conference , were , suitably enough , unruffled by having been shunted from the Sorbonne to the techno-chic sidings at Porte de la Villette . |
| 23 | When she was finished there she hurried back to the kitchen where she washed herself at the sink . |
| 24 | As Christian communicators in Asia we place ourselves at the service of those challenges , well aware that we need to conscientise people as much as we need to be conscientised . |
| 25 | Wounded men and prisoners could still have much to fear if they found themselves at the mercy of their opponents . |
| 26 | During the autumn and winter of that dramatic year they put themselves at the forefront of agitation for more effective air raid precautions , and used their influence in the war factories to defend workers ’ living standards while criticizing the inefficiency of management . |
| 27 | The best kept secret of this election may be that poll tax collectors plan a massive drive to catch those who have failed to register for poll tax , or those who have registered but failed to pay it , when they present themselves at the polling booths tomorrow . |
| 28 | As though his feet were programmed he found himself at the Incident Room . |
| 29 | A classic example was when he found himself at the centre of media and national attention after taking over the chairmanship of the troubled Westland Group in June 1985 . |
| 30 | To reach Ariel and her mother , he had to cross the stream ; he did so , night after night , using stepping stones over unearthly flashes of phosphorescence in the water , and stepping up on to the further bank , still unwilling , still keeping his mind on Rebecca and the love he had sworn to her , until once more he found himself at the entrance of Ariel 's cabin , once more gave orders to the guard to leave him , and entered to speak to her , disturbing her rest , though she had come to expect his call ; then after their unsatisfactory exchanges , he would lift the fronds at the entrance and leave again , only to succumb once more , and toss himself off in rage and helplessness , before he skulked back to Belmont . |