Example sentences of "[noun] himself at the " in BNC.

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1 But her little brother took to the instrument himself at the age of four , and soon learnt some of Nannerl 's pieces .
2 On occasions , after a programme , he would slip into the empty studio , seat himself at the grand piano and play — mostly chords and nothing recognizable .
3 We forgot to mention that as an added bonus the winner will be presented with the 555 by Paul Chandler himself at the London Music Show ‘ 92 , so get dialling and it could be you .
4 ‘ Yes , it was , ’ Athelstan replied , though he remembered he had not asked that question himself at the time .
5 Meanwhile , the Shah 's 707 , with the Shah himself at the controls , climbed and turned away towards the West , the source of many of his dreams and illusions , and now the object of hatred of many of his people .
6 At 32 Rue St Honoré , they met with Raymond Eddi , a distinguished Lebanese parliamentarian in exile , and Marcel Boutros , Aoun 's personal envoy , who invited Coleman to meet the general himself at the presidential palace in Baabda .
7 Roman answered the phone himself at the first ring , and Claudia 's heart turned over .
8 However , with God himself at the focus of our lives , we can rise above mere curiosity and focus in on the true purpose for reading the Bible .
9 Indeed this is the heart of Hilton 's argument for the validity of mixed life for the aspiring contemplative , for he says that this very desire , the burning coal which has to be thus nourished by a positive attitude to the demands of both active and contemplative life , is in fact God himself at the very ground of our being .
10 ‘ But my chief at Liverpool CID would not let me take part , because he was away on holiday himself at the time , and required me to stand in for him .
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