Example sentences of "he [verb] himself at " in BNC.

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1 She took the cup of tea-bag Indian and allowed him to settle himself at the large deal table covered with music scores .
2 He made himself at home .
3 ‘ When he was here , did he make himself at home ? ’
4 He seated himself at one end , and Emily sat beside him .
5 He seated himself at his desk and , as usual , resorted to holding open a book — this time it was Who 's Who — turning a page to and fro .
6 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 .
7 One day he found himself at Market Harborough but with no idea where he was going .
8 It was not until he had accepted and had received travel instructions that he found himself at Bletchley Park as part of the Enigma team reading German cypher traffic .
9 By instinct rather than design he found himself at Saint Winifred 's altar , and kneeled to approach her , his creaky knees settling gingerly on the lowest step of her elevated place .
10 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 .
11 As though his feet were programmed he found himself at the Incident Room .
12 He stirred himself at last and looked round , to find one even more worn out with weariness than himself .
13 He has always been very bad about it , which is why he injured himself at Steve Hadley 's yard , and even now John has to dope him before he is clipped .
14 He distinguished himself at the siege of Breda in 1637 and in 1639 was back in England , serving in the Scots expedition of that and the following year .
15 Rosengarten 's forte lay in the fine arts , painting and sculpture in particular , to which he committed himself at McGill ahead of Leonard .
16 As though performing a ritual , he stationed himself at the point of shoulder and walked the horse between Theodora and Henry .
17 He threw himself at me and I jumped to one side , leaving him to fall on the deck .
18 The linoleum beside the chest was badly stained by spills from the big white pot where he relieved himself at night when the house was very quiet and scary .
19 John smiles apologetically at me as he arranges himself at her bedside .
20 Denis Smith says he enjoyed himself at Stoke especially in the early seventies when they had a good team … as a professional he wants Oxford to win but after the game will revert to being a stoke supporter … he says his young son also supports them
21 During a horse show he positioned himself at the edge of the arena .
22 He throws himself at her feet in mock subjection .
23 We were sitting on rather low chairs , and he was very tall , so that when he placed himself at my corner his impedimenta were almost on a level with my nose .
24 ‘ I 'll go in front as the standard bearer , ’ said Nigel as he placed himself at the head of his patrol .
25 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 .
26 Then , snatching a lance from one of them , he placed himself at the apex and , couching the lance , shouted to charge .
27 Eventually he finds himself at 500 feet , unable to see a good field ahead , unable to remember the wind direction , and trying to select a field with very little choice .
28 He finds himself at odds with a ‘ world order ’ he thinks of as noisy , dirty , ruthless , cruel , narrow-minded , increasingly uniform and joyless .
29 Her reaction to that had been swift but , so he persuaded himself at the time , perhaps rational .
30 ‘ Your father may be embarrassing , but is he putting himself at risk ?
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