Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [pn reflx] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In winter the chestnut-seller installed himself at the edge of the market . |
| 2 | The male positions himself at the edge of the nest and fires a rapid succession of water droplets one to two inches out of the water and onto the nest itself to possibly agitate the eggs for recognition purposes . |
| 3 | he sez they went to several addresses but then the driver surrendered himself at the police station . |
| 4 | The planners , the Planning Committee , and the Council found themselves at the centre of the great deal of public agitation in which the reputation of the Council sank to a very low level . |
| 5 | When the plaintiff presented himself at the theatre , the defendant , who was X 's servant and manager of the theatre , detected the plaintiff and refused to admit him . |
| 6 | During my last visit to Bara in September 1992 Ian Jack , Manager at Lochboisdale and the Manager responsible for Castlebay , came across in this self-same partly-open-to-the elements ferry becoming totally saturated in the process and had to spend the morning drying himself at the Castlebay heater . |
| 7 | Each morning at seven the members of the Brotherhood presented themselves at the dock-gates , and Josh called out their numbers , allowing them in one at a time to report for work . |