Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pn reflx] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not want to be harsh , but when I first set eyes on him I knew the type at once : the big , gangling provincial , so eager and relieved to find himself at last in artistic circles . |
| 2 | Wallace 's attempts to establish himself at United have been hindered by the player 's desperation to become a Stretford End hero as Fergie explained : ‘ He tried too hard to make himself popular . |
| 3 | Those who had no qualifications and no regular occupation were also more likely to have little family support , and to find themselves at eighteen or younger , living on state benefits in lodgings , single bedsits , or flats shared with other young people . |
| 4 | … trying to insinuate oneself at any price into the families of the older European dynasties . |
| 5 | Now to some , George Best telling Cantona to behave himself at Old Trafford is a bit like Stan Flashman lecturing on etiquette . |
| 6 | Leading politicians in Britain , particularly in the mid-nineteenth century Liberal Party , scorned the imperial enterprise as no more than a way of offering the unemployable aristocracy a means to enrich itself at heavy cost to the innocent . |
| 7 | The working hypothesis I end with , however , is that the subjective experiences of work , engendered by the application of particular rational-scientific principles of work organization , can have the psychic consequence that the worker is asked to manage himself at less than a mature level . |
| 8 | The name of the game is to hit the guy as hard as you can and to protect yourself at all times . |
| 9 | People would imagine that a type conference would be an extremely dull affair , but in fact it was like , barely able to control himself at any one time . |
| 10 | Such self-disgust appeared to have physical causes or manifestations : a pattern that was to repeat itself at irregular intervals for the next twenty years . |
| 11 | Maybe she had been locked in her self-imposed prison for so long that now she was unable to control herself at all . |
| 12 | Being able to capitalize part of her pension would allow her to present herself at one of the main building societies with a deposit , to halve her housing costs , and begin acquiring a capital asset that would last with her into old age . |
| 13 | The day before the dinner I received word from the admiral 's ADC that if I were to present myself at 6.55 p.m. at his suite in the Gosforth Park Hotel , where we were both staying , he would give me a lift to the dockyard . |
| 14 | What , anyway , makes British rugby players plan to price themselves at such a princely paypacket ? |
| 15 | What , anyway , makes British rugby players plan to price themselves at such a princely paypacket ? |
| 16 | The Germans were extremely worried about the organization , and ordered all young Italian men born in 1923 , 1924 and 1925 to present themselves at various barracks within fifteen days . |
| 17 | The vast waiting lists of the local authorities , as well as the existing local authority houses , contain large numbers of families who , with private enterprise building again at the rate and real cost of the 1930s , would be both able and willing to accommodate themselves at economic rents or prices . |
| 18 | I was just beginning to enjoy myself at this dance , when up came Section Officer Hutchcroft , the junior Waaf Officer , the light of battle in her eyes . |
| 19 | Hence not only were there more old people , but more of them became unable to support themselves at earlier ages . |
| 20 | It 's a bit late , but Britain 's getting ready to defend herself at last — in case . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I was n't able to defend myself at all , I was just wanting to get it over with . ’ |
| 22 | He refuses to commit himself at all on the dating of Abdulkerim 's Muftilik , not even naming the sultan in whose reign it occurred . |
| 23 | External factors such as slowness by the contractor may be causing programme delay and the manager must have the ability to involve himself at senior level within the organisations causing delay , in order to try to influence change in the progress of the work . |
| 24 | Oh , no ; whatever it was wanted to introduce itself at some stage , because one night she was lying staring at the dark when it seemed as though her head simply filled out into a large horizon . |
| 25 | Some candidates may indicate a clear reluctance to commit themselves at this stage and this is helpful in making the final decision about who best to appoint . |