Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Acting on a hunch , I stationed myself at 5.59 p.m. the following Monday , and sure enough I was nearly killed by middle managers trying to get out of the office before the 6 p.m. deadline . |
| 2 | It is an error to assume , as I did myself at one time , that theory necessarily exists in an ancillary and elucidatory relationship to criticism , which is in turn at the service of literature . |
| 3 | I throw myself at this Azadi and we wrestle like children in the mud . |
| 4 | And more and more she met herself at this hour , too late to phone anyone , too weary to sleep . |
| 5 | She composed herself at some leisure before answering . |
| 6 | ‘ She stirred herself at last and wrote , ’ he said as he handed Rose the letter . |
| 7 | Ronni cast him a glance , as they seated themselves at opposite sides of the table . |
| 8 | All this was owned by the d'Urbervilles , or the Stoke-d'Urbervilles as they called themselves at first . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He seated himself at one end , and Emily sat beside him . |
| 11 | He stirred himself at last and looked round , to find one even more worn out with weariness than himself . |
| 12 | 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 . |