Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [adj] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agnes found herself surprised at the change in the gentleman 's voice as he looked at her father and said , ‘ Oh , yes , yes . |
| 2 | Nigel had once made himself unpopular at the office by writing in his column that women past thirty should shoot themselves . |
| 3 | After the Nuuk meeting Danish Environment Minister Svend Auken declared himself disappointed at the " lack of political will " to tackle the problem . |
| 4 | Although environmentalists declared themselves disappointed at the outcome of the meeting , they acknowledged that substantial progress towards some form of comprehensive protection for Antarctica 's environment had been achieved . |
| 5 | There was admittedly a fiki but he was very restrained and seemed anxious to keep himself invisible at the back . |
| 6 | By late March they were in Bologna , where Wolfgang was put through his paces by the famous theorist Padre Martini , who professed himself amazed at the boy 's ability to work out complex fugues on a brief given subject . |
| 7 | Eb was making himself comfortable at the head of the table . |
| 8 | You may well find yourself surprised at the reactions of other people . |