Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pn reflx] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Stanleys were careful to place themselves at the head of local opinion rather than ride the county roughshod and their identity of opinion with local Unionists on political and religious matters made them even more powerful . |
| 2 | Generally , no fee is charged for pupillage , but local authorities do not give grants for maintenance , which has the unfortunate result that students without adequate parental means may find it impossible to establish themselves at the Bar . |
| 3 | The observers were also especially impressed by the collective concern for those who showed signs of being unable to support themselves at the local level : |
| 4 | Towards the end of the third hour , a little man at the back of the great hall , a faithful apparatchik from the area of the Caspian Sea , was unable to contain himself at the unanticipated exposition of the enormities of Stalin . |
| 5 | It 's very important to prove yourself at the top level because the gap between top amateurs and pros is not as wide as it was a couple of years ago , ’ he says . |
| 6 | The cavalry had already ridden through the pall of dust and smoke that hung over the demolished Cutcherry and now they were ready to hurl themselves at the garrison , hastily assembled behind the churchyard wall . |