Example sentences of "themselves at the " in BNC.

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1 So in two years flat , after riding on the crest of a wave , people who had been cock of the walk in ICI suddenly found themselves at the bottom of the league .
2 By the end of the tour kids were throwing themselves at the stage like little ‘ kamikazis ’ .
3 The 1000 or so members of the meek class who presented themselves at the conference , were , suitably enough , unruffled by having been shunted from the Sorbonne to the techno-chic sidings at Porte de la Villette .
4 When I arrived ten minutes before her at one stop ( advance means a few minutes ahead as well as two months ) I found that two ladies in wheelchairs had positioned themselves at the foot of the stairs and were pleading with everyone to let them stay and shake hands with Mrs Thatcher .
5 Of 223 defaulters at the Pickering Forest eyre of 1334 , only nineteen finally surrendered themselves at the York county court in August 1338 ; the remainder , who had no lands or chattels by which they could be distrained were outlawed .
6 The best kept secret of this election may be that poll tax collectors plan a massive drive to catch those who have failed to register for poll tax , or those who have registered but failed to pay it , when they present themselves at the polling booths tomorrow .
7 Many Yugoslav army officers had asked how they could put themselves at the disposal of the government , he said .
8 WINNERS : Peers of the realm , who can continue to make use of the facilities in the Other Place without having to humiliate themselves at the hustings .
9 Aircraft captains are legally entitled to deny boarding to any passengers presenting themselves at the aircraft who , cat the captain 's absolute discretion , are unacceptably under the influence of drink or drugs .
10 The Smiths , defying the trend of white electro beat , found themselves at the forefront of a new wave of ‘ pick up your guitar ’ bands .
11 When bream patrol their feeding routes they frequently display themselves at the surface .
12 They altered the noise levels , and the lighting levels at mealtimes and were surprised themselves at the dramatic effect on behaviour — less agitation , reduced noise from the patients , shorter feeding times , and greater consumption of food .
13 The arsenic is now on its way elsewhere , nor is the shake-up ending there , as dumps all over Europe have by turns found themselves at the end of the latest ‘ lead ’ .
14 There was only one drawback and that concerned the weaker kittens that sometimes found themselves at the bottom of a pile of bodies and unable to breathe .
15 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 .
16 In the stands , spontaneous combustion provokes smouldering enthusiasm amongst the spectators , while on the playing area fielders fling themselves at the ball and into the advertising hoardings around the boundary in frenzied attempts to save runs .
17 It 's great to see those guys out here , giving pleasure and enjoying themselves at the same time .
18 ‘ As they strap in for holiday flights , how many people imagine themselves at the controls ? ’ said a Virgin spokesman .
19 Dinah learnt the lines , was laced into the vulgar striped dress the part required , which had stains under the arms from the young lady off sick , was heavily rouged and had her eyebrows blackened , and walked on to the boards to the flare of gaslight and the outline of gentlemen in bowler hats they had not troubled to remove , refreshing themselves at the bar which stood at the back of the theatre .
20 O'Toole and Finch even attended his funeral but — probably having drunk a little more than they 'd meant to , to ease their grief — they found themselves at the wrong funeral and mourning over the wrong body being buried .
21 During the autumn and winter of that dramatic year they put themselves at the forefront of agitation for more effective air raid precautions , and used their influence in the war factories to defend workers ’ living standards while criticizing the inefficiency of management .
22 However , Nottingham Forest find themselves at the foot of a Premier League where standards are low , largely due to a paucity of decent managers and where none have Clough 's breadth of knowledge and experience .
23 Hayling got huge enjoyment from introducing the two sides , and he and others were beside themselves at the incongruity of the meeting .
24 They prepared to launch themselves at the waiting cordon of brawnier , no longer jeering , senior cadets .
25 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 :
26 Pragmatism can be viewed as appealing to many who located themselves at the convergence between liberalism and socialism , since it sought to temper and transcend the positivism and empiricism associated with Fabianism and the idealism identified with New Liberalism .
27 Entering the cafe , the Blackshirts went upstairs and showed themselves at the window , which provoked a hail of missiles from the crowd below .
28 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 .
29 Each year groups from mainland Spain find themselves at the house of the White Dove , a name symbolic of the peace and comfort which they experience through his caring approach .
30 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 .
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