Example sentences of "be [verb] [pn reflx] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Constable Perkins , who had been enjoying himself at the fête , ‘ patrolling ’ the exhibits , had only by chance come into the Cookery Tent at the vital moment . |
| 2 | So I shall be enjoying myself at the wedding |
| 3 | The gulls can see the help and benefit they receive from Iago 's service , but can not see , or conceive , that Iago could be benefiting himself at the same time ; and no one could possibly see that Iago is in fact benefiting himself by destroying them . |
| 4 | Perhaps the survivors of a stranding are less likely to be stranded themselves at a later date . |
| 5 | With strong evidence to show that children under the age of two are at considerable risk from passive smoking , smokers are putting themselves at a disadvantage because agencies can select from equally suitable candidates who do not smoke . ’ |
| 6 | Many of the instrumental numbers were so relaxed , they looked like they were amusing themselves at a family party and when Harry told everyone to stand up as he bopped around the stage in his black silk suit , everyone did as they were told . |
| 7 | By the end of the tour kids were throwing themselves at the stage like little ‘ kamikazis ’ . |
| 8 | He 's amusing himself at a dull time of year , and being here without his womenfolk , but he 's as adroit at calming the storm as he is at raising it . |
| 9 | The subjective conviction of heightened awareness is so treacherous that to exempt it from the critical tests of reason is to put oneself at the mercy of chance . |
| 10 | The vociferation grew louder and louder all the time while I was serving myself at the counter . |
| 11 | But the Dalek Killer was throwing himself at the golden cloud . |
| 12 | At least that 's what I was telling myself at the start line of the Bury 20 . |