Example sentences of "she found [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Mr Marsh , I wonder if I might accept your offer of help , ’ she said when she found him in the vestry . |
2 | She found him in the kitchen , a big L-shaped room , like the house , dominated by an Aga cooker at one end , and a round table set in the shorter alcove . |
3 | Back in the cottage she found everyone in the kitchen . |
4 | She found it behind the chair and picked it up , but Maggie tried to take it from her . |
5 | She found herself on the threshold of Fearon 's bedroom : that was a bit tricky and she knew she ought to retreat there and then . |
6 | She had gulped in this exciting sense of heightened perception with the wind and rain , as soon as she found herself on the pavement outside the house . |
7 | Outside she found herself at the top of a fire escape . |
8 | Whether consciously or unconsciously , she found herself beside the ground where the cottage she had bought with Ryan had once stood . |
9 | Here the lane ended , and she found herself by the Green , facing the tiny weather-beaten church . |
10 | The South African , once ranked in the world 's top 300 , decided to enter when she found herself in the north west for a three-months summer stay with her boyfriend 's family in Bolton , but was never seriously tested as Benmnett fell to her second consecutive defeat in the final . |
11 | Almost without knowing how she got there , she found herself in the garden . |
12 | Twenty minutes later she found herself inside the Head 's office , white and trembling , so obviously terrified that the Head herself was taken aback . |