Example sentences of "finds [pron] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quick as a flash , he shoots an arrow , but when he runs forward , he finds nothing but a stringy tree-rat . |
| 2 | When a character steps through the ever-changing arch , he finds himself on a narrow pathway through a forest of bizarre trees . |
| 3 | He has an unusually high belief in , and loyalty to , the group , but often finds himself in a hopeless tug-of-war . |
| 4 | Funnily enough , Mr Goodfellow now finds himself in a similar situation to the late Leo Fender , having left his original company bearing his name ( now owned as a registered trademark by Lowden ) . |
| 5 | The United States thus finds itself in a no-win situation : the more it is seen to be intervening against him , the more it is likely to reinforce his position . |
| 6 | The economy finds itself in a suboptimal state of temporary equilibrium at point C owing to a sales constraint on output : firms would ideally like to produce Y * ; output and employ L * ; workers but , being unable to sell all of this output and employ this number of workers , they are obliged to produce a level of output Y 1 compatible with constraint on sales and hence employ only L 1 workers . |
| 7 | She finds herself on a dual carriageway , almost a motorway , raised above the level of the neighbouring houses , and with no apparent exits . |
| 8 | Alice in Wonderland is a text adventure game based on the very famous story 2f a young girl who finds herself in a strange land full of strange creatures and strange places . |
| 9 | It finds her in a maximum security prison on a far-off planet . |
| 10 | EASTWOOD 'S FIRST American movie finds him as a modern-day Deputy who travels from Arizona to New York and finds his values challenged by a community represented by social workers , hippies and ulcer-ridden cops . |