Example sentences of "found [pron] [v-ing] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Now , with his head pointing upwards , he found himself gazing at the ridge , as over the sky-line came the silent , moving , red-tinged cumuli . |
2 | Delaney found himself looking at a cargo vessel with a very high superstructure three-quarters aft . |
3 | Peter opened one at random and found himself looking at a photograph of Kate . |
4 | Huy found himself looking at the man 's lips alone , and the spittle switching from one to the other , in horrified fascination and to the exclusion of everything else . |
5 | But in attempting to discover why the Russian Revolution followed the path it did , he found himself arriving at the conclusion that , far from being a ‘ false ’ deviation , in the circumstances of history Stalinism had been necessary . |
6 | When her lashes lifted she found herself looking at a name . |
7 | Drawing it out , she found herself looking at a face which was striking both for its good looks and its expression of surprise . |
8 | She asked herself which of them she should phone and found herself trembling at the thought of phoning any of them . |
9 | Again she found herself trembling at the thought . |
10 | She stood motionless , waiting for the two to break apart , and found herself staring at the girl from whom Niall was now gently detaching himself . |
11 | ’ He sounded quite excited and Folly found herself smiling at the way his dramatic gesture was bringing out the little boy in someone as sophisticated as Luke . |
12 | He found her sitting at the desk which was quite clear . |
13 | They found her sitting at the table with the Telegraph , nibbling toast . |
14 | I found myself gazing at the harmonium and my memories of the happy times I 'd spent listening to Miss Louise play came flooding back and I wept more . |
15 | I next found myself lying at the bottom of a crude hopper of duck boards which was set on top of an irrigation dyke . |