Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] [pn reflx] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then they half slithered , half rolled down the wide oaken stairway and found themselves shivering with fright in the moonlit hall ; or rather Sam and Rose found each other . |
| 2 | How can you reach an acceptable level of data security and stop yourself falling into the ‘ it could n't happen to me ’ trap ? |
| 3 | His wife , who was never speechless in those days , entertained the painters , art critics and sculptors more successfully than her husband and found herself slipping into various love affairs which her Arnold , smiling quietly and getting on with his business and his collection , seemed to expect . |
| 4 | She was still sick at heart when she passed down through the last glade and found herself staring at the Lodge 's covert thatch , its closed door , She stood for a time in the yard outside , afraid to enter . |
| 5 | When she had done all she could she went to the bathroom and wept for a while and found herself raging against her lodger for being young and clean and free of spirit and unsure because he had never faced death . |
| 6 | However , she took Tom 's advice and busied herself preparing for Anna 's wedding day . |
| 7 | In turn she moved aside to allow someone else room at the counter and found herself standing beside Moran . |
| 8 | She was suddenly wrenched from the barrier , spun round into tight arms and found herself looking into Alain 's blazing eyes . |
| 9 | I spent a romantic holiday on the island some 30 years ago in a mountain village with a non-sailing companion and found myself pining in the summer heat for that azure water in the little harbour below . |
| 10 | Alice ended with a flourish of her bow , held it high in the air and found herself laughing in triumph . |
| 11 | You advertise it in libraries , schools and local newspapers and find yourself reading to an audience of about thirty five . |
| 12 | Excitement flickered inside her like a random spark that found itself landing in a pile of dry autumn leaves as she hardly dared consider the possibilities and what they might mean for her . |
| 13 | Beth shuffled her feet in the awkward silence and found herself looking at the second man more closely . |
| 14 | To come all this way and find herself staying in the house of people with the same name as those she was trying to trace ? |
| 15 | During the nineteenth century the ulama became increasingly critical of the Wahar dynasty and found themselves acting in effect as guardians of the people against the governments ; but they did not seek to govern themselves . |
| 16 | Who wants to spend money on a ski holiday and find themselves going for walks ? |
| 17 | Francis lifted his head above the edge of the display and found himself staring at a confusing picture of pipes and girders . |
| 18 | And you know to some extent it 's just time and keeping yourself ticking over that 's going to get that aspect of things better . |
| 19 | Also , at the Gala Night of a Hundred Stars evening at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton , a mime artist came on stage and found himself struggling with a sticky audience . |