Example sentences of "[noun] find [pn reflx] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In war , more common as the Dukes of Normandy used their English kingship to press their rather doubtful claims to the French throne , Sussex found itself in the front line , convenient both for intended invasions and retaliatory expeditions by licensed French pirates . |
| 2 | Eye surgeons immediately accepted the new compound , and Alcon found itself with a worldwide monopoly . |
| 3 | So , as the 71/72 season dawned , Athletico found themselves with a new team , a new league and a bright future . |
| 4 | So Dustin found himself in the odd position of acting in English , while all around him the cast spoke Italian . |
| 5 | He opened his eyes to find himself in a dimly-lit tent , seated upon hard muddy grass . |
| 6 | Gibson Keddie finds himself on the wrong end of a tongue lashing … |
| 7 | But it also happens that in the organization of recorded knowledge for retrieval the profession of librarianship finds itself at an interesting point of crisis . |
| 8 | Here Alice Walker finds herself in a typical double bind : the cultural and political conditions of her novel are deracinated ; it becomes immensely popular among white middle-class readers who , unsurprisingly , have read few other black writers ; it is accused of assuaging white guilt , of being charmingly apolitical … |
| 9 | The boy found himself in a peculiar position . |
| 10 | Shortly after his arrival in England , Wordsworth found himself in an impossible moral position . |
| 11 | Benny found herself in a rock-walled tunnel , with bare bulbs hanging from the ceiling at regular intervals . |
| 12 | ITV 's Crime Monthly star Paul Ross found himself on the wrong side of the law after hitting a cyclist as he drove his car on a roundabout near London 's Waterloo station , a Westminster court heard . |
| 13 | Cornelius found himself in the uncluttered office of Mister Arthur Kobold . |
| 14 | He [ Chang ] said that the fact Korea found itself on the other side of that line as defined in Acheson 's address , combined with the House action yesterday , appeared to raise the serious question as to whether the United States might now be considered as having abandoned Korea . |
| 15 | ‘ Instead the council finds itself in an impossible position . ’ |
| 16 | Needing 361 to avoid the follow-on , England find themselves in a similar but even tougher position than in the first Test at Calcutta where they lost by eight wickets . |
| 17 | The UK clearing banks found themselves in a brave new world . |
| 18 | The 34027 Locomotive Group found themselves in a similar position with a well-loaded train being cancelled within sight of the locomotive being prepared , so to speak . |
| 19 | Once the mystery has provided a sufficient reason for hero or heroine to find themselves in a good opening situation of suspense , the person or persons behind that mystery can be safety revealed . |
| 20 | Enough of the worms find themselves on the tight-fitting lid so that when I open the bucket I merely have to lower the lid into my aquarium to feed the fish . |
| 21 | Irish catholics find themselves in an ambiguous relationship to Irish nationalism . |
| 22 | The ritualized nature of the contest is made particularly clear by what happens if one of the fish finds itself with a temporary , but irregular , advantage . |
| 23 | More than one Gaullist found himself in the difficult situation of having to give de Gaulle a lecture in Gaullism . |
| 24 | A FAMILY hooked on the ‘ whodunnit ’ board-game Cluedo found themselves in a real-life murder mystery yesterday … after stumbling across a skeleton . |
| 25 | In comparison with ‘ conventional ’ offenders , corporate executives find themselves in an enviable position . |
| 26 | MAGNUS FINDS HIMSELF IN THE HOT SEAT |
| 27 | Driving with difficulty through torrential rain while thunder and lightning crashed overhead , Jack found himself in a narrow West Country lane , realising that he had missed the turning that would have brought him back on to the main road . |
| 28 | In hindsight , it 's difficult to understand what all the furore was about , since Sikorsky only took a minority stake in Westland , but at the height of the storm Cuckney found himself in the unwelcome glare of national publicity . |
| 29 | We hear that during September , Pest Control Westminster found itself in an embarrassing situation of having under spent on its petty cash budget by 10% . |
| 30 | Black people found themselves on the receiving end of racism in all manner of forms from the beginning of their arrival in Britain . |