Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found myself listening for the distinct crack , then gazing up at the clear starry sky trying to follow the flight of the shell . |
| 2 | ‘ So I found myself heading for the Far East in the Service Corps . ’ |
| 3 | All very contemporary , but I found myself hankering for the crisp definition of the old Frederick Austin arrangement . |
| 4 | I find myself pausing for a few dots myself before I turn over the page to find where all this is leading . |
| 5 | Support was evident from small business people whose firms were bankrupt , housewives who found themselves queuing for the basic necessities and civil servants and skilled workers whose salaries had fallen in real terms as a result of the inflation . |
| 6 | If you find yourself yearning for a relationship with someone where the feelings are not mutual , or the other person 's love has died , ask yourself what aspect of you that person represents . |
| 7 | We like mixed-ability teaching in principle — but it 's such hard work ( if you 're not going to cop out and use worksheets all the time ) that we find ourselves longing for the good old days of streaming . |
| 8 | On occasion , it might refuse to work at all and we find ourselves longing for the days of youth when it would stand at attention regardless of any identifiable sexual stimulus . |
| 9 | They need a new identity , but in seeking it they find themselves competing for the same political space with social movements that share their radical vocation . |
| 10 | He found himself hovering for a dangerous moment between pity and fear and he fought down the pity at once , for it was not to be thought of that he should feel such an emotion for this evil being . |