Example sentences of "[verb] found [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it is apparent that Ackroyd has found himself in this manner — through exposure to Wilde , Eliot , and now Chatterton . |
| 2 | One scholar has found himself in the awkward position of having to describe William Falconer , author of The Shipwreck , as ‘ a peasant of the sea ’ . |
| 3 | By the time I 've got up there and slithered through the cut-through , Casey has found himself in a fight . |
| 4 | A MUSICIAN who wrote a unique series of music books for physically disabled people has found himself in their shoes after suffering a stroke . |
| 5 | I am rather surprised that Martin Frears has found himself in this predicament . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , the FRCN has found itself without an outlet in most state capitals . |
| 7 | In this chapter I have made no attempt to discuss why it should be that the DES has found itself in the situation of promulgating these various initiatives , or indeed how it sees the relationship between them . |
| 8 | The system has found itself in dire need of a new way of legitimating itself , and this need has given rise to a variety of responses . |
| 9 | In addition to suffering the longstanding US economic blockade , Cuba has found itself in 1990 and 1991 coming to terms with new threats to its economic viability . |
| 10 | This is almost the position in which the Liberal party has found itself in recent elections ( see Table 5.2 ) . |
| 11 | I 'd found myself in the company of two groups of schoolchildren between the ages of seven and thirteen who 'd come to take part in this year 's Young National Trust Theatre production , Two Nations , an exploration of the divisions existing in Victorian society . |
| 12 | She 'd found herself on the receiving end of a great deal of teasing about her impromptu topless dip in the sea and her valiant rescuer , and she 'd fenced it as calmly as she could . |
| 13 | Fortunately she 'd found herself within reach of the small hall table which held the telephone and had been able to ring her neighbour . |
| 14 | having found themselves for no good reason sitting together : Liz and Alix discovered that both came from Yorkshire , and that neither played lacrosse , nor had ever seen it being played , and Esther joined the discussion by volunteering that she had herself managed to avoid playing netball for the past three years on the grounds that she was too small . |
| 15 | The last time he called on us after his exhibition at Keighley he seemed a new man , with a delight in having found himself in his painting and amazement that it also gave pleasure to so many others . |
| 16 | In fact Patrickson , under such circumstances , could have found himself at variance with the old Company of Mines Royal which still had the powers vested in it and doubtless to his mortification be forced to give up his work or pay a Royalty — not however , to Muncaster estates . |
| 17 | His reaction was so wild that he would have found himself in even deeper trouble if he had connected with Simpson . |
| 18 | Had that proposal been acted on , McKusick , CSRG senior programmer and past president of Usenix , would have found himself in another conflict of interests since he is believed to be a secret a director of BSDI . |
| 19 | Alternatively , you might have found yourself without the ready money you needed to snap up a bargain — like that washing machine you saw in the sales . |
| 20 | ‘ If Dobson had been any more seriously injured you 'd have found yourself in a cell by now . ’ |
| 21 | In the wake of Simeon 's revolt , the adherents of the old Nazarean hierarchy would have found themselves under increasing pressure from three quarters . |
| 22 | Had John Dorahy not rashly attempted a dropped goal on the first tackle in the closing stages , the Second Division side might have found themselves in the final . |
| 23 | Or worse : they might have found themselves in a tit-for-tat war with DeVore 's lieutenants . |
| 24 | If the Trade Descriptions Act had been invoked , they could have found themselves in trouble . |
| 25 | If I had chosen the North Stand I would have found myself in the middle of those awful drunken , swearing and spitting Ards fans . |
| 26 | Incredible , bloody incredible , that the Service should have found itself within a whisker of escape , within a few heartbeats … |
| 27 | The court was influenced by evidence pointing to the fact that the defendants had been negligent and it was stated that had steps been taken to mitigate the nuisance , the Council would not have found itself in the position it was now in . |
| 28 | Emma Lyon , who made her way up the social scale by similar means , would have found herself in prison earlier had it not been for the lifeline thrown to her by her friends and former lovers . |
| 29 | If she 'd stayed in a fit state then she would n't have found herself in this situation now . |
| 30 | She , who had always pulled the strings , to have found herself in this position . |