Example sentences of "[noun] found [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist in Bosnia , Germany found itself at war with its trade competitors in the west , and at war with its nationalist rivals and its potential empire in the east . |
| 2 | It was in the boot-and-brushing room that Nicandra found her at last — after a search through the larders , the dairy , and the empty laundry , its warm steam now subsided into a vaporous chill . |
| 3 | Indirect Rule and the evolution of the Commonwealth idea had disarmed much left-wing criticism of the empire in the years between the wars and encouraged the development among British radicals of ‘ responsible ’ views on imperial subjects , which came naturally to bloom when Labour found itself at last in office . |
| 4 | The planners , the Planning Committee , and the Council found themselves at the centre of the great deal of public agitation in which the reputation of the Council sank to a very low level . |
| 5 | For a further four years , Sukarno found himself at the centre of a political maelstrom of which the outcome seemed obscure . |
| 6 | The boy found me at the sweet shop across the street , and told me of the drama . |
| 7 | Alexander found himself at odds with these famous words of Shakespeare : |
| 8 | Cornelius found himself at a door . |
| 9 | We must now return to the general situation in which 5 Corps found itself at the end of 15 May . |
| 10 | So it was with no plans for the future that Troy found himself at Greenhill fair , dangerously close to Weatherbury . |
| 11 | The friend found one at a garage . |
| 12 | Morning found us at Gullfoss hastily trying to organize sleeping and eating . |
| 13 | But when the Conservatives came to power in 1979 , local government found itself at the centre of a much wider conflict regarding the role of the state as a whole , and the position of local government began to be ‘ reappraised ’ . |
| 14 | Living at such close quarters with them , Anne found herself at odds with the princesses . |
| 15 | Frederick 's aggression disturbed George II 's position as Elector of Hanover and , because he tried to defend Maria Theresa 's treaty rights and France joined in the attack upon her , Britain found itself at war with France . |
| 16 | For reasons beyond his control , the new tsar found himself at war with Persia just as he was coming to terms with the Turks . |
| 17 | Three narrow and thoroughly encouraging defeats ( 1–0 , 5–0 , 9–0 ) kicked off the 55/56 season and raffle winner Sid Beamish found himself at the helm . |
| 18 | Vacations found him at his estate at Murthly , Perthshire , or , after its sale in 1921 , on Speyside and in St Andrews . |
| 19 | Your welcome letter found me at Launceston at which place I remained two days with Mr. Kerr , Captn Friend etc . |
| 20 | The facts of political geography are alone sufficient to suggest that there might be many occasions when the Duke of Aquitaine found himself at odds with the Taillefers and the Lusignans . |
| 21 | I climbed the steps up onto the lock and knocked on the door of the lock-keeper 's house , and through great good fortune found him at home . |
| 22 | But Briggs found himself at odds with colleagues within the NASA scientific establishment . |
| 23 | Sundowner time found me at the Clachaig Inn ( JTR either went there or to the Temperance Hotel in Glencoe Village on the edge of Loch Leven ) after twenty-odd miles wandering and walking . |
| 24 | Both the Emperor Marcian and his wife Pulcheria played an active part in the meetings : Marcian and Leo found themselves at loggerheads not so much over the dogmatic formulation as over the disciplinary canons that were appended . |
| 25 | The absence of Neil Lenham ( how many times have I written that , I wonder ? ) handed Keith Greenfield a more regular opportunity to open , one this Brighton beau has grabbed enthusiastically , twice registering 55-overs bests , narrowly missing a Sunday best and forming such a productive partnership with Jamie Hall that Smith found himself at first drop for the initial one-dayers . |
| 26 | FIREMEN called to a chimney blaze found themselves at boss Jeffrey Ord 's home at Alnwick , Northumberland . |
| 27 | The arsenic is now on its way elsewhere , nor is the shake-up ending there , as dumps all over Europe have by turns found themselves at the end of the latest ‘ lead ’ . |