Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [v-ing] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maxim found himself reaching for the non-existent seatbelt . |
| 2 | One night , waiting in her car outside a pub to which she had followed him , she suddenly found herself crying for the first time . |
| 3 | I found myself listening for the distinct crack , then gazing up at the clear starry sky trying to follow the flight of the shell . |
| 4 | ‘ So I found myself heading for the Far East in the Service Corps . ’ |
| 5 | All very contemporary , but I found myself hankering for the crisp definition of the old Frederick Austin arrangement . |