Example sentences of "[pers pn] find [pn reflx] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found myself in the curious position of being the sponsor minister of the industry and also the minister ultimately answerable for health service spending . |
| 2 | I stayed there for a week in January and for once I found myself in the overworked brochure cliche : Marrakech is a city of contrasts and a fascinating blend of the old and new . |
| 3 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge . |
| 4 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge |
| 5 | The WAAF suddenly wound the chair back and I found myself in the semi-prone position with the white bulk looming over me . |
| 6 | ( Once , taking the night train from London to Paris , I found myself in the locked sleeping compartment of a locked coach in a locked hold beneath the waterline on a cross-channel ferry ; I did n't think of Jonah at the time , but perhaps my panic was related to his . |
| 7 | The chair was comfortable but low and I found myself in the disconcerting position of having to look up at him while we spoke . |
| 8 | By chance , I found myself in the royal apartments , a long , polished gallery where the freshly waxed wood winked in the sunlight and the walls shimmered with the exquisite tapestries hung there . |
| 9 | But afterwards , I found myself in the dim bathroom of my hut staring at a haunted face . |
| 10 | Without knowing how , I found myself in the smart medieval quarter again . |
| 11 | When I made my way down its spiral staircase I found myself in the main thoroughfare of the town where I was born . |
| 12 | Later , she found herself in the front passenger seat of a comfortable grey Rover , and as the car negotiated the twists and turns of the mountainous road she stole side-glances at Silas 's profile . |
| 13 | She found herself in the public library . |
| 14 | Then , round a corner , you find yourself in the famous archaeological dig , which has been reconstructed where it took place , with the preserved tenth century buildings re-erected where they were found . |
| 15 | Helping an elderly parent through her sorrow can be a long , hard haul , but very rewarding in the end — not only in terms of her recovery , but also because , if you find yourself in the same position in later years , you will look back on this experience you shared with her and find that it has left you with a far deeper understanding of grief , and a greater confidence in the healing power of time to see you through your own period of adjustment to loss . |
| 16 | Perhaps we should not be too surprised when we find ourselves in the new world of quality primary care . |
| 17 | And I 'd like to explain since we find ourselves in the real world , rather than fantasy land , how we 've approached the subject of client server . |
| 18 | Back , back we find ourselves in the frustrating and confusing conceptual warp . |
| 19 | In such comments we find ourselves in the precise atmosphere of Rudolf Otto 's ‘ numinous ’ , the ‘ mysterium tremendum et fascinans ’ — the mystery that creates wonderment as well as terror — which surely accounts at least in part for the high level of religious feeling in Canadian folklore and literature ; not least in Leonard 's expression of it . |
| 20 | ‘ In 1945 , ’ Husband said , ‘ they were trading cigarettes-which were better than gold in those days — for party cards and affidavits that they 'd always been true Worker Youths-once they found themselves in the Russian Zone . |
| 21 | In 1990 , they found themselves in the bizarre situation of being unseeded at Wimbledon , where they had won the title five times . |
| 22 | However , by some strange quirk of FA paperwork they found themselves in the Multivite Vegeburger/Singletons Valve Replacement League , formerly the Mid-Counties South-West ( Northern Division ) whose Premier Division Athletico had briefly graced in 1938 . |
| 23 | Her smile , as she gazed into the camera , was wry and mocking , as though it amused her to find herself in the traditional pose of a mother . |
| 24 | Extraordinary as those visits were — and as warmly welcomed as he found himself in the diverse Kesparates of Yzordderrex — the city state was an autocracy of the most extreme kind , its excesses dwarfing the repressions of the country he 'd been born in . |
| 25 | I did n't go into the parents ' room but went on beyond it to find myself in the rear part of the carriage , at the very end of the train . |
| 26 | But Pip , as a gentleman , does not move into a sparkling world of pleasure where he lives ‘ happily ever after ’ , instead he find himself in the corrupt , sordid London . |
| 27 | Now he finds himself in the same position as his predecessor — a relative conservative whose time is past . |