Example sentences of "[noun pl] find [pn reflx] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Many refugees found themselves in the same position .
2 Mangen and Castel relate an appalling tale of how the circumstances in which the French asylums found themselves in the Second World War prompted experiment with alternatives .
3 Enough of the worms find themselves on the tight-fitting lid so that when I open the bucket I merely have to lower the lid into my aquarium to feed the fish .
4 Now , with both Liverpool and Everton among the also-rans the two men find themselves in the ironic position of standing in each others ' way with the Premier League championship up for grabs .
5 The crucial power was torn from the hands of the proletariat , and within months the Bolsheviks found themselves on the other side of the barricades .
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