Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pn reflx] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could have been hours or minutes later that Isabel found herself staring into a dark pit . |
| 2 | Leaning away slightly as Ibn Fayoud enveloped her in his gowns and aftershave , Kelly found herself looking at a smiling Annie . |
| 3 | Rex found himself crashing to the ground . |
| 4 | Lucy found herself mouthing like a mill worker to make herself understood over the noise , which was louder than any machinery . |
| 5 | After an hour the ship emerged from the jungle , and the Shermans found themselves gazing across an open alluvial plain dotted with isolated clumps of palm . |
| 6 | Ruth found herself crouching on the floor , almost fainting ; wondering how she could ever have thought before that Fincara was casting spells . |
| 7 | Benny found herself standing in a smooth-floored entryway that opened on to the docks about ten feet further on . |
| 8 | Even with regard to this episode Margaret showed a sisterly loyalty : I am told that when she and Ivy found themselves staying at the same hotel as Cecilia Ady , Eleanor Jourdain 's chief opponent , ‘ there was a marked coldness ’ . |
| 9 | In the first premonition , Mr Reynolds saw himself standing on the footplate of No 43106 leaving Bridgnorth , smoke-box first , with some covered wagons heading for Bewdley . |
| 10 | Willie found himself standing in a large field . |
| 11 | Lindsey found herself gazing at a fully equipped unit that would have done credit to any major hospital . |
| 12 | Nikos smiled and said something softly in Greek , and for some reason Lindsey found herself blushing at the sudden contact of Niall 's hand against her arm , but she could n't interpret the look he gave her as they were ushered towards one of the few empty tables overlooking the harbour . |
| 13 | Lindsey found herself battling against an almost overwhelming and totally illogical desire to run her fingers through its neatness . |
| 14 | Lee found herself gazing at the pubes of a woman a little way along from her and thinking about undergrowths and mazes and secrets and magic and dirt . |
| 15 | Lee ‘ s briskness had been a last stand and she was ready to turn and walk down the five flights of stairs again when the door in front of her suddenly swung open and Lee found herself walking through the doorway . |
| 16 | Jessamy found herself staring at the powerful set of his shoulders , and remembered all too clearly that the aura of power was n't just an illusion . |
| 17 | Delaney found himself looking at a cargo vessel with a very high superstructure three-quarters aft . |
| 18 | Miranda found herself flying through the air . |
| 19 | In his corner Joseph found himself grappling with an overwhelming sense of bewilderment . |
| 20 | ‘ Clarissa heard herself hurrying through the difficult bit . |
| 21 | More and more , Beth found herself acting as the buffer between them , and curiously enough , at times when she sought to protect him , it seemed as though she was actually having to fight her own husband . |
| 22 | Maybe it was the abrupt pain of thinking about Tara , or the sudden recollection that this man blending so effortlessly into the family gathering was not to be trusted , but Virginia found herself cutting into the convivial mood and causing a sudden , rather surprised silence . |
| 23 | Huy found himself looking at the man 's lips alone , and the spittle switching from one to the other , in horrified fascination and to the exclusion of everything else . |
| 24 | ‘ No , not really , ’ said Constance , and Scarlet felt herself concurring in an age-old belief that , when it came to the point , the closing of ranks took precedence over the wellbeing of the stranger within the gates . |
| 25 | Nutty felt herself flinching at the dreadful truth put into such forthright speech . |
| 26 | Lewis found himself looking at the back page of The Oxford Times which lay on the desk . |
| 27 | The first three shows last September really were filmed live , and the temperature in the first club reached 152°F scrambling the digital equipments programming , so that Matt Bianco found themselves miming to a completely different tune . |
| 28 | Charles found himself muttering to the motherly dresser , who handed him his hat . |
| 29 | Mr Berkley found himself responding to the insistent beat . |
| 30 | Wycliffe found himself gazing at the white hairs which sprouted from her upper lip and looked quickly away . |