Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] find [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it was that eventually I found myself in a hospital in Swindon close to other victims of Larry Foot . |
| 2 | Suddenly I found myself in a sack much larger than my body , but completely dark . |
| 3 | Suddenly she found herself under an intense media spotlight , enduring a 24-hour guard until she was 16 . |
| 4 | But Robin still hungered for a night on the traps : so we found ourselves at the Harold Park Hotel , the crowds milling into the street , silhouetted against the lights of the adjacent Greyhound track . |
| 5 | Erm from there we went into this purpose built flat above a grocers shop , it was meant for the manager of the grocers shop , but he had better sense and so the flat became available for letting to the Borough Council who at the insistence of the owners of the house we were in , erm , were anxious to get their property back and so we found ourselves in a brand new flat , the first tenants , although this was not very highly to be recommended , you approached your flat up er stone staircase , er from the outside so you exposed to the elements er you then walked across the roof , flat roof over the shops until you came to your flat door , erm , Islington at that time was just beginning the , to see the influx of immigrants from the colonies as they were in those days and er , they in turn created much heavier demand on what little vacant property there was , so that the district rapidly deteriorated and for many people who were not in the fortunate position that we were found it necessary or desirable to leave because they were sharing rooms or sharing houses with people whose ways of life were different from theirs and this is something I think that housing authorities learnt to appreciate over the years that the differences between people 's ways of life are one of the major causes of social distress . |
| 6 | This , in turn , suggests that perhaps he found himself in a dilemma — caught between his naturally humane feelings and the logic of his unsentimental , utilitarian theory . |
| 7 | Outside she found herself at the top of a fire escape . |
| 8 | Somehow he found himself in the street , walking , although he did not know where . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | To reach Ariel and her mother , he had to cross the stream ; he did so , night after night , using stepping stones over unearthly flashes of phosphorescence in the water , and stepping up on to the further bank , still unwilling , still keeping his mind on Rebecca and the love he had sworn to her , until once more he found himself at the entrance of Ariel 's cabin , once more gave orders to the guard to leave him , and entered to speak to her , disturbing her rest , though she had come to expect his call ; then after their unsatisfactory exchanges , he would lift the fronds at the entrance and leave again , only to succumb once more , and toss himself off in rage and helplessness , before he skulked back to Belmont . |
| 11 | Without doing much more he found himself in the Scotland ‘ B ’ team to play Ireland at the end of December and the Scottish trial a week later . |
| 12 | I heard no more from the Head ( could someone have come worse than me ? ) and also I found myself in a new dorm filled with chaps who were in the top classes at school . |
| 13 | Again I felt that terrible pain and sickness , but a few seconds later I found myself with the face and body and character of Henry Jekyll once more . |
| 14 | So it was a short time later she found herself under the hard eyes of Sister Mary , the large nun she remembered from last night , and her very hard hand . |
| 15 | Twenty minutes later she found herself inside the Head 's office , white and trembling , so obviously terrified that the Head herself was taken aback . |
| 16 | They were speaking in favour of it , now here he comes along er and er we we 're I I find myself , regrettable I think because er er his er a minister very well informed in these areas with er who made in those committees a very powerful and effective contribution , now we find ourselves on the er opposite side but I have to say now that we are on opposite side that what is introducing today er is really er too little er and far too er too too late . |
| 17 | Now he finds himself in the same position as his predecessor — a relative conservative whose time is past . |
| 18 | Without being aware of getting there he found himself outside the printer 's shop . |
| 19 | 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 . |