Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] find [pn reflx] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You give a good firm aid that would have your youngster wandering gently off to the left and suddenly find yourself falling off the side because the old hand did a sharp left turn ! |
| 2 | They played ‘ ’ Invitation to the Waltz' ’ on Radio 3 this morning' — she was speaking faster and faster , edging towards the gun — ‘ such a heavenly tune , I played it at school , and suddenly found myself waltzing round the kitchen , then Ethel leapt up and waltzed with me , and I thought perhaps there is a life after Hamish . |
| 3 | She felt like someone who suffered from vertigo and suddenly found themselves standing on the edge of a deep abyss . |
| 4 | The fired guitarist did not mope and soon found himself playing in two Leeds groups , U.V And The Free Radicals and The Chorus . |
| 5 | We followed a pleasant bridle path through trees and soon found ourselves listening to the sweet bubbling song of a black cap . |
| 6 | Exhausted , she had slept almost the clock round that first night , and often found herself dozing during the day . |
| 7 | She was troubled , distracted in meditation , and often found herself staring into the middle distance when the other sisters were chanting Divine Office . |
| 8 | I went slowly , and presently found myself walking towards a most spectacular sunset . |
| 9 | Characters who make it to the top of the hill see a brilliant flash of sunlight , experience momentarily the scent of a summer day abundant with wild flowers and the taste of sweet wine and nectar- and then find themselves standing in a corridor , with their backs to the west wall , opposite the door to the scribe 's room ( location 59 ) . |
| 10 | He lifted his sword and slashed , one , two , three , at the men between him and Siward and then found himself hurtling beyond him , pushed by the momentum of his own men screaming behind and on either side . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , but he 's younger than I am , ’ said Ianthe , and then found herself flushing with annoyance at having taken Miss Grimes 's joke seriously . |
| 12 | Aragorn has to choose between going to Mordor or to Minas Tirith ; delays , and then finds himself choosing between Sam and Frodo or Merry and pippin ; picks one quest , and then has to decide whether to rest or pursue by night . |
| 13 | Meredith peered into a couple of loose-boxes and called ‘ Mr Fearon ? ’ but only found herself staring into surprised equine faces . |
| 14 | She wanted him to be someone she could love and idealised the future in her head , but then found herself thinking about that most heartwrenching of adolescent discoveries ; people rarely are what you want them to be and betray you without malice , unaware of the pain they cause . |
| 15 | She had doubts about the road but then found herself driving along the grey fortress walls of what she hoped might be the Castello Crocetto . |