Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] find [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | I looked around for Kalchu and eventually found him on the far side of the fire talking to a group of men , some of whom I recognized as being from Chaura and from Chhuma . |
2 | He was attracted by an advertisement for a ‘ lab boy ’ at the then University College and soon found himself in the office of the Registrar , Mr Hedley Pickbourne . |
3 | She was able to get her bearings this way and soon found herself at the back of the house . |
4 | ‘ It must be strange , ’ she said slowly , ‘ to have been part of the Revolution and then to find yourself on the opposite side from people you fought beside . ’ |
5 | Niki eats up a few places and then finds himself at the back of a bunch of five cars behind Prost , who is running second . |
6 | She assures him she has no such thing ; he enters the tower to look for a foutre and indeed finds one beneath the lady 's clothes . |
7 | He ran the company as if he had suddenly and unexpectedly found himself on the footplate of a runaway engine . |
8 | I frequently give into their hands my best guns and never found them in the slightest degree disposed to take advantage . |
9 | I thought I was being taken to the prison but instead found myself outside the door of Le Coq d'Or . |