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 .
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