Example sentences of "and found herself [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked into the eyes of this human peacock and found herself at a complete loss for words ; and he too seemed surprised by this girl who had agreed to be his bride : he looked up at her ( she was half a head taller than he ) in a way that she might have interpreted as hostile had she not been in too much of a turmoil herself to notice it . |
| 2 | His poor mother lacked her husband 's capacity for discipline , and found herself at the mercy of her headstrong son . |
| 3 | She had got lost , returning to their home in Ambleside Road , Warndon , Worcester , and found herself on the M50 . |
| 4 | … and found herself in a part of the house she had never seen before . |
| 5 | She pushed open the only door , and found herself in a spacious but gloomy office . |
| 6 | She scuttled through the door and found herself in a long drawing-room choked with old-fashioned furniture . |
| 7 | Bernice followed him , and found herself in a square space behind the staircase . |
| 8 | Seconds later she shoulder-charged the door , and found herself in an eerie moonlit room where she could distinguish nothing , except the deafening howls which seemed to reverberate off the walls . |
| 9 | She opened a door , and found herself in the Bacon room . |
| 10 | The chief inspector climbed in over the sill , eased down the window and found herself in the hall . |
| 11 | But instead of peace and solitude and a chance to get her emotions under control , she opened the door and found herself in the middle of a nightmare . |