Example sentences of "found [pron] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking the initiative , I led the way , following three skiers who looked as if they knew where they were going — they did n't , and we found ourselves poling for quite a long way before a unanimous decision to have an early lunch was taken . |
| 2 | Maxim found himself reaching for the non-existent seatbelt . |
| 3 | A bemused Southall found himself cautioned for time-wasting and a few seconds later had to pick the ball out of the net . |
| 4 | He found himself looking for her in the street , in the trains that took him down to his busking . |
| 5 | He found himself hovering for a dangerous moment between pity and fear and he fought down the pity at once , for it was not to be thought of that he should feel such an emotion for this evil being . |
| 6 | Watson , 18 , won an Under-21 cap with England in Spain last week — then found himself playing for Newcastle juniors . |
| 7 | He found himself praying for Eileen and the Commander and all the dead , wherever they were . |
| 8 | The Masai were elusive , even when constantly told they had nothing to fear , and consequently the British administration found itself engaged for fifty years in a ceaseless struggle to impose on them some measure of control . |
| 9 | The government found itself derided for its failure to stand up for Serbia , assert Russian interests in the Straits — the focal point of nationalist aspiration — and face the confrontation between Slav and Teuton which was widely thought to be inevitable . |
| 10 | Almost immediately Niall was waylaid , and involuntarily she found herself searching for his dark head in the crowd . |
| 11 | Unconsciously she found herself searching for Niall . |
| 12 | Yet , perversely , she still found herself looking for him . |
| 13 | She found herself listening for breathing and when there was a shout from below her heart pounded , foolishly , because it was only the whoop of a homecoming child racing his brother into the building . |
| 14 | Odd sensations chased through her body and she found herself gasping for air . |
| 15 | One night , waiting in her car outside a pub to which she had followed him , she suddenly found herself crying for the first time . |
| 16 | She found herself playing for time . |
| 17 | It was an impressive narrative , and impressively narrated ; Clara found her craving for the bizarre and the involved richly satisfied . |
| 18 | Not content with Mont Blanc , last year found him searching for another challenge . |
| 19 | In one week I listened to the English boy singing the praises of my dark colouring and frizzy hair , felt him kiss me on the cheek with obvious pleasure whenever I cooked a meal and when I came in from work , or when we sat watching television together , and found him waiting for me at the end of the road when I was late back for some reason . |
| 20 | Moreover , if banks wish to attract more borrowers , they might well consider how they can soften the rather forbidding image which we found they have for so many people . |
| 21 | Indeed , the more he thought about it , the less appetite he found he had for it . |
| 22 | Support was evident from small business people whose firms were bankrupt , housewives who found themselves queuing for the basic necessities and civil servants and skilled workers whose salaries had fallen in real terms as a result of the inflation . |
| 23 | It was in this tense situation that the Labour Party , the pacifists and the Government found themselves manoeuvring for the leadership of the growing public demand for peace . |
| 24 | There were some who had been destined for fighters , especially Meteors , who found themselves headed for a dreaded bomber tour . |
| 25 | I found myself listening for the distinct crack , then gazing up at the clear starry sky trying to follow the flight of the shell . |
| 26 | All very contemporary , but I found myself hankering for the crisp definition of the old Frederick Austin arrangement . |
| 27 | ‘ So I found myself heading for the Far East in the Service Corps . ’ |