Example sentences of "found [pn reflx] on a " in BNC.

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1 When at last we emerged into the open we found ourselves on a plain , perhaps a mile wide , lying between the hills and the river .
2 And so it was that on the first Monday after New Year , about midnight , we found ourselves on an icy road in County Cavan heading for the checkpoint , having just driven up from Dun Laoghaire , where we had disembarked from the Holyhead ferry .
3 Edrich and Close soon went , and on two occasions Roberts found himself on a hat-trick ; the second time , Selvey edged to Greenidge at slip — and he dropped morning was fine and only one more run was added .
4 At one point Blake found himself on a main street and saw two policemen outside a baker 's shop .
5 Hiding at ninth on the bill , beneath stars like Wet Wet Wet and The Christians , the band found themselves on a remake of The Beatles ' ‘ Sergeant Pepper ’ , called , with a high degree of originality , ‘ Sergeant Pepper Knew My Father ’ .
6 Once at the top of the rise , they found themselves on a flat plateau , of which most of the park area consisted
7 ‘ I found myself on a level with the whole of the French people ; my new companions … were miners , navvies , workers in metal and wood .
8 This occurred just after I took a turning and found myself on a road curving around the edge of a hill .
9 The Mexican atmosphere was contagious and I soon found myself on a crowded coach bound for Mexico .
10 IN FEBRUARY 1985 I found myself on a flight scheduled for the Yemen Arab Republic , now called Yemen since its amalgamation with the People 's Democratic Republic of Yemen in May 1990 .
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