Example sentences of "and find [pn reflx] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went on , confident of my compass , but becoming less so , and found myself in the middle of a disused airfield , among landing markers , gutted buildings and a wrecked radar scanner . |
| 2 | As a Ballyclare supporter I was not sure which fans to join in the final but thankfully I went to the South stand and found myself in the middle of the most friendly people I have ever met in my whole life . |
| 3 | That was a bit of a shock , cos I was dreaming about summat about a train and Marie going away , and then suddenly I came to and found myself in the station . |
| 4 | I did my best to oppose er , these new er , schemes and found myself in the majority of one quite often . |
| 5 | She thought again of the clever pastry-cook who baked her man to her liking , and of La Carmellina , who lost her true love when he climbed a cherry tree into the clouds and found himself in the lair of the sorceress Zenaida — Zenaida , who had been robbed of sleep by the curse of another fairy , and had stolen Carmellina 's love away and changed him into a songbird . |
| 6 | They came out of a summer house or folly , or some such thing , and found themselves in the company of a servant girl who was out walking . |
| 7 | She opened a door , and found herself in the Bacon room . |
| 8 | The chief inspector climbed in over the sill , eased down the window and found herself in the hall . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | His description was that ‘ it is easy to aim for the front room and find yourself in the kitchen ’ . |
| 11 | Bachelard assumed the necessary division of the scientific from the non-scientific , even if de facto he was continually encountering their imbrication and finding himself in the position of trying to keep them apart . |