Example sentences of "they find [pn reflx] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wounded men and prisoners could still have much to fear if they found themselves at the mercy of their opponents . |
| 2 | Traffic began to peter out and they found themselves in the middle of extensive minefields . |
| 3 | For example at Edgehill , a GIST pack for discussion of sex roles — Gender in Our Lives — was used in the personal and social education lessons , with teachers talking honestly and openly about their personal experience ; as it happened they found themselves in the middle of a discussion about fathers being present at childbirth , and the children were obviously fascinated by this new view of their teachers as emotional beings . [ … ] |
| 4 | David pushed open one of the french windows and they found themselves in the library . |
| 5 | The inclusion of a counselling element into such groups is based on the understanding of their potential value in facilitating and enabling personal change , by helping group members understand their own thoughts and feelings , and in changing their coping behaviour to the situations in which they find themselves within the group . |
| 6 | Another potential problem for patients is that they find themselves in the role of information-giver , and it is often information of a very personal nature . |