Example sentences of "find [pron] in a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't understand what was wrong with him until Frankie pulled out the other two from behind the boiler and found them in a similar state . |
| 2 | He found them in a melancholy group , joined by Charley , in Cat 's Coffee Shop . |
| 3 | We found ourselves in a wide desert street , lined unevenly with flat adobe buildings , the same dun colour as the street and the surrounding desert . |
| 4 | He opened his eyes to find himself in a dimly-lit tent , seated upon hard muddy grass . |
| 5 | When Bud moved south to West Bromwich Albion in 1976 , he found himself in a deep trouble after a game against Brighton , when he was sent off for the unpardonable offence of kicking a referee . |
| 6 | Blake moved from the Old Nag 's Head , through a courtyard , and found himself in a long alley . |
| 7 | Driving with difficulty through torrential rain while thunder and lightning crashed overhead , Jack found himself in a narrow West Country lane , realising that he had missed the turning that would have brought him back on to the main road . |
| 8 | He pushed through a regulation fire door and found himself in a narrow passageway that ran along by the stairs to the kitchen . |
| 9 | Later that same year Lord Thurso found himself in a similar predicament in Kelvin Hall , Glasgow . |
| 10 | Mr Kelly , a slater-plasterer ran off but found himself in a dead end . |
| 11 | But he found himself in a double bind ; the bankers said they would withdraw their support if he left and this would have killed the business instantly . |
| 12 | The boy found himself in a peculiar position . |
| 13 | Charles also found himself in a difficult position . |
| 14 | The defense Department , a major user of At and T services , found itself in a new position yet still charged with statutory requirements regarding national security , emergency preparedness and defence of national interests . |
| 15 | She did not want to find herself in a hierarchical situation in relation to others at work , thereby creating false barriers and reinforcing the capitalist class structure . |
| 16 | Once she allowed herself to stray away from the main concourse , lured by the strains of a string quartet , to find herself in a large square dominated by a giant plane tree . |
| 17 | When she emerged , she found herself in a small square beside a canal so wide that she immediately realised it must be the Grand Canal itself . |
| 18 | Kim soon found herself in a tiny tenement flat . |
| 19 | Benny found herself in a rock-walled tunnel , with bare bulbs hanging from the ceiling at regular intervals . |
| 20 | She was endeavouring to find her way to the courtyard when , reaching the end of one of the wide corridors , she found herself in a long gallery lined with portraits . |
| 21 | She scuttled through the door and found herself in a long drawing-room choked with old-fashioned furniture . |
| 22 | Bernice followed him , and found herself in a square space behind the staircase . |
| 23 | One morning , Clare found herself in a rumpled bed in a strange bedroom with only sixpence in her purse — not enough to get to work . |
| 24 | When Sarella pushed it open she found herself in a sunlit room full of the latest office equipment . |
| 25 | Opening it , she found herself in a large room in which row upon row of men sat behind video screens . |
| 26 | Maybe someone bold enough to improvise like that would even take the risk of getting himself really knocked out and dropped in the water , knowing I could n't fail to find him in a few minutes . ’ |
| 27 | He found her in a small kitchen . |
| 28 | I found her in a large day-room where groups of elderly ladies sat in plastic-covered armchairs . |
| 29 | That weekend found him in a sunny mood . |
| 30 | He found it in a stoneflagged side passage , a door bearing a small brass plate : ‘ Garland ’ . |