Example sentences of "find [pn reflx] [v-ing] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maxim found himself reaching for the non-existent seatbelt . |
| 2 | One night , waiting in her car outside a pub to which she had followed him , she suddenly found herself crying for the first time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I found myself listening for the distinct crack , then gazing up at the clear starry sky trying to follow the flight of the shell . |
| 5 | All very contemporary , but I found myself hankering for the crisp definition of the old Frederick Austin arrangement . |
| 6 | ‘ So I found myself heading for the Far East in the Service Corps . ’ |
| 7 | We like mixed-ability teaching in principle — but it 's such hard work ( if you 're not going to cop out and use worksheets all the time ) that we find ourselves longing for the good old days of streaming . |
| 8 | They need a new identity , but in seeking it they find themselves competing for the same political space with social movements that share their radical vocation . |