Example sentences of "find [pn reflx] [v-ing] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Now , with his head pointing upwards , he found himself gazing at the ridge , as over the sky-line came the silent , moving , red-tinged cumuli .
2 Delaney found himself looking at a cargo vessel with a very high superstructure three-quarters aft .
3 Peter opened one at random and found himself looking at a photograph of Kate .
4 Huy found himself looking at the man 's lips alone , and the spittle switching from one to the other , in horrified fascination and to the exclusion of everything else .
5 But in attempting to discover why the Russian Revolution followed the path it did , he found himself arriving at the conclusion that , far from being a ‘ false ’ deviation , in the circumstances of history Stalinism had been necessary .
6 Lee found herself gazing at the pubes of a woman a little way along from her and thinking about undergrowths and mazes and secrets and magic and dirt .
7 When her lashes lifted she found herself looking at a name .
8 Drawing it out , she found herself looking at a face which was striking both for its good looks and its expression of surprise .
9 She asked herself which of them she should phone and found herself trembling at the thought of phoning any of them .
10 Again she found herself trembling at the thought .
11 She stood motionless , waiting for the two to break apart , and found herself staring at the girl from whom Niall was now gently detaching himself .
12 She was still sick at heart when she passed down through the last glade and found herself staring at the Lodge 's covert thatch , its closed door , She stood for a time in the yard outside , afraid to enter .
13 ’ He sounded quite excited and Folly found herself smiling at the way his dramatic gesture was bringing out the little boy in someone as sophisticated as Luke .
14 I found myself gazing at the harmonium and my memories of the happy times I 'd spent listening to Miss Louise play came flooding back and I wept more .
15 I next found myself lying at the bottom of a crude hopper of duck boards which was set on top of an irrigation dyke .
16 As one who grew up in the Dark Ages and is , as a result , spiritually stunted and psychologically scarred , I regularly find myself cringing at the sight of moaning footballers and speculating , in a twisted fashion , on how much better they might play if all the energy spent on operating the jaws were to be concentrated on getting on with the game .
17 Samuel Butler offers his readers a helpful hint : ‘ to know whether you are enjoying a piece of music or not , you must see whether you find yourself looking at the advertisement of Pears soap at the end of the programme ’ .
18 As soon as the doors are opened , the adventurers find themselves standing at the threshold of room 49 .
19 For example , if you take advantage of one of the tourist office 's all-in weekends , you might find yourself staying at the Alte Rheinmuhle .
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