Example sentences of "find themselves [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A HAPPILY married couple find themselves on an emotional roller-coaster when a wealthy businessman offers 1m dollars to spend a night with the young wife . |
| 2 | I have canvassed the views of my hon. Friend the Minister for Local Government and Inner Cities who is very European , and he assures me that people who live in the southern part of Spain were totally bemused to wake up one day and find themselves in an invented region called Andalusia with a different Government from than in Madrid . |
| 3 | Most ‘ carers ’ simply happen to be those nearest relatives who find themselves in an unwanted , unsought and very stressful situation . |
| 4 | Irish catholics find themselves in an ambiguous relationship to Irish nationalism . |
| 5 | In comparison with ‘ conventional ’ offenders , corporate executives find themselves in an enviable position . |