Example sentences of "found himself [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Panic struck the New York stock market , share values fell dramatically and Hoover found himself presiding over the worst economic depression in the history of the USA . |
| 2 | It was several days later that he found himself rising through the complex of dripping wet catwalks and steps that ran around the Power line . |
| 3 | Charles found himself muttering to the motherly dresser , who handed him his hat . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Wycliffe found himself gazing at the white hairs which sprouted from her upper lip and looked quickly away . |
| 6 | It 's a chance for the gifted featherweight to erase the memory of the humiliation suffered in the Barcelona Olympics when he found himself barred from the sport for 12 months . |
| 7 | It 's a chance for the gifted featherweight to erase the memory of the humiliation suffered in the Barcelona Olympics when he found himself barred from the sport for 12 months . |
| 8 | Blake was astonished , and found himself moving towards the Doctor . |
| 9 | Robert Smith was a relative of John 's first wife and found himself summoned by the great man to take over the accounts . |
| 10 | Rex found himself crashing to the ground . |
| 11 | Maxim found himself reaching for the non-existent seatbelt . |
| 12 | On the evening of 13 May on top of all his other preoccupations particularly the dangerously weak operational position of his Corps Gen Keightley suddenly found himself threatened by the possibility that within 48 hours Carinthia would be swamped by a further huge mass of some 600,000 surrendered personnel and refugees , without food . |
| 13 | At Newport Morrissey fell victim to innocent crowd over-enthusiasm and found himself dragged into the mob . |
| 14 | PALEFACE David Mellor walked into a hall full of journalists last night … and found himself drinking in The Last Chance Saloon . |
| 15 | Wilting under a hail of stones and a hefty dose of the hard stuff , Jimmy Johnstone darted for cover and along with Rangers defender Sandy Jardine found himself hiding in the vicinity of a group of rowing boats . |
| 16 | Again Wu Shih found himself pleased by the gesture . |
| 17 | He found himself looking towards the floor but could see nothing , and so shook his head . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Lewis found himself looking at the back page of The Oxford Times which lay on the desk . |
| 20 | Rincewind made the mistake of glancing downwards , and found himself looking through the dragon to the treetops below . |
| 21 | But instead of the greed-crazed madman he expected , he found himself looking into the round red face of a Sergeant of the Watch . |
| 22 | It was then he knew for certain that the oriental he had just shot was not the one from whom he had wanted to exact retribution for injuring Pam — because at the other end of the corridor he found himself looking into the glittering black eyes of his hated enemy , Angel One . |
| 23 | These tales made quite an impression on me as did the story of Uncle Fred 's eldest son , young Fred as he was known , putting on his age and managing to join the Marines when only sixteen , then found himself serving on the same ship as his father during the great battle — something of a unique record . |
| 24 | With the Philharmonia wind players at their vaulting , brilliant best , it was a performance which Porter found himself preferring to the mellower and long-admired Clemens Krauss recordings , which sounded tame by comparison . |
| 25 | But things change quickly at Ferrari and , in 1990 , he found himself swimming against the political tide . |
| 26 | He found himself struggling with the wheel , fighting to keep the vehicle under control . |
| 27 | All the same , he found himself wondering about the strange animal and , almost as ii he was under some strange influence , he could not get the events out of his mind . |
| 28 | Charlie found himself mesmerised by the mosaic patterns that covered the inner walls , their tiny squares making up life-size portraits . |
| 29 | ‘ You be careful , my dad 's a vicar ! ’ and the car had stopped and the man had sworn at him viciously , using some phrases Luke later regretted not remembering , and Luke found himself shaking on the dark verge a mile out of Snead . |
| 30 | He took a step back , dizzy and breathless , then found himself sitting on the floor , back to the wall . |