Example sentences of "found himself in the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Television 's ‘ Hammer ’ found himself in the slammer when he tried smuggling cocaine into Britain a few years back .
2 HAPLESS John Major found himself in the middle of an almighty Tory punch-up over Europe yesterday .
3 Gloucester 's influence may also have been at work in the selection of a duchy of Lancaster lawyer as the new recorder of London in June 1483 , although the man concerned ( Thomas Fitzwilliam of Mablethorpe , Lincs. ) preserved a studied neutrality when , only days after his appointment , he found himself in the middle of the deposition crisis .
4 Gloucester 's influence may also have been at work in the selection of a duchy of Lancaster lawyer as the new recorder of London in June 1483 , although the man concerned ( Thomas Fitzwilliam of Mablethorpe , Lincs. ) preserved a studied neutrality when , only days after his appointment , he found himself in the middle of the deposition crisis .
5 ECHO chief photographer Stephen Shakeshaft found himself in the middle of a real cat and mouse game right in the heart of the city as he caught up with cartoon characters Tom and Jerry .
6 THE Chancellor , Norman Lamont , found himself in the middle of a full-scale row last night over his Budget decision to put value-added tax on domestic fuels .
7 Schmidt suddenly found himself in the space between them , his hand outstretched for the lock .
8 Jason , 24 , found himself in the north African city between concerts in Bournemouth and St Austell — two other places Bogart never visited .
9 The same year , he found himself in the company of Mona , who described herself in court as an ‘ apolitical pacifist ’ who spread her huge family wealth in a series of film , TV , stage and property ventures .
10 The benefits of this system can be demonstrated by the example of the trader who carted a crate of whetstones from Craven Arms , or possibly from Stony Stratford , to Wroxeter for a market day , where he found himself in the company of other merchants selling mortaria as well as samian ware from Gaul .
11 Surere was already looking sleeker , Huy thought , as he tried to banish the servile feelings which still rose to the surface when he found himself in the company of his former superior .
12 Miles found himself in the water , tangled in coils of rope , battered by sealskin floats .
13 So Ray then found himself in the position of spending a good many of his working hours enforcing a law which he was breaking himself and increasingly afraid of being arrested by one of his mates .
14 Macarthy , the defence lawyer , found himself in the position of trying to defend the indefensible and justify the unjustifiable .
15 But NoS was more like a racing power-boat , and Horsley soon found himself in the position of a water-skier rather than a captain .
16 Bullock found himself in the driving seat after Davies was forced to play sideways out of a ditch .
17 There was not a word said of business until they came to table in Isambard 's great hall , where the envoy found himself in the place of honour at his host 's right hand .
18 He was attracted by an advertisement for a ‘ lab boy ’ at the then University College and soon found himself in the office of the Registrar , Mr Hedley Pickbourne .
19 And he found himself in the starting line-up when top scorer Chris Kiwomya went down with flu .
20 I suppo I suppose it was cheaper in a way because erm he found himself in the shop a lot more , he could n't afford the staff that he had , he had used to have two people working for him .
21 The Zeltweg race was , after all , on Niki 's home territory , and when Prost spun off on a patch of oil , the race took on a new perspective for Niki : he found himself in the lead , with Piquet behind him and no threat with badly worn tyres .
22 Somehow he found himself in the street , walking , although he did not know where .
23 She thought again of the clever pastry-cook who baked her man to her liking , and of La Carmellina , who lost her true love when he climbed a cherry tree into the clouds and found himself in the lair of the sorceress Zenaida — Zenaida , who had been robbed of sleep by the curse of another fairy , and had stolen Carmellina 's love away and changed him into a songbird .
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