Example sentences of "found herself [verb] at the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Beth shuffled her feet in the awkward silence and found herself looking at the second man more closely .
3 Caroline found herself seated at the lunch-table next to Romano de Sciorto , a state of affairs which did nothing for her shaky morale .
4 Nikos smiled and said something softly in Greek , and for some reason Lindsey found herself blushing at the sudden contact of Niall 's hand against her arm , but she could n't interpret the look he gave her as they were ushered towards one of the few empty tables overlooking the harbour .
5 ( Three separate negotiating teams were sent to each country tendering offers for the Urengoi gas pipeline , as a result of which the FRG , much to her surprise , found herself underbid at the end of the day . )
6 She asked herself which of them she should phone and found herself trembling at the thought of phoning any of them .
7 Again she found herself trembling at the thought .
8 As the sound of his car died away she found herself staring at the blank windows of Ivy Cottage across the lane .
9 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 .
10 Jessamy found herself staring at the powerful set of his shoulders , and remembered all too clearly that the aura of power was n't just an illusion .
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 ’ 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 .
13 And she found herself smiling at the stark contrast between the two figures — the small passive figure of the elderly servant and the dynamic , vivid figure of the dark-haired man .
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