Example sentences of "and find [pn reflx] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a gulph [ sic ] between slavery and freedom which could neither be filled up nor closed over and across which the slave must leap ere he alighted on the other side and found himself a free man . |
| 2 | He had little success , however , in his efforts to persuade the Dutch that Sukarno was a man with whom they could do business and found himself a reluctant pig in the middle , reviled by one side as a fascist imperialist and by the other as an irresponsible revolutionary . |
| 3 | When there were not games he disappeared into the library and found himself the only person in the building . |
| 4 | Tonight he had been immersed in scenes of Mafia violence and found himself the next moment slumped in the Chesterfield staring at silver snow on the screen . |
| 5 | Deputy editor Janette Marshall went to interview him recently ( see p.36 ) and found herself a late arrival at his impromptu wedding breakfast . |
| 6 | The Berne-bound goods train was standing on the next track down ; all he had to do was cover the twenty yards between the two tracks and find himself an empty freight car . |
| 7 | Why do n't you follow in your workmate 's footsteps and find yourself a salaried job in London ? ’ |
| 8 | After graduating , however , you may wish to broaden your scope and find yourself an alternative form of payment . |
| 9 | Or perhaps she could be like Merlyn Joseph and find herself a rich man who would install her in a yacht . |