Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pn reflx] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now happily married to actress Gwen Humble , 38 , Ian found himself studying an action replay of his early days as a hell-raising Hollywood star as it ran through his mind — and he winced at what he saw . |
| 2 | The IBM Corp board found itself paying out rather more for the services of its new chairman and chief executive : it had to guarantee Louis Gerstner the value of stock and options he holds in RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp ; Gerstner is still an RJR Nabisco director and is not under any deadline to exercise his options , which run another 11 years ; the guarantee covers 300,000 shares of RJR stock and options for an additional 3.2m shares , with a guaranteed price of $8.125 a share . |
| 3 | The IBM Corp board found itself paying out rather more for the services of its new chairman and chief executive : it had to guarantee Louis Gerstner the value of stock and options he holds in RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp . |
| 4 | Germany found itself facing an expansionist Europe and a booming industry . |
| 5 | He retired from active service at the end of the war but was recalled in the early summer of 1648 when Parliament found itself facing a serious mutiny in the fleet . |
| 6 | When the tower walls swung back into focus Isabel found herself clutching a chainmail tunic , quite unaware of the metal links cutting into her palms as she gazed straight into the ice-blue eyes of her husband . |
| 7 | But instead , for a dizzying instant , as he wrapped his cloak about her , Isabel found herself savouring a delicious sensation of feeling small and infinitely fragile , enclosed within his arms . |
| 8 | He looked powerful and tough , and yet Isabel found herself noticing that his lower lip was slightly fuller than the upper , and that his mouth quirked at one corner , hinting at a sense of humour . |
| 9 | Isabel found herself staring at Matilda 's kindly face , completely at a loss . |
| 10 | It could have been hours or minutes later that Isabel found herself staring into a dark pit . |
| 11 | Lisa found herself watching him as they chatted about this and that , quietly amazed at the easy way he fitted in with them . |
| 12 | It was a contradiction in terms , Lisa found herself thinking as she looked back across the desk at him . |
| 13 | Lisa found herself rushing on to inform him , ‘ This is one of my more conservative creations . ’ |
| 14 | In the last years of the Soviet Union and in the new republics the militia found itself dealing with a level of public demonstration — and sometimes disorder — of which it had no previous experience , and it did not always deal efficiently with them . |
| 15 | In carrying out this duty , local authorities found themselves attempting to assess the numbers and needs of the disabled on a scale never before attempted . |
| 16 | Without meaning to , O found himself staring at them too . |
| 17 | As the train drew into Bodmin , Alexandra found herself clasping her own hands so tightly she could feel the seams of her gloves grinding into her flesh and wished , passionately for the visit to be a success , for them to like her house , approve of what she had done — and above all , to leave her alone to do it . |
| 18 | With help , he explored his feelings and to his horror found himself crying , not for his father , but for himself . |
| 19 | Lying contented in his arms , it was only as the euphoria gradually faded that Luce found herself wondering , had he felt the same ? |
| 20 | The two partners tendered for several workplace nursery projects but in each case found themselves losing out to competitors who were already running nurseries . |
| 21 | The reluctance with which Luke released her was palpable , his expression drawn into lines of hostility , and as she sat up , and then stood , Maria found herself deriving a savagely biting joy from the fact that she had surprised him . |
| 22 | Unaccustomed to such tenderness from this man who had so rarely shown her anything but contempt and passion , Maria found herself beginning to tremble , while a hot , smarting sensation afflicted her eyes and emotion tightened her throat . |
| 23 | Unexpectedly , Sophie found herself defending Robert . |
| 24 | And suddenly Steiner found himself saying , ‘ My father . |
| 25 | The Londoner found himself staring into the expressionless face of the tall and broad , blond-haired , blue-eyed bouncer . |
| 26 | So it was that Ms Wainwright found herself manhandling ( if that 's the word ) the seven-by-four polystyrene boards across the frozen Alaskan wastes , often in the teeth of gale force winds and in temperatures down to -40°C . |
| 27 | Leaning away slightly as Ibn Fayoud enveloped her in his gowns and aftershave , Kelly found herself looking at a smiling Annie . |
| 28 | In spite of her determination to leave the past to look after itself , Kelly found herself speculating as to where the fat trainer fitted in with Jack Butler and Ibn Fayoud . |
| 29 | Flashbulbs popped incessantly and Whitlock found himself struggling to focus on the sea of cameras , his eyes darting about in search of anything untoward . |
| 30 | Nessie found herself reacting as if to the parish priest or the headmaster of the school . |