Example sentences of "[verb] find [pn reflx] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the Left Bank the Germans began to find themselves at an increasing tactical disadvantage . |
| 2 | I do not want to be harsh , but when I first set eyes on him I knew the type at once : the big , gangling provincial , so eager and relieved to find himself at last in artistic circles . |
| 3 | In fact Patrickson , under such circumstances , could have found himself at variance with the old Company of Mines Royal which still had the powers vested in it and doubtless to his mortification be forced to give up his work or pay a Royalty — not however , to Muncaster estates . |
| 4 | In pursuing these aims , de Gaulle continued to find himself at odds with the British and Americans . |
| 5 | They were also asked to describe the major characteristics of the groups in which they had found themselves at each point in their time on the terraces . |
| 6 | I can not say how strange it was , how peculiarly dead I felt , when I awoke to find myself at a distance from my father . |
| 7 | Councillors have found themselves at loggerheads with the Government on a number of occasions , most recently over the grant allocation for the 1992/93 financial year . |
| 8 | ‘ Yet you must have help to free you from this condition and , frankly , I have found myself at a loss . |
| 9 | ‘ … we have found ourselves at the end of the research thoroughly persuaded of its merits . |