Example sentences of "[noun prp] find [pn reflx] on " in BNC.

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1 So Bobby found himself on the carpet — on the silk dressing gown — and on Rachel !
2 Edrich and Close soon went , and on two occasions Roberts found himself on a hat-trick ; the second time , Selvey edged to Greenidge at slip — and he dropped morning was fine and only one more run was added .
3 Gibson Keddie finds himself on the wrong end of a tongue lashing …
4 Thus Jeffrey found himself on the Island of Sombrero in the Leeward group .
5 Ruth found herself on her knees , sand rasping between her fingers .
6 ITV 's Crime Monthly star Paul Ross found himself on the wrong side of the law after hitting a cyclist as he drove his car on a roundabout near London 's Waterloo station , a Westminster court heard .
7 He [ Chang ] said that the fact Korea found itself on the other side of that line as defined in Acheson 's address , combined with the House action yesterday , appeared to raise the serious question as to whether the United States might now be considered as having abandoned Korea .
8 Indeed he seemed to have to keep rushing off to have a word with this person and that ; Helen found herself on her own a good deal of the time , glimpsing him across the room in spirited conversation .
9 Denmark is their other northern commitment , and it is there that 2 RRP found itself on 30 June 1989 .
10 In 1653 John Lilburne found himself on trial a second time .
11 McLeish found himself on the verge of suggesting that a thoroughly unpleasant time in a New York jail might succeed in curing Tristram where all other methods , including exhortation , loving family support and a spell in a comfortable private hospital in Devon , had failed .
12 By the beginning of 1957 Franco found himself on the horns of a dilemma : both change and immobilism implied a high degree of risk for his continuation in power .
13 When the election was won , most handsomely , Pym found himself on the backbenches .
14 At one point Blake found himself on a main street and saw two policemen outside a baker 's shop .
15 One day Mark found himself on his knees in the chapel , eyes tight shut , praying , please God , let Sam put his cock in my mouth .
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