Example sentences of "[vb past] find [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was four hours later when they woke to find him at the foot of the bed saying : ‘ I 've got a gun and I 'm going to shoot you . ’ |
| 2 | One morning I arrived to find him at the supremely mundane task of " plugging muck " , standing on a manure heap , hurling steaming forkfuls on to a cart . |
| 3 | On the Left Bank the Germans began to find themselves at an increasing tactical disadvantage . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ You never went to find her at Rosslare ? |
| 6 | In pursuing these aims , de Gaulle continued to find himself at odds with the British and Americans . |
| 7 | The other occupants of the boat were a Marine sergeant and one of the soldiers who had found her at the village . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |