Example sentences of "[vb past] 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 pursuing these aims , de Gaulle continued to find himself at odds with the British and Americans .
4 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 .
5 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 .
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