Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [v-ing] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we examine what it is one participant is ready to see that other participants might read into a situation and what it is that will cause him to provide ritual remedies , followed by relief for these efforts , we find ourselves looking at the central moral traditions of Western culture . |
| 2 | Now , with his head pointing upwards , he found himself gazing at the ridge , as over the sky-line came the silent , moving , red-tinged cumuli . |
| 3 | Wycliffe found himself gazing at the white hairs which sprouted from her upper lip and looked quickly away . |
| 4 | Huy found himself looking at the man 's lips alone , and the spittle switching from one to the other , in horrified fascination and to the exclusion of everything else . |
| 5 | Lewis found himself looking at the back page of The Oxford Times which lay on the desk . |
| 6 | But in attempting to discover why the Russian Revolution followed the path it did , he found himself arriving at the conclusion that , far from being a ‘ false ’ deviation , in the circumstances of history Stalinism had been necessary . |
| 7 | One night he had found himself chuckling at the merry escapades of Mr Pickwick ; another night he had wept uncontrollably at the death of Little Nell . |
| 8 | Nikos smiled and said something softly in Greek , and for some reason Lindsey found herself blushing at the sudden contact of Niall 's hand against her arm , but she could n't interpret the look he gave her as they were ushered towards one of the few empty tables overlooking the harbour . |
| 9 | Lee found herself gazing at the pubes of a woman a little way along from her and thinking about undergrowths and mazes and secrets and magic and dirt . |
| 10 | Beth shuffled her feet in the awkward silence and found herself looking at the second man more closely . |
| 11 | She asked herself which of them she should phone and found herself trembling at the thought of phoning any of them . |
| 12 | Again she found herself trembling at the thought . |
| 13 | As the sound of his car died away she found herself staring at the blank windows of Ivy Cottage across the lane . |
| 14 | She was still sick at heart when she passed down through the last glade and found herself staring at the Lodge 's covert thatch , its closed door , She stood for a time in the yard outside , afraid to enter . |
| 15 | Jessamy found herself staring at the powerful set of his shoulders , and remembered all too clearly that the aura of power was n't just an illusion . |
| 16 | She stood motionless , waiting for the two to break apart , and found herself staring at the girl from whom Niall was now gently detaching himself . |
| 17 | Nutty felt herself flinching at the dreadful truth put into such forthright speech . |
| 18 | She had , in her naïveté or her stupidity — she was never sure which — imagined herself standing at the elbow of a Valentino or an Armani , learning to drape soft wools , to design things that had classical beauty . |
| 19 | ’ He sounded quite excited and Folly found herself smiling at the way his dramatic gesture was bringing out the little boy in someone as sophisticated as Luke . |
| 20 | And she found herself smiling at the stark contrast between the two figures — the small passive figure of the elderly servant and the dynamic , vivid figure of the dark-haired man . |
| 21 | I found myself gazing at the harmonium and my memories of the happy times I 'd spent listening to Miss Louise play came flooding back and I wept more . |
| 22 | Samuel Butler offers his readers a helpful hint : ‘ to know whether you are enjoying a piece of music or not , you must see whether you find yourself looking at the advertisement of Pears soap at the end of the programme ’ . |
| 23 | I next found myself lying at the bottom of a crude hopper of duck boards which was set on top of an irrigation dyke . |
| 24 | You see the thing is you can record and listen to yourself speaking at the same time ? |
| 25 | For example , if you take advantage of one of the tourist office 's all-in weekends , you might find yourself staying at the Alte Rheinmuhle . |
| 26 | Even with regard to this episode Margaret showed a sisterly loyalty : I am told that when she and Ivy found themselves staying at the same hotel as Cecilia Ady , Eleanor Jourdain 's chief opponent , ‘ there was a marked coldness ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't think anything could give me as much pleasure as watching a horse I 've bred and brought on myself performing at the top of his form . ’ |
| 28 | As we dance I find myself staring at the French girl — she has a very pretty face with long , dark hair on to her shoulders , slim build and about 5′ 2″ in height . |
| 29 | As one who grew up in the Dark Ages and is , as a result , spiritually stunted and psychologically scarred , I regularly find myself cringing at the sight of moaning footballers and speculating , in a twisted fashion , on how much better they might play if all the energy spent on operating the jaws were to be concentrated on getting on with the game . |
| 30 | As soon as the doors are opened , the adventurers find themselves standing at the threshold of room 49 . |