Example sentences of "[verb] find themselves [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The liberal-historians , on the other hand , tend to find themselves in a somewhat more tricky position . |
| 2 | About one person in two can expect to find themselves on an operating table at some time in their lives . |
| 3 | On the Left Bank the Germans began to find themselves at an increasing tactical disadvantage . |
| 4 | having found themselves for no good reason sitting together : Liz and Alix discovered that both came from Yorkshire , and that neither played lacrosse , nor had ever seen it being played , and Esther joined the discussion by volunteering that she had herself managed to avoid playing netball for the past three years on the grounds that she was too small . |
| 5 | Or worse : they might have found themselves in a tit-for-tat war with DeVore 's lieutenants . |
| 6 | Had John Dorahy not rashly attempted a dropped goal on the first tackle in the closing stages , the Second Division side might have found themselves in the final . |
| 7 | He hopes the meeting will help him and like-minded clergy who 've found themselves in a religious dilemma . |
| 8 | Some of them could not believe that they had found themselves in a church , and were only stopping off en route to a nearby pub . |
| 9 | On the night the piece was shown in August 1990 , and the following day , Thames Television ran a Help Line staffed by experienced money advisers for viewers who had found themselves in the same situation as Sue and Tony . |
| 10 | Ferryhill , who have found themselves on the fringe of the relegation zone , are without four players , all injured , so Wayne Peachey is set to play . |
| 11 | The marketing agents , Telemundi , have found themselves with the unenviable task of selling an event that has yet to capture the imagination of public and sponsors in a soccer-mad-country at a time when all media resources are concentrated on the approaching Olympic Games . |
| 12 | The ad says that ‘ many emigres have found themselves in a position to assist the FBI in its counterintelligence mission ’ . |
| 13 | In this instance , a second Bill has had to be presented , and most people in the education system have found themselves in a mess in the intervening three years . |
| 14 | These were articulate people , perhaps better able to deal with the press and media than some other families who have found themselves in the same position . |
| 15 | It is not the first time the British have found themselves in the path of an offensive , it is the first time they 've evacuated , in such numbers and with such urgency . |