Example sentences of "[pron] found [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Suddenly I found myself in a sack much larger than my body , but completely dark . |
| 32 | So it was that eventually I found myself in a hospital in Swindon close to other victims of Larry Foot . |
| 33 | and I found myself in a bare street . |
| 34 | I heard no more from the Head ( could someone have come worse than me ? ) and also I found myself in a new dorm filled with chaps who were in the top classes at school . |
| 35 | Strangely , and almost coinciding with this modification to weight reduction , I found myself in a lack-of-petrol situation . |
| 36 | For example I found myself in a warehouse in Manhattan , where the New York Public Library keeps a lot of its records , and I discovered an enormous deposit of papers of , of an organisation which was actually very strongly against the minimum wage , which appeared not to have been touched for about the last — sixty years ? |
| 37 | Last month , I found myself in an unknown place . |
| 38 | Baulked through my lack of means of anywhere that would have corresponded to my Aunt Anna 's notions of gentility or my own aspirations , I found myself in an area of bleak but populous streets lined with smoke-blackened tenement blocks south of the river . |
| 39 | I found myself in an increasing dilemma at that school . |
| 40 | The chair was comfortable but low and I found myself in the disconcerting position of having to look up at him while we spoke . |
| 41 | I stayed there for a week in January and for once I found myself in the overworked brochure cliche : Marrakech is a city of contrasts and a fascinating blend of the old and new . |
| 42 | I found myself in the curious position of being the sponsor minister of the industry and also the minister ultimately answerable for health service spending . |
| 43 | Without knowing how , I found myself in the smart medieval quarter again . |
| 44 | But afterwards , I found myself in the dim bathroom of my hut staring at a haunted face . |
| 45 | A helpful , somewhat overstated hotel doorman gave me instant directions , from which I found myself in the shadow of Vine Street facing what seemed to be a series of rear entrances to a rather less than impressive warehouse . |
| 46 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge . |
| 47 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge |
| 48 | Then , on an impulse , I retraced my steps following the run of the old water washout pipes until I found myself in the remains of what must have been the old boilerhouse . |
| 49 | I found myself in the Alps with a narrow pass before me , began to ascend the rough and desolate track . |
| 50 | I found myself in the kitchen , eating sugar from Lord Pabham 's hand . |
| 51 | ( Once , taking the night train from London to Paris , I found myself in the locked sleeping compartment of a locked coach in a locked hold beneath the waterline on a cross-channel ferry ; I did n't think of Jonah at the time , but perhaps my panic was related to his . |
| 52 | I found myself in the centre of town , going through the busy Saturday crowd . |
| 53 | The WAAF suddenly wound the chair back and I found myself in the semi-prone position with the white bulk looming over me . |
| 54 | I knew before I started out that , weatherwise , the end of March is not the time to plan a journey to the Islands and my misgiving proved to be well founded as on Tuesday 23 March I found myself in the lounge at Dalcross Airport , Inverness watching gale force winds sweep snow across the runways . |
| 55 | When I made my way down its spiral staircase I found myself in the main thoroughfare of the town where I was born . |
| 56 | By chance , I found myself in the royal apartments , a long , polished gallery where the freshly waxed wood winked in the sunlight and the walls shimmered with the exquisite tapestries hung there . |
| 57 | Having done the recording , I found myself in the dressing-room in tears . |
| 58 | The wave of interest in the rediscovery of Celtic music is particularly important , and not merely because of the Celtic-Scottish influence on Leonard 's family ( an aspect that the Montreal Gazette highlighted regarding Lyon Cohen 's Gaelic accent recently ) and American eclecticism — often little more than a slavish following of European forms — which found itself in the development of ‘ pop ’ music , notably of ragtime around 1900 and jazz around 1918 . |
| 59 | Once again the country which complained most about the policy was Britain , which found itself in the position of being a ‘ net contributor ’ to the EC after 1973 , paying far more into the EC than it received back . |
| 60 | In particular , women who found themselves without a source of male economic support-widows , deserted wives and unmarried mothers — tended to end up drawing poor relief . |