Example sentences of "[adv] found [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They eventually found themselves in a huge square where a white marble fountain played in the centre . |
| 2 | We eventually found it on a road off the A35 east of Bridport . |
| 3 | Shoreditch eventually found it in a dictionary of American slang : ‘ A horse who wins a race by prearrangement ; a person , team , candidate , etc , who will or did win easily . ’ |
| 4 | At the age of 30 , I suddenly found myself at a turning point in my life . |
| 5 | Somehow they had found out that there was a prisoner in the hospital and Eric suddenly found himself with a guard of three carabinieri who were ordered to watch over him night and day and never let him out of their sight until arrangements could be made to send him to Germany . |
| 6 | Yet the magical city had not yet finished with me , for I somehow found myself in a dark little wood-panelled bar , with a cosy snug in the rear , and a counter near the door left over from the pub 's grocery-bar days at the turn of the century . |
| 7 | As I lay on O 's chest something moved me to snap the locket open , and I remember I asked , who is that ? thinking maybe this was the solution to the mystery , and he said , in the same voice that he talked with later in the night , a sleepwalker 's voice , without taking his eyes off the ceiling he said , I do n't know ; I just found it in a magazine . |
| 8 | The Mexican atmosphere was contagious and I soon found myself on a crowded coach bound for Mexico . |
| 9 | Haslam soon found himself in a position of having to make entrepreneurial decisions of staggering proportions . |
| 10 | Kim soon found herself in a tiny tenement flat . |
| 11 | Rural tenants — principally farm workers — meanwhile found themselves in a vicious circle of deprivation . |
| 12 | Separated from his tutor , Charles nevertheless found himself in a fairly congenial environment : Markward was a noted scholar , and Prüm 's library was well-stocked . |
| 13 | We 'd started with a lobster bisque that was almost certainly Sainsbury 's , but since Sainsbury 's almost certainly make the finest lobster bisque that ever found itself in a can , there can be no complaint . |
| 14 | Of course , it ai n't my business who she is and what she 's doin' here , you probably found her in a gypsy caravan outside Spurgeon 's Tabernacle and brought her here while me back was turned . |
| 15 | Charles also found himself in a difficult position . |
| 16 | I later found him in a dressing room with a cigarette in his hand , but he was shaking so much he could n't light it . ’ |
| 17 | The previous fifty years had provided so many alternative and revolutionary styles , that architects and clients alike often found themselves in a quandry as to which to go for . |
| 18 | Apart from our regular rehearsals we often found ourselves at a loose end and would all troop round together . |
| 19 | The refugee organisations now found themselves in a difficult position . |
| 20 | Charles now found himself in a situation that would often recur : he had important unfinished business in Aquitaine , but his presence was required in Francia . |
| 21 | We again found ourselves in a situation where we had to descend because of icing . |
| 22 | As it happened I too found it in a list of drives the day after answering the letter . |
| 23 | Some way along the journey , we inexplicably found ourselves in a Tesco car park in Derby . |