Example sentences of "[pron] find [pn reflx] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I found myself on a level with the whole of the French people ; my new companions … were miners , navvies , workers in metal and wood . |
| 2 | IN FEBRUARY 1985 I found myself on a flight scheduled for the Yemen Arab Republic , now called Yemen since its amalgamation with the People 's Democratic Republic of Yemen in May 1990 . |
| 3 | It was definitely time to say farewell and stepping down from the canal at that point I found myself on the very street of my son 's house . |
| 4 | Then it stopped and I found myself on the side opposite to her . |
| 5 | IT was on a very wet Saturday afternoon that I found myself on the top of the North Downs observing whiffs of smoke emerging from a boiler which to all intents and purposes was standing among a mountain of waste metal in a field almost miles from anywhere . |
| 6 | Taking a couple of rights , I found myself on the ramp of lower Eighth Avenue — a medium-poor people 's district , I assumed . |
| 7 | But I fancy that if I found myself on the field of Waterloo with a foot missing , or in a dentist 's chair without benefit of anaesthetic — a future form of laudanum — or faced with a work-situation in which my family were slowly being starved and degraded , then my conclusions might reasonably be the same . ) |
| 8 | I find myself on a small brick platform about twenty feet above a man-made , well-bricked channel which follows a straight course through the factories and warehouses . |
| 9 | Then I get this hot feeling at the back of my head and everything goes funny and I find myself on the floor . |
| 10 | As in the case of last year 's most successful film , Robin Hood , Prince of Thieves , I find myself on the side of the audiences . |
| 11 | And I find myself on the pavement … crowds yelling … men surging towards the entrance , trying to get in , police with truncheons swinging — then my most terrifying experience . |
| 12 | Legal aid was provided for more than 337,000 people last year , including many who found themselves on the receiving end of a court action . |
| 13 | Willpower often works — although it did not for Bailey McMahon , who found themselves on the receiving end of action by the Irish authorities . |
| 14 | For Hamed , the eldest son of Um Hamed , who found himself on the shelf quite unexpectedly and yet was ready to marry . |
| 15 | She used the buses and wherever she found herself on the last bus at night , whether at her own home or at her son 's , she would stay for the night only to set off again early the following morning . |
| 16 | She found herself on the threshold of Fearon 's bedroom : that was a bit tricky and she knew she ought to retreat there and then . |
| 17 | She had gulped in this exciting sense of heightened perception with the wind and rain , as soon as she found herself on the pavement outside the house . |
| 18 | And on a good night the stars would seem to brighten ; if you looked up it was like a clear winter 's night in the city , one of those nights when you find yourself on a dark street , one without streetlamps , and for once you can see that the stars have different colours ; they are like still fireworks . |
| 19 | You find yourself on the crest of a steep ridge running gently north east towards the summit . |
| 20 | I agree with him that they have an important role to play in a fully integrated service for mentally ill people , but the House would mislead itself if it believed that those mentally ill people who find themselves on the streets are drawn from those patients who have been discharged from long-term care in hospitals . |
| 21 | She finds herself on a dual carriageway , almost a motorway , raised above the level of the neighbouring houses , and with no apparent exits . |
| 22 | William Hurt is the medic of the title , an eminent surgeon who finds himself on the other edge of the scalpel when he becomes seriously ill . |
| 23 | When at last we emerged into the open we found ourselves on a plain , perhaps a mile wide , lying between the hills and the river . |
| 24 | And so it was that on the first Monday after New Year , about midnight , we found ourselves on an icy road in County Cavan heading for the checkpoint , having just driven up from Dun Laoghaire , where we had disembarked from the Holyhead ferry . |
| 25 | This we did , for in about an hour and a quarter from the time of our beginning the ascent , we found ourselves on the top of this dreadful precipice , and in possession of some very uncommon plants … ’ |
| 26 | Within three weeks I had handed in my dissertation , Lorne had assembled the rudimentary equipment , and with more bravado than common sense we found ourselves on the island of Celebes in the South China Sea . |
| 27 | Finally , helped by a rope suspended from the cliff top , we found ourselves on the central plateau . |
| 28 | ‘ Let God be God ’ and we find ourselves on the path of discipleship . |
| 29 | They were speaking in favour of it , now here he comes along er and er we we 're I I find myself , regrettable I think because er er his er a minister very well informed in these areas with er who made in those committees a very powerful and effective contribution , now we find ourselves on the er opposite side but I have to say now that we are on opposite side that what is introducing today er is really er too little er and far too er too too late . |
| 30 | Once at the top of the rise , they found themselves on a flat plateau , of which most of the park area consisted |