Example sentences of "[noun] find [pn reflx] in [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Nizan found himself in a curiously paradoxical situation at this juncture . |
2 | So having got back to Egypt ( and he was being harried from one end of the Western Desert to the other by Rommel ) Boyce found himself in a caravan which was his headquarters and also where he lived when he received an order to hare back as fast as possible to El Alamein . |
3 | In war , more common as the Dukes of Normandy used their English kingship to press their rather doubtful claims to the French throne , Sussex found itself in the front line , convenient both for intended invasions and retaliatory expeditions by licensed French pirates . |
4 | Everyone started talking at once , and Mr Appin found himself in a storm of angry questions . |
5 | So Dustin found himself in the odd position of acting in English , while all around him the cast spoke Italian . |
6 | He opened his eyes to find himself in a dimly-lit tent , seated upon hard muddy grass . |
7 | Following the Exodus from Egypt and the Settlement in Canaan in the latter part of the second millennium BC , the Jews found themselves in a region which was on the main line of communication between Egypt and Babylonia . |
8 | If McAlpine finds itself in a position to proceed to Stage II of the IDO registration procedure , i.e. the drawing up and presentation of a Plan of Operations , the Consortium will have to consider the following : |
9 | Here Alice Walker finds herself in a typical double bind : the cultural and political conditions of her novel are deracinated ; it becomes immensely popular among white middle-class readers who , unsurprisingly , have read few other black writers ; it is accused of assuaging white guilt , of being charmingly apolitical … |
10 | Once again , the Elves found themselves in the middle of a war without a Phoenix King . |
11 | Many refugees found themselves in the same position . |
12 | Like the majority of his contemporaries , Levin found himself in the vaguest position in regard to religion . |
13 | The boy found himself in a peculiar position . |
14 | Mangen and Castel relate an appalling tale of how the circumstances in which the French asylums found themselves in the Second World War prompted experiment with alternatives . |
15 | Shortly after his arrival in England , Wordsworth found himself in an impossible moral position . |
16 | Benny found herself in a rock-walled tunnel , with bare bulbs hanging from the ceiling at regular intervals . |
17 | With the slump in building work , the market forces reversed and contractors found themselves in a fiercely competitive market with tenders very keenly priced . |
18 | Whereas in Italy , where the Communist Party also split , the reformers outnumbered the old guard , in Spain the reformers found themselves in a minority . |
19 | Cornelius found himself in the uncluttered office of Mister Arthur Kobold . |
20 | I would not wish the Council to find itself in a position in which it felt obliged to oppose the franchising arrangements as a result of your published views as to future developments which might emerge from the franchising scheme . ’ |
21 | It was as a result of this new approach that Haslam found himself in the Plastics Division , a more glamorous part of ICI , in contrast to the Nobel Division he had recently left . |
22 | ‘ Instead the council finds itself in an impossible position . ’ |
23 | Needing 361 to avoid the follow-on , England find themselves in a similar but even tougher position than in the first Test at Calcutta where they lost by eight wickets . |
24 | The UK clearing banks found themselves in a brave new world . |
25 | As a result the banks found themselves in a quandary — they had lent vast sums of money which could neither be repaid nor return interest . |
26 | Bullock found himself in the driving seat after Davies was forced to play sideways out of a ditch . |
27 | The 34027 Locomotive Group found themselves in a similar position with a well-loaded train being cancelled within sight of the locomotive being prepared , so to speak . |
28 | Once the mystery has provided a sufficient reason for hero or heroine to find themselves in a good opening situation of suspense , the person or persons behind that mystery can be safety revealed . |
29 | Ninety percent of them said yes , that it depends on how you present the figures , so in actual fact I wonder how our tenant farmers all of a sudden find themselves in a position that they perhaps would rather sign a petition and not put their heads above the parapet bearing in mind you are in a community , bear in mind you are connected , bear in mind that your livelihood is with those others and I have to say it is true that a certain business in my area connected with farming has been threatened . |
30 | As things stand , it is probably only a matter of time before the site finds itself in the hands of property speculators , a sad fate for what was one of the largest mills on the Painswick Stream . |