Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [v-ing] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when he went on teaching practice , Liang Heng found himself transmitting the same old dogma : ‘ The blind obedience that made the Cultural Revolution possible was being fostered still . |
| 2 | An isolated curate who wanted knowledge found himself living a few yards from a man who at first sight was an explosive popular preacher , but who happened also to be one of the coming academic theologians of England , and an inciter of younger minds . |
| 3 | Yet she could n't lose herself in the story ; the movements of Luke 's hand as he made lightning sketches , the lazy , sinuous stretching of his legs as he shifted his position impinged upon her concentration , and she found herself reading the same page over and over . |
| 4 | I am slightly irritated to find myself thinking the same thought at the same point every evening , but also rather comforted . |
| 5 | Imagine yourself making a few notes before the meeting . |
| 6 | Do you see yourself having the same sort of lifestyle now like James |
| 7 | Exactly 11 years later , I find myself doing the same job , this time in the Kremlin . |
| 8 | Attempts at humour aside , I now find myself penning a few words of concern for Salford 's Graduate Association now that the same question seems to be written large on the proverbial wall . |
| 9 | Although in general the evidence suggests that it is usually the man 's retirement that provokes most friction , this may change as more of today 's working wives turn sixty and find themselves facing the same need to make difficult adjustments . |
| 10 | My guess is though , that if , if the age difference had been something like erm , seven or eight years , by the time your mother was asking you to give up sweets for your very much younger brother , you would probably have matured sufficiently and perhaps identified enough with your mother to see yourself playing a more kind of maternal role , as , you know the grown up sister . |
| 11 | In an automatic attempt to improve this the sender will find himself repeating the same statements several times , with variations , in response to repeated questions from the receivers . |
| 12 | You 'll find yourself taking a few measurements , unless you have the architect 's drawing of your abode , in which case the walls and doors and windows are child 's play to put onto your plan . |