Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , helped by a rope suspended from the cliff top , we found ourselves on the central plateau . |
| 2 | Partly in the hope of keeping himself on the straight and narrow — you 'd be surprised how many gay men do that — and partly because he thought it would do his career a bit of good . |
| 3 | Conflicts with his superiors deprived him of the prospect of promotion , and at the age of twenty-five he found himself on the retired list , reduced to half pay in 1812 . |
| 4 | Asked what he would feel like if , on Sunday night , he found himself on the 18th tee tied for the lead , he replied that it could only be a ‘ shattering experience ’ . |
| 5 | That they were left to themselves is evident , for Eusebius of Nicomedia , who was close to Constantine , found himself on the losing side in the debate about the relationship between Father and Son , defeated by a group led by a mere deacon ( though soon to be a bishop ) , Athanasius of Alexandria . |
| 6 | The original score — the two movements completed by Mozart , and the rest added by Süssmayr in a hand almost indistinguishable ( deliberately so ) from Mozart 's — was given to Count Walsegg , who for once found himself on the receiving end of a little deception . |
| 7 | John Stork — when in his mid-30s — became aware of headhunting when he found himself on the receiving end of a headhunter 's call for the first time ; in due course he became the successful candidate , but did not take the job , staying on as a member of the international Board of Masius Wynne-Williams advertising agency , where he had earlier been head of research . |
| 8 | Paul Way found himself on the receiving end of a £100 fine for a breach of the P.G.A . |
| 9 | By the time he had got to suggesting that 126 card-carrying Communists were on the staff of the New York Times Sunday supplement , Matusow 's credibility was fraying , and , in 1956 , after a series of volte-faces he found himself on the wrong end of a five-year sentence for perjury . |
| 10 | ITV 's Crime Monthly star Paul Ross found himself on the wrong side of the law after hitting a cyclist as he drove his car on a roundabout near London 's Waterloo station , a Westminster court heard . |
| 11 | He [ Chang ] said that the fact Korea found itself on the other side of that line as defined in Acheson 's address , combined with the House action yesterday , appeared to raise the serious question as to whether the United States might now be considered as having abandoned Korea . |
| 12 | European civilization was the first to impose itself on the whole surface of the globe . |
| 13 | Almost without knowing how she had got there , Folly found herself on the other side of the double doors , pushing through a curtain of leaves that shrouded the entrance . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He found it hard to remember whether you had to position yourself on the left or the right side . |
| 16 | They skirted the city , threading their way through the still-silent streets and , following the Prior 's careful directions , soon found themselves on the broad beaten approach to the port of Leith . |
| 17 | The crucial power was torn from the hands of the proletariat , and within months the Bolsheviks found themselves on the other side of the barricades . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Black people found themselves on the receiving end of racism in all manner of forms from the beginning of their arrival in Britain . |
| 20 | Willpower often works — although it did not for Bailey McMahon , who found themselves on the receiving end of action by the Irish authorities . |
| 21 | Other artisan groups also from time to time found themselves on the receiving end of employer " impositions " . |
| 22 | The enthusiastic ones included Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia which , a mere 18 years later , found themselves on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain to be eligible for membership . ) |
| 23 | Moreover , at this time , the boundary between the two parts of Britain was drawn southwards so that formerly prosperous parts of the Midlands , particularly the West Midlands conurbation , found themselves on the wrong side of the line for the first time ( Townsend , 1983 ; Green , 1986 ) . |
| 24 | I wo n't be party to your bitching yourself on the sly . |
| 25 | Sean recalled : ‘ I suddenly found myself on the same side as the shark and got out of the water as fast as I could . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ It must be strange , ’ she said slowly , ‘ to have been part of the Revolution and then to find yourself on the opposite side from people you fought beside . ’ |
| 28 | They place themselves on the same plane as trees or stones . |
| 29 | The son of Rainbow Quest was always up with the leaders that day , clearly enjoying himself on the easy ground and eventually racing three and a half lengths clear . |
| 30 | He seated himself on the cold tiles and picked at their dark dusty colours with one finger . |