Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] find [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dexter had woken up early only to find himself with forty minutes to kill . |
| 2 | Advisers are therefore more often finding themselves in the position of having to tell the client that they can not help in any material way . |
| 3 | Being expensive to maintain and run , they have been sold off and the incumbent now often finds himself in a small modern house , undoubtedly warmer and more convenient , but usually without character and , tellingly , without social status . |
| 4 | In many areas they are now however finding themselves in direct competition with Tertiary Colleges which operate under F.E. regulations and which are not constrained by school regulations . |
| 5 | Women in business today still find themselves in a male-dominated environment where only 20% of managers are women . |
| 6 | Yet even the British acknowledge that there are individuals and countries ‘ wedded to sanctions ’ , and according to Commonwealth officials , Britain may well again find itself in a minority of one when the subject is debated . |
| 7 | This approach means that we do not continue to recruit permanent staff to the Community Charge then perhaps find ourselves with too many permanent staff to fill Council Tax posts . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The exigencies of war were such that those with long years of service to their name ( and there were probably more of them in the fifteenth than in the fourteenth century ) almost inevitably found themselves in positions of command . |
| 10 | Although Phil had been slightly reserved in his manner towards her ( Nancy ) , she knew that that was his way and she was enjoying the company of that wiry , small-boned , gently spoken citizen from Sacramento who almost invariably found himself at the back of every queue that ever formed itself . |
| 11 | You can be in good shape , mentally , physically and spiritually , yet suddenly find yourself in a situation where destructive power from within seeks to engulf you . |
| 12 | After his retirement , my father no longer found himself in command of an Ordnance Base Depot supplying the whole of the 8th Army , but merely a small cottage in Hampshire . |
| 13 | The professional political apparatchiks of the West too often found themselves among kindred spirits in the East . |
| 14 | He even dropped a hint that he had a conference in Perugia at about the same time and might very well find himself in Rome after it was over . |