Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pn reflx] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew all too well he meant nothing by it , that he probably had n't even noticed he was doing it , but she still found herself hoarding the memory of each insignificant caress as a miser would hoard gold . |
| 2 | He could have lied , but he usually found himself speaking the truth to Mrs Lorimer ; it was another reason for moving out . |
| 3 | He repeatedly found himself asking the question Who ? — and What ? — was he ? |
| 4 | He even found himself liking the gunman in an abstract way , despite Gomez 's future role as his executioner . |
| 5 | She did n't voice her thoughts but she immediately saw herself wearing the lime-green dress and the coat with the rose lining . |
| 6 | Russian tanks were called out against striking East Germans and then against the ‘ defiance of Poland ’ in 1956 , when the Russian divisions marching on Warsaw almost found themselves fighting the Polish army and the armed workers of the capital . |
| 7 | This was obviously so in organisations which were expanding and which , as consequence , either found themselves exceeding the agreed limits on the size of their temporary labour forces or felt confident of being able to make commitments to a greater number of workers . |
| 8 | At a ceilidh held for the Ukrainians at Seamill on the Monday evening , Pru Williams again excelled herself translating the name of the band , Chanty Dyke , and even managed to explain ‘ Holy Willie 's Prayer ’ as Jimmy Conn recited it . |