Example sentences of "[noun sg] find [pn reflx] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There would need to be an awful lot of call-offs before the five players untried at this level found themselves on the field at the same time , though , ’ said the coach . |
| 2 | You know , the one where some lumbering forward finds himself on the openside and , just as he is about to get well and truly creamed , he ships the ball — and the whole of the opposition 's back row — over to you ? |
| 3 | What if a council finds itself on the brink ? |
| 4 | Hiding at ninth on the bill , beneath stars like Wet Wet Wet and The Christians , the band found themselves on a remake of The Beatles ' ‘ Sergeant Pepper ’ , called , with a high degree of originality , ‘ Sergeant Pepper Knew My Father ’ . |
| 5 | ENGLAND manager Geoff Cooke , horrified by violence that marred what should have been a gentle centenary celebration , read the riot act to the players after England 's new kids on the block found themselves on the rack at Leicester . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It was one thing to talk tritely about holding life in our hands ; it was a very different matter to find oneself on the point of doing just that . |
| 8 | As the country found itself on the brink of a constitutional crisis , Mr Havel said the best way to avert such a crisis would be for President Husak to quit and for a strong prime minister to assume his authority temporarily , as the constitution permits . |
| 9 | Enticed by the exotic smells issuing from a nearby many-storeyed building , she crossed the threshold to find herself on the ground floor of a gourmet 's paradise . |
| 10 | Paul Way found himself on the receiving end of a £100 fine for a breach of the P.G.A . |
| 11 | A HAPPILY married couple find themselves on an emotional roller-coaster when a wealthy businessman offers 1m dollars to spend a night with the young wife . |
| 12 | Other artisan groups also from time to time found themselves on the receiving end of employer " impositions " . |
| 13 | The many continents of the planet Marinus are the settings for this six part adventure as the Doctor 's party find themselves on a quest to locate the missing keys to the Conscience of Marinus . |