Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pn reflx] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could have been hours or minutes later that Isabel found herself staring into a dark pit . |
| 2 | Isabel found herself staring at Matilda 's kindly face , completely at a loss . |
| 3 | Leaning away slightly as Ibn Fayoud enveloped her in his gowns and aftershave , Kelly found herself looking at a smiling Annie . |
| 4 | Nessie found herself reacting as if to the parish priest or the headmaster of the school . |
| 5 | Rex found himself crashing to the ground . |
| 6 | Lucy found herself mouthing like a mill worker to make herself understood over the noise , which was louder than any machinery . |
| 7 | His cheerful smile belied his words and Hari found herself responding to his warmth . |
| 8 | After an hour the ship emerged from the jungle , and the Shermans found themselves gazing across an open alluvial plain dotted with isolated clumps of palm . |
| 9 | Ronni found herself glancing beyond his broad shoulders to the half-shuttered , sumptuously furnished room beyond , with its rug-strewn floor , picture-covered walls and vast , deeply unsettling canopied bed . |
| 10 | Ruth found herself crouching on the floor , almost fainting ; wondering how she could ever have thought before that Fincara was casting spells . |
| 11 | Benny found herself standing in a smooth-floored entryway that opened on to the docks about ten feet further on . |
| 12 | Even with regard to this episode Margaret showed a sisterly loyalty : I am told that when she and Ivy found themselves staying at the same hotel as Cecilia Ady , Eleanor Jourdain 's chief opponent , ‘ there was a marked coldness ’ . |
| 13 | His English was perfect and Munro found himself warming to him . |
| 14 | As they drew alongside , on the road they had travelled on their way to Tara , Fenella found herself staring into its depths and remembering the ancient Forest Court at its heart … |
| 15 | His hand came out imperiously and Maggie found herself fumbling in her bag like a thoroughly green reporter , anxiously trying to get it into his hand before he snapped his fingers , because she was sure inside that he would do that next . |
| 16 | In the first premonition , Mr Reynolds saw himself standing on the footplate of No 43106 leaving Bridgnorth , smoke-box first , with some covered wagons heading for Bewdley . |
| 17 | Theda found herself looking into them and became aware of a tiny flutter of the heart . |
| 18 | The War over , many of the Glosters found themselves serving in India . |
| 19 | Willie found himself standing in a large field . |
| 20 | Paige found herself blinking at him . |
| 21 | Lindsey found herself gazing with fascination at the figure reclining in the bed . |
| 22 | Lindsey found herself gazing at a fully equipped unit that would have done credit to any major hospital . |
| 23 | Nikos smiled and said something softly in Greek , and for some reason Lindsey found herself blushing at the sudden contact of Niall 's hand against her arm , but she could n't interpret the look he gave her as they were ushered towards one of the few empty tables overlooking the harbour . |
| 24 | Lindsey found herself battling against an almost overwhelming and totally illogical desire to run her fingers through its neatness . |
| 25 | Lee found herself gazing at the pubes of a woman a little way along from her and thinking about undergrowths and mazes and secrets and magic and dirt . |
| 26 | Lee ‘ s briskness had been a last stand and she was ready to turn and walk down the five flights of stairs again when the door in front of her suddenly swung open and Lee found herself walking through the doorway . |
| 27 | Jessamy found herself staring at the powerful set of his shoulders , and remembered all too clearly that the aura of power was n't just an illusion . |
| 28 | Delaney found himself looking at a cargo vessel with a very high superstructure three-quarters aft . |
| 29 | Miranda found herself flying through the air . |
| 30 | In his corner Joseph found himself grappling with an overwhelming sense of bewilderment . |