Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [v-ing] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Harpers became worried when their daughters did not return to the family home in Cheltenham and reported them missing 24 hours later . |
| 2 | We 'd been warned to bring thick clothing but now found ourselves stuffing woolly hats into pockets and loosening scarves . |
| 3 | Whipping round , he found himself facing four figures in black military style combat gear and carrying guns and flashlights . |
| 4 | The demand for tuition in mathematics fluctuated so Smith often found himself teaching other subjects such as classics , theology and philosophy . |
| 5 | Soon Alexander found himself teaching fellow actors , with similar problems , what he had learned . |
| 6 | We Christians might want to interpret things differently , yet in his masterpiece , ‘ The Wreck of the Deutschland ’ , the Jesuit nineteenth-century poet , Gerard Manley Hopkins , found himself writing these lines : |
| 7 | As a new-boy , he had already been labelled as the MP who found himself driving seven miles the wrong way on the M6 until he was stopped by a patrol and banned for six months . |
| 8 | He found himself making imploring promises to God then retreated into hating himself and Maxim of course . |
| 9 | The renowned original intention of the COS was to organize charity , but it soon found itself investigating individual cases , and as a result developed a casework methodology , the fundamentals of which were home-visiting , comprehensive and in-depth interviewing , written records , committee discussions , emphasis on ‘ character ’ as well as circumstances , preservation of family respectability , and , generally applicable , a ‘ carefully specified procedure ’ . |
| 10 | IBM also found itself confronting new alliances , such as DEC and Apple . |
| 11 | She found herself uttering silent prayers , and was rewarded as a small shape came into view from the east . |
| 12 | When at last she lifted her head , she found herself facing three pairs of curious , slightly embarrassed eyes . |
| 13 | But it slowed her up considerably , and as time passed she found herself casting furtive glances over her shoulder . |
| 14 | And his mother , anxious when she could not make contact with him , reported him missing nine days later . |
| 15 | Once I even caught him buying tinned sardines — with all that fresh fish in the sea ! ’ |
| 16 | Eminent Victorians and gardeners who visited her by now famous Munstead Wood home found her wearing two pairs of spectacles . |
| 17 | ‘ Arazi came to today 's race after enduring all sorts of problems — the trip to America for the Kentucky Derby , a hard race at Ascot when he was n't right and an injury which stopped him running two weeks ago . |
| 18 | At the peak moment of the 6-day picket of the coke works , 800 police officers found themselves containing 15,000 pickets . |
| 19 | At different times in the week , the teachers found themselves taking different roles . |
| 20 | With Simon Smith newly-installed on the drum stool , they kept up the relentless touring pace in 1988 and found themselves playing sizeable venues like London 's Town And Country Club . |
| 21 | I was confused by all these solicitous questions , and found myself telling more lies than I had to . |
| 22 | As he talked , he faded into an outline and I found myself beating folded wings and saying , Oh , quack quack quack quack . |
| 23 | ‘ Next thing we were playing support on a Mary Black tour and from doing folk club gigs for maybe 100 customers I suddenly found myself doing 20 nights in a row in front of 2,000 people or more . ’ |
| 24 | then I noticed them exchanging terse remarks every time my man was facing . |
| 25 | While she busied herself squeezing fresh limes and adding local cane sugar and iced water , he began his pitch . |
| 26 | Unhurriedly he studied her sparking green eyes . |
| 27 | The fatal disease was unromantic ( measles ) , but it almost carried off Louis-Napoleon also , and only the courage and devotion of Hortense prevented her losing both sons . |
| 28 | Then in 1879 he sought affiliation with the University of Durham ; but objections by the Royal Academy and Royal College of Music prevented his developing stronger links with either university . |
| 29 | A severe stammer prevented his taking holy orders , and he determined to devote his Anglo-Catholic fervour to the cause of ecclesiastical art . |
| 30 | Wakelate left the room , and Cleo heard him making gruff remarks through the privy door on the landing outside . |