Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] [verb] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He found himself struggling with the wheel , fighting to keep the vehicle under control . |
| 2 | So he fell silent , and in his speechlessness , found himself associated with the women who were , as expected , attending to , not participating in , the discussion . |
| 3 | People were squeezing by her in the general drift to get a look at him , and she let herself go with the crowd a little in order to see how he was doing . |
| 4 | At home , Faye pronounced herself satisfied with the haircut , but her praise was given absently , and after she had told Belinda to hurry and dress as the guests were due at five , she said too casually , ‘ And before you go , love , would you get me a couple of Panadols ? |
| 5 | She found herself agreeing with the historian 's distaste for Mills ' personal morality . |
| 6 | It was clear that the department would need to move with the times if its pupils were to continue to get good results , and , encouraged by her new Head of Department , Joanne found herself entrusted with the management of a curriculum innovation for the intake year . |
| 7 | Once again Leonora found herself fighting with the tiller in a dinghy threatening to stand on its head in a mountainous sea , but this time when the engine cut out she was plucked from the boat before she could hit the water . |
| 8 | I found myself revising with the small colloquia that lay around the grassy precincts of the university . |
| 9 | Said the communique De Benedetti sent out by facsimile about an hour after his meeting with the judges , which the paper said seemed to be written in his own hand : ‘ Several times , I resisted the vexations of the regime , in some occasions I resigned myself to accept them , but only when I found myself faced with the necessity of defending the survival of the company and the thousands of dependents and shareholders toward whom I felt a massive responsibility . |
| 10 | Seve , who had made four trips to the course during its construction , completed the tough par-73 course in 75 but announced himself satisfied with the lay-out . |
| 11 | The participants acknowledged that there had been considerable divergences of views on each of these issues , but all declared themselves satisfied with the compromises reached as expressed in the final declaration . |
| 12 | The President underwent an extensive medical examination on May 21 during which his doctors declared themselves satisfied with the progress of his treatment . |
| 13 | John Thwaites describes how the Dalesfolk , as in most other situations , organized themselves to cope with the deficiency . |
| 14 | Having done so , he settled himself to wait with the patience of a hunting predator on the stalk , until the prey presented an opportunity for the kill . |
| 15 | Yeah I think you got yourself lost with the calculations |