Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] in an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shortly after his arrival in England , Wordsworth found himself in an impossible moral position . |
| 2 | As the town hall clock struck twelve he found himself in an untidy cul-de-sac beneath the railway arches . |
| 3 | The hon. Member for Spelthorne ( Mr. Wilshire ) found himself in an interesting ideological twist on whether function or structure came first . |
| 4 | We hear that during September , Pest Control Westminster found itself in an embarrassing situation of having under spent on its petty cash budget by 10% . |
| 5 | Seconds later she shoulder-charged the door , and found herself in an eerie moonlit room where she could distinguish nothing , except the deafening howls which seemed to reverberate off the walls . |
| 6 | Cautiously she made her way down them and flicked on the light , gasping in appreciation as she found herself in an ultra-modern kitchen . |
| 7 | Grasping her small suitcase in one hand , Gina followed the sign , drawing up with a soft exclamation of pleasure as she found herself in an oblong courtyard surrounded on two sides by what was obviously her hotel , a tall building of nineteenth-century architecture , its red-tiled roof gabled and decorated with iron curlicues , its many-paned white-framed windows set in mellowed red brick reflecting the pale northern sunshine . |
| 8 | Emerging at the station in the City ( with fifteen minutes in hand , Helen noted to her relief ) they found themselves in an alien landscape . |
| 9 | I found myself in an increasing dilemma at that school . |
| 10 | Last month , I found myself in an unknown place . |
| 11 | Cornelius seated himself in an exquisite chair before a mahogany partners ' desk . |
| 12 | In desperation , Lucien shrouded himself in an outdoor cloak , and wrapped a thin , fringed shawl , which had been left as decoration over a table under the window , round his head and face , tucking its corners carefully beneath the cloak 's hood . |
| 13 | On the basis of proposals put forward by Kohl the heads of state and government committed themselves in an annexed document to reach unanimous agreement by Dec. 31 , 1993 , on a treaty to establish a Central European Criminal Investigation Office ( " Europol " ) . |
| 14 | It thus appears that the formulators of the received tradition , with the exception of Mustakimzade ( who nevertheless provides the basis for the view taken by the later authors ) , have , by ignoring clear statements in the sources which they themselves use in regard to Abdulkerim , placed themselves in an untenable position also in regard to the dating of the Muftiliks of both Molla Husrev and Molla Arab . |
| 15 | Ever since the unhappy events of 1960 , I have wondered what happened to this gentle soul who , even as his world tumbled around his ears , always comported himself in an exemplary manner . |
| 16 | The superintendent 's report asserted that though prostitutes did ply their calling on the common they conducted themselves in an orderly manner , as did large numbers of respectable , well-dressed courting couples who ‘ roamed about the place after dark caressing each other ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ They went back to Suleiman 's house , ’ said the bearer , gratified , ‘ and barred themselves in an upper room . |
| 18 | in the rear of the trench , wrapped myself in an old Army blanket , I could hear the sound of the German sniping starting up for the day . |