Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we examine what it is one participant is ready to see that other participants might read into a situation and what it is that will cause him to provide ritual remedies , followed by relief for these efforts , we find ourselves looking at the central moral traditions of Western culture . |
| 2 | If justice reigns at all , we will find ourselves barred at the first threshold of the underworld . |
| 3 | Wycliffe found himself gazing at the white hairs which sprouted from her upper lip and looked quickly away . |
| 4 | He found himself walking at a steady pace towards those meaty shoulders . |
| 5 | The membrane broke open and he found himself looking at a little horse 's head lying upon a pair of stretched out forelegs , a perfect little head with shell-like curling nostrils and a narrow white blaze , and wet , flattened-down ears . |
| 6 | Lewis found himself looking at the back page of The Oxford Times which lay on the desk . |
| 7 | What seemed a formality on Wednesday looked less certain 24 hours later , and he himself hinted at a possible obstacle when he said he would have to get the permission of his employers , the brewers John Smith . |
| 8 | What seemed a formality on Wednesday looked less certain 24 hours later , and he himself hinted at a possible obstacle when he said he would have to get the permission of his employers , the brewers John Smith . |
| 9 | John was confident enough then to leave Flynn to it and to go off himself to look at the proposed routes of the Waterford & limerick and the Waterford & kilkenny lines , both of which had been authorized by Parliament last year but neither of which had yet gone to tender . |
| 10 | Francis lifted his head above the edge of the display and found himself staring at a confusing picture of pipes and girders . |
| 11 | One night he had found himself chuckling at the merry escapades of Mr Pickwick ; another night he had wept uncontrollably at the death of Little Nell . |
| 12 | The shell has a mathematically simple form , and , roughly speaking , its shape can be understood as the result of a that organ , the mantle , which itself grows at a variable rate but secretes minerals at a rate proportional to the length of its periphery . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Leaning away slightly as Ibn Fayoud enveloped her in his gowns and aftershave , Kelly found herself looking at a smiling Annie . |
| 15 | Beth shuffled her feet in the awkward silence and found herself looking at the second man more closely . |
| 16 | As they drew nearer to the damage and she could see that it was even worse than it had looked from afar , Ronni felt herself recoil at the very thought that her own brother could be responsible for such a thing . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | As the sound of his car died away she found herself staring at the blank windows of Ivy Cottage across the lane . |
| 19 | Nutty felt herself flinching at the dreadful truth put into such forthright speech . |
| 20 | Lisa felt herself falter at the dark note in his voice . |
| 21 | And she found herself smiling at the stark contrast between the two figures — the small passive figure of the elderly servant and the dynamic , vivid figure of the dark-haired man . |
| 22 | And should the current two vacancies within the Windsor firm find themselves listed at the local Job Centre it 's impossible to calculate how many of the nation 's three million unemployed might apply . |
| 23 | I do have to say that on occasion I found myself baulking at a certain inconsistent and artificialsounding short reverberation effect following the odd sudden soloist ( trumpet or saxophone ) sforzando ( two specific cases are mentioned above ) , but this is a price I 'm more than willing to pay for the added ambience and clarity that Nippon Columbia has afforded these treasurable recordings . |
| 24 | Where was such-and-such street , I asked , or the beautiful shop where my mother regularly bought her hats and gloves , or the church with the gilded domes , or the cake shop which had such a show of delicate confections at Christmas time , or the butcher 's where I could hardly bring myself to look at the great sides of dead meat hanging on hooks , or the musty bookshop , smelling of dust and leather , kept by the bent old man whose white hair seemed to be falling off the back of his head , leaving his bald crown all shiny and hopeful and new ? |
| 25 | You see the thing is you can record and listen to yourself speaking at the same time ? |
| 26 | 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 ’ . |
| 27 | As we dance I find myself staring at the French girl — she has a very pretty face with long , dark hair on to her shoulders , slim build and about 5′ 2″ in height . |
| 28 | SERAFIN : ‘ From Greenwich to Westminster ’ — which I should think would involve somewhat similar considerations — ‘ even though it takes longer , even though I ca n't read or watch television to keep myself entertained at the same time , even though it demands a greater expenditure of concentration and nervous energy — and , one might possibly add , physical labour in pushing and pulling the various levers and pedals involved … ’ |
| 29 | As so often in this story of my own anorexia nervosa , I find myself arriving at the same conclusion , the same central statement : it could have worked for some people , but it did n't work for me . |