Example sentences of "to find [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do n't want to find ourselves with any comic exposure unless all the parameters have been examined in-depth . ’ |
| 2 | If there is to be no common musical material we are going to find ourselves with something which , however distinguished , is not distinguishable , and which is therefore of questionable value . |
| 3 | I was there in September and our group miserably went up the valley from Mayrhofen in the rain and was even more miserable when we reached the summit to find ourselves in a blizzard . |
| 4 | He comes home late night , one Saturday night , having been working long hours , not having enough sleep , she nags him and Madam he loses his temper with her and Madam , I am sure that you and I in our relationships same sort of stress in a different situation where , where we 've been nagged by our partners and lost our temper and pushed them about , or whatever , and we 'd be very surprised I think to find ourselves in , in my client 's situation had that happened , because what , what happened here Madam was that erm the girlfriend suffered some minor injuries , nothing to worry about really . |
| 5 | It 's only because we 've had the bad luck to find ourselves in competition with Robert and Ian , otherwise we could have had all their present clients . ’ |
| 6 | Silva , 25 , was delighted to find himself with a gallery of waiters and farm-workers from Jersey 's 3,000-strong Portuguese community . |
| 7 | Dexter had woken up early only to find himself with forty minutes to kill . |
| 8 | I do not want to be harsh , but when I first set eyes on him I knew the type at once : the big , gangling provincial , so eager and relieved to find himself at last in artistic circles . |
| 9 | A staunch Tory , Shrewsbury was distressed to find himself at odds with some of his fellow Catholics over Ireland and deplored the support given to Daniel O'Connell [ q.v. ] |
| 10 | In pursuing these aims , de Gaulle continued to find himself at odds with the British and Americans . |
| 11 | In the latter case , one 's evidence is likely to be discounted by both sides simultaneously , which can be frustrating to the researcher to find himself to be ‘ the pig in the middle ’ . |
| 12 | He had fled the invading Germans , only to find himself in a society he hated for its philistinism and prudery . |
| 13 | He opened his eyes to find himself in a dimly-lit tent , seated upon hard muddy grass . |
| 14 | J. was blown off his bicycle by the force of one explosion , while cycling from one aircraft to another , and woke up to find himself in hospital with concussion . |
| 15 | Wordsworth returned to France in November 1791 to find himself in ‘ a theatre , of which the stage/Was busy with an action far advanced ’ ( Prelude 1805 , ix , 93–4 ) . |
| 16 | One youth told of emerging from a drunken stupor to find himself in bed with the boy next door . |
| 17 | It was a huge relief to find himself in the big bedroom with its heavy mahogany furniture . |
| 18 | He liked some music but generally was n't musical and was always slightly put off to find himself in the company of those who were . |
| 19 | Muller , however , is surprised to find himself in the company of players he once idolised , and he has yet to recognise that he is about to become a similar figure . |
| 20 | It seemed to Talbot that Van Gelder was going to find himself in something of a quandary . |
| 21 | Liz , at the magic moment , found herself unexpectedly clutching the hot hand of Ivan Warner , which seemed wrong but ordained : she looked for Charles , and saw that the poor man had managed to find himself in the icy palm of Lady Henrietta . |
| 22 | How bitter must he be to find himself in the position in which he was now ? |
| 23 | A driver used to more power and rubber might expect to find himself in trouble if he attempted to maintain his normal pace with the cheapest Fiesta , but such is the confident poise of the car that it offers handling and grip of a far higher order than the tuned-for-economy engine can justify . |
| 24 | The new President 's foreign policy is very similar to that of his predecessor , so Mr Major is likely to find himself in accord with the White House on practically every external policy . |
| 25 | So I think he 's going to find himself in a lot of trouble . |
| 26 | If she 's not careful , her poor old taxi is going to find itself off the road for a week . |
| 27 | As time goes by it is likely to find itself under increasing pressure , for the glossy men are now moving into the petrology field too . |
| 28 | If so , it would be wrong that the council , because it has performed its statutory duty under the national law to enforce section 47 , was to find itself under a liability in damages as a result of performing that duty . |
| 29 | A galvanized trade union movement facing the problems of high unemployment and constant wage reductions was bound to find itself in conflict with both employers and government in the inter-year years . |
| 30 | A galvanized trade union movement facing the problems of high unemployment and constant wage reductions was bound to find itself in conflict with both employers and government in the inter-war years . |