Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] at the centre of " in BNC.
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| 1 | A classic example was when he found himself at the centre of media and national attention after taking over the chairmanship of the troubled Westland Group in June 1985 . |
| 2 | For a further four years , Sukarno found himself at the centre of a political maelstrom of which the outcome seemed obscure . |
| 3 | The next he had been jerked fully awake and found himself at the centre of a circle of strange , hostile creatures , the like of which he had never seen in his life . |
| 4 | But when the Conservatives came to power in 1979 , local government found itself at the centre of a much wider conflict regarding the role of the state as a whole , and the position of local government began to be ‘ reappraised ’ . |
| 5 | The planners , the Planning Committee , and the Council found themselves at the centre of the great deal of public agitation in which the reputation of the Council sank to a very low level . |
| 6 | Shadow ministers who visited Washington thus found themselves at the centre of considerable attention , and were probed in detail on their thinking over a range of issues . |
| 7 | Then the talk turned to the West and I found myself at the centre of questions . |
| 8 | Perhaps this is a challenge to put it at the centre of our lives , to think about it and , this Lent , to read the story as if we were there . |
| 9 | Yes , it was real , it was happening : sitting with her back straight and her head up in the carriage on the way back , she thought how proud her father would have been to see her at the centre of all this pomp and splendour , and found herself mentally comparing his craggy looks and red beard with Joãs clean-shaven face and small , manicured hands . |
| 10 | Yet Mr Subirachs 's sculptures for the cathedral have placed him at the centre of a storm . |
| 11 | In contrast , Andrea Lansley 's richly coloured , monumental compositions celebrate her body and focus on her physical and sensuary experiences , placing them at the centre of her work . |
| 12 | Referring to the third stage of negotiations between Israel and its neighbours , he warned that if the Arab negotiators continued to raise the question of the occupied territories " placing them at the centre of discussions … we shall know that their intentions are not directed towards peace " . |
| 13 | RICHIE Richardson will find himself at the centre of another bitter Yorkshire bust-up tonight . |
| 14 | The surviving spouse of the most disagreeable , friendless partner may find herself at the centre of a crowd at his funeral , but once dispersed the crowd does not re-form . |
| 15 | They will also find themselves at the centre of the debate over which sources are published and which are not . |
| 16 | The volunteers may find themselves at the centre of an even more important discovery . |