Example sentences of "[verb] himself [v-ing] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wycliffe found himself gazing at the white hairs which sprouted from her upper lip and looked quickly away . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Lewis found himself looking at the back page of The Oxford Times which lay on the desk . |
| 4 | He found himself walking at a steady pace towards those meaty shoulders . |
| 5 | Francis lifted his head above the edge of the display and found himself staring at a confusing picture of pipes and girders . |
| 6 | 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 . |