Example sentences of "[pers pn] find themselves [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Moderator and the other dignatories came out of the Assembly to cross the road , they found themselves flanked by a crowd of Free Presbyterians shouting anti-ecumenical slogans and waving placards . |
| 2 | Handed from one briskly obsequious waiter to another they found themselves tucked into an upholstered corner , served up with menus and dealt drinks that neither of them was conscious of having ordered . |
| 3 | It was also surprising to hear that so many found it possible to stick to this diet when normally they found themselves lacking in the willpower department . |
| 4 | Users had to present their data in ways laid down by the DP department ; they found themselves bound by the DP department 's priorities rather than by their own ; and , in addition , they had to compete with colleagues for use of the computer 's facilities . |
| 5 | The Greeks did not react — or rather did not go beyond the surface of Roman life — until they found themselves faced with a first-class power which had defeated the Greek armies of Pyrrhus on the open field . |
| 6 | They found themselves sandwiched between the unhappy and unwilling Germans , and the aggressive , intolerant and uncomprehending Russians . |
| 7 | This is the date England had originally set aside for a friendly against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin but which both Robson and Jack Charlton agreed to abandon when they found themselves paired in the same World Cup group . |
| 8 | They found themselves trapped in a little group . |
| 9 | And they found themselves hurried from the room . |
| 10 | Busy mothers ma be particularly glad of an opportunity to listen at home of they find themselves tied to the house . |
| 11 | After the humiliating training they find themselves participating in a war they neither care about nor understand . |
| 12 | They need a new identity , but in seeking it they find themselves competing for the same political space with social movements that share their radical vocation . |