Example sentences of "[noun prp] found [pn reflx] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 So Bobby found himself on the carpet — on the silk dressing gown — and on Rachel !
2 Thus Jeffrey found himself on the Island of Sombrero in the Leeward group .
3 For a further four years , Sukarno found himself at the centre of a political maelstrom of which the outcome seemed obscure .
4 It was as a result of this new approach that Haslam found himself in the Plastics Division , a more glamorous part of ICI , in contrast to the Nobel Division he had recently left .
5 Bullock found himself in the driving seat after Davies was forced to play sideways out of a ditch .
6 Glasgow St Enoch Square found themselves among the prizewinners for consistently coming up with good , well qualified leads .
7 McLeish found himself on the verge of suggesting that a thoroughly unpleasant time in a New York jail might succeed in curing Tristram where all other methods , including exhortation , loving family support and a spell in a comfortable private hospital in Devon , had failed .
8 Miles found himself in the water , tangled in coils of rope , battered by sealskin floats .
9 It was not until autumn that Jennifer found herself in the city again .
10 On practically every issue the Comintern found itself in the role of an infallible body which had adopted a manifestly fallible policy .
11 By the beginning of 1957 Franco found himself on the horns of a dilemma : both change and immobilism implied a high degree of risk for his continuation in power .
12 When the election was won , most handsomely , Pym found himself on the backbenches .
13 The evidence seemed irrefutable , yet Brenda Plumridge found herself without the support of her rescue society , and was subjected to nothing short of blackmail , while two caring citizens who rescued a pair of stray dogs have been harassed — one to the point of near bankruptcy .
14 HAPLESS John Major found himself in the middle of an almighty Tory punch-up over Europe yesterday .
15 Soaking wet , and with a bloody stump where her right arm had been , Susan found herself in the cabin of an airship .
16 Omi not being of the school which sits as far at the back of a church as possible , Erika found herself under the nose of the Minister , who beamed upon her , and surrounded by family groups : parents , grandparents and children who made an agreeable din until a small group of musicians struck up the opening bars of the first hymn .
17 ECHO chief photographer Stephen Shakeshaft found himself in the middle of a real cat and mouse game right in the heart of the city as he caught up with cartoon characters Tom and Jerry .
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