Example sentences of "he find [pn reflx] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't believe it up to the moment that he found himself outside a half-house that had once been graced by a classical loggia . |
| 2 | One night , he found himself with a few other police enveloped in the hatred of a black township uprising . |
| 3 | Mr Duval then realised the power of international persuasion when he found himself among a group of prisoners who were finally released in 1976 as the result of pressure from Amnesty International and Jimmy Carter 's new US government . |
| 4 | He found himself in a city in turmoil , where traditional values had been overturned by Maurice Johnston 's decision to dump Celtic for Rangers . |
| 5 | The emphasis on pace bowling meant that he found himself in a rather curious position . |
| 6 | When Victor Paige became the first general manager of the health service he found himself in a very different job from any that he or anyone else had occupied before . |
| 7 | Cooke recalled how , like everyone else , he was utterly baffled as to how the pollsters could have got it all so wrong — until , a few days later , he found himself in a train sitting opposite a Republican county chairman . |
| 8 | When Bud moved south to West Bromwich Albion in 1976 , he found himself in a deep trouble after a game against Brighton , when he was sent off for the unpardonable offence of kicking a referee . |
| 9 | That attitude rose to a crescendo when , at the age of 19 , or was it 20 ? he found himself in a dilemma . |
| 10 | He found himself in a room , at the end of which was a small counter with a piece of netting above it . |
| 11 | This , in turn , suggests that perhaps he found himself in a dilemma — caught between his naturally humane feelings and the logic of his unsentimental , utilitarian theory . |
| 12 | But he found himself in a double bind ; the bankers said they would withdraw their support if he left and this would have killed the business instantly . |
| 13 | On his way home after a wedding he found himself in a field with an angry bull . |
| 14 | As the town hall clock struck twelve he found himself in an untidy cul-de-sac beneath the railway arches . |
| 15 | When a character steps through the ever-changing arch , he finds himself on a narrow pathway through a forest of bizarre trees . |
| 16 | As soon as a character moves through the arch from area 60 , he finds himself in a meadow of what looks like thick , lush , flesh-coloured grass . |
| 17 | A friend of mine , should he find himself in a gay sex shop . |