Example sentences of "find [pn reflx] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | He turned the corner , and found himself at the front of the house , which had a mountingblock , well chalked . |
| 33 | Three narrow and thoroughly encouraging defeats ( 1–0 , 5–0 , 9–0 ) kicked off the 55/56 season and raffle winner Sid Beamish found himself at the helm . |
| 34 | To reach Ariel and her mother , he had to cross the stream ; he did so , night after night , using stepping stones over unearthly flashes of phosphorescence in the water , and stepping up on to the further bank , still unwilling , still keeping his mind on Rebecca and the love he had sworn to her , until once more he found himself at the entrance of Ariel 's cabin , once more gave orders to the guard to leave him , and entered to speak to her , disturbing her rest , though she had come to expect his call ; then after their unsatisfactory exchanges , he would lift the fronds at the entrance and leave again , only to succumb once more , and toss himself off in rage and helplessness , before he skulked back to Belmont . |
| 35 | Without being aware of getting there he found himself outside the printer 's shop . |
| 36 | Television 's ‘ Hammer ’ found himself in the slammer when he tried smuggling cocaine into Britain a few years back . |
| 37 | HAPLESS John Major found himself in the middle of an almighty Tory punch-up over Europe yesterday . |
| 38 | Gloucester 's influence may also have been at work in the selection of a duchy of Lancaster lawyer as the new recorder of London in June 1483 , although the man concerned ( Thomas Fitzwilliam of Mablethorpe , Lincs. ) preserved a studied neutrality when , only days after his appointment , he found himself in the middle of the deposition crisis . |
| 39 | Gloucester 's influence may also have been at work in the selection of a duchy of Lancaster lawyer as the new recorder of London in June 1483 , although the man concerned ( Thomas Fitzwilliam of Mablethorpe , Lincs. ) preserved a studied neutrality when , only days after his appointment , he found himself in the middle of the deposition crisis . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | THE Chancellor , Norman Lamont , found himself in the middle of a full-scale row last night over his Budget decision to put value-added tax on domestic fuels . |
| 42 | Schmidt suddenly found himself in the space between them , his hand outstretched for the lock . |
| 43 | Jason , 24 , found himself in the north African city between concerts in Bournemouth and St Austell — two other places Bogart never visited . |
| 44 | The same year , he found himself in the company of Mona , who described herself in court as an ‘ apolitical pacifist ’ who spread her huge family wealth in a series of film , TV , stage and property ventures . |
| 45 | The benefits of this system can be demonstrated by the example of the trader who carted a crate of whetstones from Craven Arms , or possibly from Stony Stratford , to Wroxeter for a market day , where he found himself in the company of other merchants selling mortaria as well as samian ware from Gaul . |
| 46 | Surere was already looking sleeker , Huy thought , as he tried to banish the servile feelings which still rose to the surface when he found himself in the company of his former superior . |
| 47 | Miles found himself in the water , tangled in coils of rope , battered by sealskin floats . |
| 48 | So Ray then found himself in the position of spending a good many of his working hours enforcing a law which he was breaking himself and increasingly afraid of being arrested by one of his mates . |
| 49 | Macarthy , the defence lawyer , found himself in the position of trying to defend the indefensible and justify the unjustifiable . |
| 50 | But NoS was more like a racing power-boat , and Horsley soon found himself in the position of a water-skier rather than a captain . |
| 51 | Without doing much more he found himself in the Scotland ‘ B ’ team to play Ireland at the end of December and the Scottish trial a week later . |
| 52 | Bullock found himself in the driving seat after Davies was forced to play sideways out of a ditch . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | There was not a word said of business until they came to table in Isambard 's great hall , where the envoy found himself in the place of honour at his host 's right hand . |
| 55 | Within six months he found himself in the White House . |
| 56 | He was attracted by an advertisement for a ‘ lab boy ’ at the then University College and soon found himself in the office of the Registrar , Mr Hedley Pickbourne . |
| 57 | And he found himself in the starting line-up when top scorer Chris Kiwomya went down with flu . |
| 58 | I suppo I suppose it was cheaper in a way because erm he found himself in the shop a lot more , he could n't afford the staff that he had , he had used to have two people working for him . |
| 59 | The Zeltweg race was , after all , on Niki 's home territory , and when Prost spun off on a patch of oil , the race took on a new perspective for Niki : he found himself in the lead , with Piquet behind him and no threat with badly worn tyres . |
| 60 | Somehow he found himself in the street , walking , although he did not know where . |