Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] themselves [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 After an hour the ship emerged from the jungle , and the Shermans found themselves gazing across an open alluvial plain dotted with isolated clumps of palm .
2 Even with regard to this episode Margaret showed a sisterly loyalty : I am told that when she and Ivy found themselves staying at the same hotel as Cecilia Ady , Eleanor Jourdain 's chief opponent , ‘ there was a marked coldness ’ .
3 The War over , many of the Glosters found themselves serving in India .
4 Earlier , Australia found themselves struggling after being sent in to bat .
5 The first three shows last September really were filmed live , and the temperature in the first club reached 152°F scrambling the digital equipments programming , so that Matt Bianco found themselves miming to a completely different tune .
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