Example sentences of "[noun prp] find himself [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Rex found himself crashing to the ground .
2 His English was perfect and Munro found himself warming to him .
3 First , there is his attitude towards the texts he is writing about : because writing can never be governed by the intention and avowed aims of its authors , Derrida finds himself saying of Rousseau , for example , that what he actually writes is quite different from what he means to say : that he is bound , as we all are , to say ‘ more , less or something quite other than what he would mean/would like to say [ voudrait dire ] ’ ( 1976 : 158 ] .
4 Strangely , for a man fighting for sport 's most brutal crown , Bowe finds himself apologising for his obvious lack of aggression in the countdown to his day of destiny .
5 Willie found himself standing in a large field .
6 Delaney found himself looking at a cargo vessel with a very high superstructure three-quarters aft .
7 In his corner Joseph found himself grappling with an overwhelming sense of bewilderment .
8 Huy found himself looking at the man 's lips alone , and the spittle switching from one to the other , in horrified fascination and to the exclusion of everything else .
9 Lewis found himself looking at three puzzled faces .
10 Lewis found himself looking at the back page of The Oxford Times which lay on the desk .
11 Charles found himself muttering to the motherly dresser , who handed him his hat .
12 Again Charles found himself wondering about Miles and Juliet 's sex-life .
13 Mr Berkley found himself responding to the insistent beat .
14 Robertson found himself agreeing with its sentiments .
15 Wycliffe found himself gazing at the white hairs which sprouted from her upper lip and looked quickly away .
16 As he handed the child to his mother , the little mouth opened in a yawn and George found himself looking into a pair of slate blue eyes .
17 Wilting under a hail of stones and a hefty dose of the hard stuff , Jimmy Johnstone darted for cover and along with Rangers defender Sandy Jardine found himself hiding in the vicinity of a group of rowing boats .
18 Charlie found himself waiting in another queue before coming face to face with the sergeant again .
19 ‘ You be careful , my dad 's a vicar ! ’ and the car had stopped and the man had sworn at him viciously , using some phrases Luke later regretted not remembering , and Luke found himself shaking on the dark verge a mile out of Snead .
20 With the Philharmonia wind players at their vaulting , brilliant best , it was a performance which Porter found himself preferring to the mellower and long-admired Clemens Krauss recordings , which sounded tame by comparison .
21 And Russell found himself looking in dismay down the point of Christine Ashdown 's switchblade .
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