Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [prep] [art] position " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After the success of ‘ Colour Of Spring ’ we found ourselves in the position we 'd always dreamed of , ’ explains Mark Hollis , the main force behind Talk Talk . |
| 2 | Haslam soon found himself in a position of having to make entrepreneurial decisions of staggering proportions . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Macarthy , the defence lawyer , found himself in the position of trying to defend the indefensible and justify the unjustifiable . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Once again the country which complained most about the policy was Britain , which found itself in the position of being a ‘ net contributor ’ to the EC after 1973 , paying far more into the EC than it received back . |
| 7 | His appointment as lieutenant of the Tower in June 1660 placed him in a position vital to the maintenance of order in the City . |
| 8 | Partly in order to show the world ( and , perhaps , reassure himself ) that " his destiny and that of Spain [ were ] consubstantial and that God [ had ] placed him in the position which he [ occupied ] for great things " . |
| 9 | Ardamal manoeuvred himself to a position below and slightly behind the woman , hidden by her legs . |
| 10 | This might have been all very well for my ego but it put me in the position of a complete novice , with my boss listening critically from the platform to everything I said on his behalf . |
| 11 | To ask for more for herself and put herself in a position of coming first felt too greedy and dangerous . |
| 12 | It was a dramatic gesture , a revelation ; it put him in a position of power , if only for a moment , but he liked that position and his primacy had been denied in that group of irreverents . |
| 13 | If an expert were employed to certify , make a valuation or appraisal or settle compensation as between opposing interests , this did not , of itself , put him in the position of an arbitrator . |
| 14 | Richard Elliott , the Headmaster , chose Francis as one of the first pupil teachers , and in due course promoted him to the position of junior teacher at the Margate branch of the Asylum . |
| 15 | She was in one of her sloppy coveralls , which put her in no position to be critical . |
| 16 | I put myself in a position to be able to make these works . ’ |
| 17 | I say , just put yourself in the position of one of those chimps living in concentration-camp conditions . ’ |
| 18 | Two further points when devising and implementing aims : ( 1 ) give adequate scope to show your skills ; ( 2 ) put yourself in the position of those making the decisions from which you hope to benefit . |
| 19 | Initially he was supported by at least two-fifths of the county gentry , but the growing threats of trouble from Spain and Catholic plotting forced them into a position of defensive decline . |
| 20 | — Could he have survived the fall and dragged himself to the position where he was found ? — This seemed the most likely explanation . |