Example sentences of "he find [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 They were not sitting next to each other , luckily , but he found himself opposite her accusing face over drinks and remembered the things he 'd last said to her .
2 In Cambridge that autumn he found himself without the steadying influence of Thomas Middleton , and without money .
3 Asked what he would feel like if , on Sunday night , he found himself on the 18th tee tied for the lead , he replied that it could only be a ‘ shattering experience ’ .
4 Presently , by what caprice of Providence he never knew , he found himself on the street that led to his lodgings , and stumbled towards it .
5 Already under a probation order for attacking a songwriter the previous year , he found himself on another assault charge .
6 John Stork — when in his mid-30s — became aware of headhunting when he found himself on the receiving end of a headhunter 's call for the first time ; in due course he became the successful candidate , but did not take the job , staying on as a member of the international Board of Masius Wynne-Williams advertising agency , where he had earlier been head of research .
7 Conflicts with his superiors deprived him of the prospect of promotion , and at the age of twenty-five he found himself on the retired list , reduced to half pay in 1812 .
8 Soapy walked away from Broadway and soon he found himself on Sixth Avenue .
9 He found himself on loan to the faculty of the National Intelligence Academy ( NIA ) in Fort Lauderdale as director of Video Operations .
10 By the time he had got to suggesting that 126 card-carrying Communists were on the staff of the New York Times Sunday supplement , Matusow 's credibility was fraying , and , in 1956 , after a series of volte-faces he found himself on the wrong end of a five-year sentence for perjury .
11 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 .
12 Without being aware of getting there he found himself outside the printer 's shop .
13 He found himself under severe pressure last year when the pit closure programme was announced .
14 He found himself with the duty of helping to make a vital decision for the Church of England at a moment in its destiny .
15 ‘ One evening in September , ’ he started once more , ‘ Robert told me that he found himself with nothing much to do when he had finished an afternoon lecture on the international monetary crisis .
16 One night , he found himself with a few other police enveloped in the hatred of a black township uprising .
17 On thirty seven minutes though , Paul Biddle should have made it two nil as he found himself with just the Fairmile goalkeeper to beat , but stupidly played it wide for Brian Marland , but his final pass was poor and Fairmile 's Kevin Shepherd was able to clear the ball from the danger area .
18 A classic example was when he found himself at the centre of media and national attention after taking over the chairmanship of the troubled Westland Group in June 1985 .
19 One day he found himself at Market Harborough but with no idea where he was going .
20 It was not until he had accepted and had received travel instructions that he found himself at Bletchley Park as part of the Enigma team reading German cypher traffic .
21 By instinct rather than design he found himself at Saint Winifred 's altar , and kneeled to approach her , his creaky knees settling gingerly on the lowest step of her elevated place .
22 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 .
23 As though his feet were programmed he found himself at the Incident Room .
24 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 .
25 The young man 's brother wrote to Lord Panmure to see if David could make the best of the situation in which he found himself by obtaining a midshipman 's place .
26 He found himself in a city in turmoil , where traditional values had been overturned by Maurice Johnston 's decision to dump Celtic for Rangers .
27 He found himself in enormous buildings , with a labyrinth of rooms , and he was lost in the pile .
28 He was a fanatical fisherman , and here on the borders of Galway and Mayo he found himself in some of the best fishing waters in Europe .
29 The emphasis on pace bowling meant that he found himself in a rather curious position .
30 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 .
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