Example sentences of "find [pn reflx] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the bottom of the stairs he was surprised to find himself putting on his overcoat . |
| 2 | Mr Clarke is not , after all , the first , nor will he be the last politician to find himself caught on the hop by a shrewd interviewer . |
| 3 | These tales made quite an impression on me as did the story of Uncle Fred 's eldest son , young Fred as he was known , putting on his age and managing to join the Marines when only sixteen , then found himself serving on the same ship as his father during the great battle — something of a unique record . |
| 4 | He found himself struggling on his back with the stifling presence of the flag wrapped round him like a shroud ; the strange thing was that as he weakly continued to struggle ( for the staff lay across his legs , pinning him down , and the lanyards had somehow trussed his elbows to his sides ) , he recognized the sensation immediately : this was a nightmare he had had on the night they had taken refuge in the Residency , and repeatedly since then throughout the siege ; when the Collector , cursing , had at last fought his way out of the flag , it was such a relief to escape from his nightmare that he felt he did not mind so much about the sepoys . |
| 5 | Eight years later John actually found himself playing on a winning Derry side in an All Ireland minor decider alongside Dermot McNicholl , Damian Cassidy and Don Kelly . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | If her father found himself sitting on his own , he would look up in terror and cry for humans . |
| 8 | He took a step back , dizzy and breathless , then found himself sitting on the floor , back to the wall . |
| 9 | He found himself lying on the grass with those wolfish yellow eyes uncomfortably near to his . |
| 10 | Following Emily in , he found himself surrounded on all sides by sagging shelves bearing rusty paint tins ; jam jars containing stubby brushes ; bottles half full of amber fluid , and oil cans . |
| 11 | North , back in the Marines , found himself landing on a beach ; there facing him , with a rifle , was Calero . |
| 12 | Almost as if he had willed himself there , he found himself standing on the scree at the foot of the rock wall , staring upwards , searching with the little experience he had gained on school climbing expeditions for footholds . |
| 13 | She pulled away a little , opening her eyes to find herself cradled on Penry 's lap like a child . |
| 14 | Maybe the whole thing had been a dream , she thought hazily — any minute now she 'd wake up to find herself sunbathing on her own back lawn . |
| 15 | Ruth found herself crouching on the floor , almost fainting ; wondering how she could ever have thought before that Fincara was casting spells . |
| 16 | Even as she reassured Emilia once more that her concern was groundless Louisa found herself reflecting on the power of the weak , its hold upon the minds of others . |
| 17 | She found herself pleading on his behalf . |
| 18 | And feeling rather as if she were in a dream , she found herself sitting on a sofa in a quaint old-fashioned parlour , with Roger Kenyon , housebreaker , beside her . |
| 19 | The door closed behind him and Annie found herself sitting on the edge of the bed , her hands between her knees , her eyes on the floor . |
| 20 | So when he turned to her casually in the car , and suggested that they call in at his house for some tea before they parted , Folly found herself leaping on the suggestion with almost indecent haste . |
| 21 | When she regained consciousness she found herself lying on a large settee in a dimly lit room . |
| 22 | When she woke she found herself lying on her bed . |
| 23 | She found herself standing on top of a translucent bubble set in Moloch 's ice-bound landscape , close to one side of a bowl-shaped depression some fifty metres across . |
| 24 | Then darkness enfolded her , and she found herself standing on a solid surface in a shadowed room , staring upwards at the underside of the dimple with a strange sense of having been reborn . |
| 25 | She found herself standing on a wide terrace , with steps that led away from the house . |
| 26 | Instead of the usual crisps at the Press conference two days after his arrival , the media lot found themselves feasting on caviar . |
| 27 | the war effort was really erm a way of getting out of erm away from home because the women were erm , found themselves left on their own |
| 28 | She felt like someone who suffered from vertigo and suddenly found themselves standing on the edge of a deep abyss . |
| 29 | In the meantime , despite my reservations , I found myself reflecting on headvoice 's idea : I had to admit , it might make a story . |
| 30 | I found myself living on the base with a dozen nationalities thrown together to know our God more . |