Example sentences of "find [pn reflx] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd been warned to bring thick clothing but now found ourselves stuffing woolly hats into pockets and loosening scarves . |
| 2 | But sometimes we are going to find ourselves facing those who thrive on fear , sweat , blood and adrenalin — people to whom fighting is a way of life . |
| 3 | He had never thought to find himself discussing such a thing with a single young woman , but he had heard of American girls ' frankness , and he supposed that this was a sample of it . |
| 4 | He was to find himself repeating this often as the days went by . |
| 5 | He was aware of nothing more until he opened his eyes some time later to find himself lying naked on a sheet of tarpaulin in the backyard . |
| 6 | Whipping round , he found himself facing four figures in black military style combat gear and carrying guns and flashlights . |
| 7 | As the pace began to quicken and the complicated threads of the chant began to rise Rincewind found himself watching fascinated . |
| 8 | McLeish found himself receiving this with reluctance and wondered why , since it made sense . |
| 9 | The demand for tuition in mathematics fluctuated so Smith often found himself teaching other subjects such as classics , theology and philosophy . |
| 10 | Soon Alexander found himself teaching fellow actors , with similar problems , what he had learned . |
| 11 | After five years as Chancellor of the Exchequer , and after the lost election of 1979 , he says he found himself wearing this Shirt of Nessus . |
| 12 | We Christians might want to interpret things differently , yet in his masterpiece , ‘ The Wreck of the Deutschland ’ , the Jesuit nineteenth-century poet , Gerard Manley Hopkins , found himself writing these lines : |
| 13 | It is obviously a ridiculous state of affairs and the national coach found himself asking two pertinent questions as he came to terms with loss on a farcical scale . |
| 14 | October is the cocktail month in Washington ; the British embassy can be throwing three parties a week , and with the Liaison Office 's yen to keep Maxim busy , he inevitably found himself sipping deep-frozen Scotch with a wing-commander from the Office . |
| 15 | He went to a local pub in the mining village where he was staying to drown his sorrows and found himself sitting next to a stranger who remarked on his dejected demeanour . |
| 16 | An hour later Dexter found himself sitting next to Blanche on a settle in a pub near Scotland Yard with Detective Inspector Eddy Russell of the Drugs Squad perched on a stool on the opposite side of the Formica table . |
| 17 | As a new-boy , he had already been labelled as the MP who found himself driving seven miles the wrong way on the M6 until he was stopped by a patrol and banned for six months . |
| 18 | Schiller now found himself fighting those whom his father had always taught him were responsible for the break-up of Germany and all she had stood for . |
| 19 | The TV series was cancelled , and Adams found himself making ridiculous Japanese B-films like Frankenstein Conquers the World and awful Godzilla monster movies . |
| 20 | He found himself making imploring promises to God then retreated into hating himself and Maxim of course . |
| 21 | The renowned original intention of the COS was to organize charity , but it soon found itself investigating individual cases , and as a result developed a casework methodology , the fundamentals of which were home-visiting , comprehensive and in-depth interviewing , written records , committee discussions , emphasis on ‘ character ’ as well as circumstances , preservation of family respectability , and , generally applicable , a ‘ carefully specified procedure ’ . |
| 22 | IBM also found itself confronting new alliances , such as DEC and Apple . |
| 23 | Thus Federconsorzi found itself owning some unprofitable bits of Italy 's food industry , such as a milk and cheese producer called Polenghi Lombarda and a jam company called Massa Lombarda . |
| 24 | Maggie found herself looking confused at this straight talking , and it appeared to delight the old man . |
| 25 | She found herself uttering silent prayers , and was rewarded as a small shape came into view from the east . |
| 26 | When at last she lifted her head , she found herself facing three pairs of curious , slightly embarrassed eyes . |
| 27 | But it slowed her up considerably , and as time passed she found herself casting furtive glances over her shoulder . |
| 28 | It 's not usually Violet 's style to shout support for Lennox but this time , just seconds into the fight so many feared her son could not win , she found herself shouting louder even than ‘ Raizure 's ’ girls . |
| 29 | ‘ How do you do ? ’ murmured three polite voices , and Breeze found herself shaking two podgy paws . |
| 30 | Eleanor looked as if he had actually hit her , and for a few moments Jessamy found herself feeling sorry for her . |