Example sentences of "found themselves in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had John Dorahy not rashly attempted a dropped goal on the first tackle in the closing stages , the Second Division side might have found themselves in the final . |
| 2 | The ad says that ‘ many emigres have found themselves in a position to assist the FBI in its counterintelligence mission ’ . |
| 3 | Many soon found themselves in long-term debt to richer peasants , particularly in the Famine areas . |
| 4 | Consequently , such marketing boards have frequently found themselves in a price squeeze , unable to offer a price high enough to producers , but only able to sell to consumers at a loss . |
| 5 | On the night the piece was shown in August 1990 , and the following day , Thames Television ran a Help Line staffed by experienced money advisers for viewers who had found themselves in the same situation as Sue and Tony . |
| 6 | The Old Testament prophets were devastatingly political and frequently found themselves in trouble for it . |
| 7 | They were smiling , willing , charming , but they looked like a family from a breakfast cereal commercial who had somehow found themselves in the middle of a real occasion . |
| 8 | These were articulate people , perhaps better able to deal with the press and media than some other families who have found themselves in the same position . |
| 9 | Plenty of guys in this racket have found themselves in front of a jury for a lot less than picking a dame up off the floor . |
| 10 | All that was in essence known to HQ 5 Corps was that the greater number of these people were " Cossacks " or " Russians " making up various units who had found themselves in Austria because to a greater or lesser extent they had been associated with the Germans , and had surrendered to the British in the hope that they might thus avoid falling into the hands of the Communists . |
| 11 | Some of them could not believe that they had found themselves in a church , and were only stopping off en route to a nearby pub . |
| 12 | Or worse : they might have found themselves in a tit-for-tat war with DeVore 's lieutenants . |
| 13 | Also , as owning firms have expanded they have diversified and have found themselves in competition with their consortium offspring . |
| 14 | In this instance , a second Bill has had to be presented , and most people in the education system have found themselves in a mess in the intervening three years . |
| 15 | If the Trade Descriptions Act had been invoked , they could have found themselves in trouble . |
| 16 | He hopes the meeting will help him and like-minded clergy who 've found themselves in a religious dilemma . |
| 17 | Wise Speke analyst John Dean , says : ‘ Whessoe and Varec have been known to one another for some considerable time although given their emphasis on different geographical markets they have rarely found themselves in direct competition . ’ |
| 18 | It is not the first time the British have found themselves in the path of an offensive , it is the first time they 've evacuated , in such numbers and with such urgency . |