Example sentences of "found [pn reflx] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when curiosity got the better of us we found ourselves almost immediately drawn to a highland community where , like a long-awaiting gift , we were invited to build a house for about a thousand pounds on a verdant piece of property . |
| 2 | Not exactly lazy — although that is how he describes himself-as a delegator and motivator he had always excelled and now found himself less directly occupied . |
| 3 | During 1893 Captain Sykes became Chairman of Governors , and found himself almost immediately contributing to the " substantial repairs " needed to the buildings . |
| 4 | His mind was on other things , and she suddenly found herself back again thinking of Alain Lemarchand and his expression when she had moved forward . |
| 5 | Carefully bringing her low-slung MG to a halt on the gravelled drive , she found herself once again debating the vexed question of Adam 's relationship with Rourke . |
| 6 | She did not go into details : that she found herself so physically revolted by the process that she had begun to retch , nor despite being warned that all new mothers had a fit of the blues after giving birth , she had been crying most of that day . |
| 7 | In the middle of working out whether he meant ‘ moving around ’ as in girlfriends , or ‘ moving around ’ as in innocent flat-changing , Meredith found herself quite helplessly watching every slow , calculating movement as he tied the bright madder silk around his neck . |
| 8 | If his army were crushed and Kuwait taken by force , and if the allied forces were then eager to pack up and go home or found themselves no longer wanted , UN peacekeepers could step in . |
| 9 | Intellectuals were perturbed by this turnaround and students , previously urged to ‘ emancipate their minds ’ from the fetters of dogma , found themselves once again facing the same old political rhetoric and slogans of former times . |
| 10 | I found myself not only enjoying the birds , but the flowers as well . |
| 11 | ‘ I even found myself very briefly attached to the US 8th Army Air Force ! |
| 12 | So far as the development of my interests in China was concerned , I continued frequent visits with Joe Jack , the cobbler , and found myself more frequently patronising the Canton Cafe to talk with another Chinese friend , George Wong , whose father owned the small restaurant . |