Example sentences of "found herself [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beth shuffled her feet in the awkward silence and found herself looking at the second man more closely . |
| 2 | Glad that her limited knowledge of Danish included an apology , she blinked away her tears , raising her eyes to the stranger 's face and freezing as completely as Lot 's wife as she found herself looking into the ice-blue eyes of the man she loved . |
| 3 | A sound had her spinning round and she found herself looking into the astonished eyes of Marie as the girl slid from her bicycle and walked forwards to confront her . |
| 4 | Nikos smiled and said something softly in Greek , and for some reason Lindsey found herself blushing at the sudden contact of Niall 's hand against her arm , but she could n't interpret the look he gave her as they were ushered towards one of the few empty tables overlooking the harbour . |
| 5 | So far she had seen nothing but a normal barn — bales of hay , racks of apples , a few garden tools — but now she found herself forced into the other side of the top floor and it was certainly different , so different in fact that as Alain released her she walked forward of her own volition . |
| 6 | Unfortunately apart from some of the movies mentioned above , she found herself stuck in the '40s with the unwelcome label of Queen of the B's , because of her frequent roles in Charlie Chan , Mr Moto and Falcon Quickies . |
| 7 | But she found herself talking to the empty room , and the sky outside the window was the untroubled blue of a peaceful July morning . |
| 8 | She found herself bending over the old woman and hissing at her , ‘ If it 's so natural , Great-gran , why did a woman approach me today , the mother of one of the little girls at school , and suggest that my daughter was fantasising about her father being in the bath with her . |
| 9 | Such was her hope and her intent , but once launched upon her exposition she quickly found herself confused by the royal actors of the Art . |
| 10 | The angry words dried up in a strangled gasp , though , as she found herself staring into the dark brown eyes of Julius Landor , her husband . |
| 11 | She was troubled , distracted in meditation , and often found herself staring into the middle distance when the other sisters were chanting Divine Office . |
| 12 | For fleeting seconds Julie found herself staring into the rain-soaked face of the intruder . |
| 13 | Jessamy found herself staring at the powerful set of his shoulders , and remembered all too clearly that the aura of power was n't just an illusion . |
| 14 | As the sound of his car died away she found herself staring at the blank windows of Ivy Cottage across the lane . |
| 15 | One night , waiting in her car outside a pub to which she had followed him , she suddenly found herself crying for the first time . |
| 16 | She had doubts about the road but then found herself driving along the grey fortress walls of what she hoped might be the Castello Crocetto . |
| 17 | The tall hedge to her left suddenly gave way to a low brick wall , and she found herself driving past the Red House . |
| 18 | And she found herself smiling at the stark contrast between the two figures — the small passive figure of the elderly servant and the dynamic , vivid figure of the dark-haired man . |
| 19 | Sabine found herself travelling in the same direction , Rohan 's arm firmly round her shoulders . |
| 20 | Maybe it was the abrupt pain of thinking about Tara , or the sudden recollection that this man blending so effortlessly into the family gathering was not to be trusted , but Virginia found herself cutting into the convivial mood and causing a sudden , rather surprised silence . |