Example sentences of "finds himself [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | William Hurt is the medic of the title , an eminent surgeon who finds himself on the other edge of the scalpel when he becomes seriously ill . |
2 | Gibson Keddie finds himself on the wrong end of a tongue lashing … |
3 | Someone , for example , who finds himself in the embarrassing situation of seeming to have winked at an unknown passer-by may offer the account that he has some grit in his eye — this often accompanied by a flurry of overacted eyelid-rubbing and nose-blowing . |
4 | MAGNUS FINDS HIMSELF IN THE HOT SEAT |
5 | ( 1937 , You 're in the Army Now in US ) , the improbable tale of an American hoodlum who takes on the identity of a murdered gambling companion and finds himself in the British Army , where he slowly comes to understand the habits of self-effacing Englishmen . |