Example sentences of "[vb infin] found [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His reaction was so wild that he would have found himself in even deeper trouble if he had connected with Simpson . |
| 2 | Had that proposal been acted on , McKusick , CSRG senior programmer and past president of Usenix , would have found himself in another conflict of interests since he is believed to be a secret a director of BSDI . |
| 3 | Ironically , Morris could well have found himself taking charge of Glamorgan at the start of the season . |
| 4 | In fact Patrickson , under such circumstances , could have found himself at variance with the old Company of Mines Royal which still had the powers vested in it and doubtless to his mortification be forced to give up his work or pay a Royalty — not however , to Muncaster estates . |
| 5 | Alternatively , you might have found yourself without the ready money you needed to snap up a bargain — like that washing machine you saw in the sales . |
| 6 | ‘ If Dobson had been any more seriously injured you 'd have found yourself in a cell by now . ’ |
| 7 | But then again I would n't be up tha far up your arse I mean , like you sa , you must have found yourself a couple of times getting close to somebody and without realising it and then they |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In retrospect , it seems unsurprising that subsequent Jackson LPs should have found themselves weaving through a variety of musical styles . |
| 10 | Ships docking at Amnisos could well have found themselves trapped there by a north wind , just as Odysseus claimed he was . |
| 11 | Males will have found themselves reassessing minor ailments . |
| 12 | In the wake of Simeon 's revolt , the adherents of the old Nazarean hierarchy would have found themselves under increasing pressure from three quarters . |
| 13 | Under the scheme as it was originally cast , let alone before the Government began reducing both the numbers eligible and the value of the benefit paid , many low-income poll tax payers would have found themselves making a substantial contribution after receiving whatever the rebate to which they are entitled . |
| 14 | The Labour Party favoured a major role for earnings-related state pension provision while the Conservatives wished for broad occupational coverage and a residual second-tier state pension , in which many employed women would have found themselves . |
| 15 | Or worse : they might have found themselves in a tit-for-tat war with DeVore 's lieutenants . |
| 16 | If the Trade Descriptions Act had been invoked , they could have found themselves in trouble . |
| 17 | And , if it had not been for the speedy response from the coastguard , the boys would have found themselves out in the open sea . |
| 18 | And if it had not been for the speedy response of the coastguard , the boys would have found themselves out in the open sea . |
| 19 | But whereas the mum-to-be would normally have found themselves admitted for a spell in hospital for monitoring , the centre can do it in a day . |
| 20 | I could n't understand it , could n't understand how I could have found myself so violently drawn to someone so … ’ |
| 21 | If I had chosen the North Stand I would have found myself in the middle of those awful drunken , swearing and spitting Ards fans . |
| 22 | If it had been the Chinese who engulfed the world in a wide-embracing economic system , we might well have found ourselves using jade rather than gold as a symbol of supreme value . |
| 23 | The difficulty was that Labour could have found itself supporting military action against a fascist state at the same time as it threatened a general strike against war . |
| 24 | The court was influenced by evidence pointing to the fact that the defendants had been negligent and it was stated that had steps been taken to mitigate the nuisance , the Council would not have found itself in the position it was now in . |
| 25 | Incredible , bloody incredible , that the Service should have found itself within a whisker of escape , within a few heartbeats … |
| 26 | Conversely , the Coordinating Team might well have found itself constrained to accept a proposal which met all the technical criteria yet for other reasons would not be deemed appropriate for project involvement . |
| 27 | In normal times , I might have been on the next flight out and by morning Miss Schlegel — a schoolgirl , yes , but what a schoolgirl , probably tanned , certainly firm and bouncy , and unquestionably an amateur theologian of weird and savage genius — would have found herself thickly slathered in Noxzema Regular Protective Shave Formula and roped to a groyne . |
| 28 | Emma Lyon , who made her way up the social scale by similar means , would have found herself in prison earlier had it not been for the lifeline thrown to her by her friends and former lovers . |
| 29 | She might have found herself unexpectedly welcome when he had returned , furious , from her own rejection . |
| 30 | She would have given herself to a man for whom she was nothing but another short-term conquest , and in a year , or six months , or however long it took him to tire of her , she would have found herself alone again . |