Example sentences of "[Wh pn] finds [pn reflx] " in BNC.

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1 Tracy is a cab driver who finds himself struggling against the power of the city 's corrupt taxi bosses .
2 The other outstanding performance is by Nicky Henson , who is on first-rate form as the actor who finds himself having to impersonate Alfred in Alfred 's presence .
3 This time , dad is a casually callous surgeon ( William Hurt ) , who finds himself being operated on within his own hospital .
4 teams know what it is like to play in a school for educationally sub-normal children who can not ( or do not want to ) distinguish between the ‘ baddy ’ character and the actor — who finds himself molested as he retreats to his car after the show !
5 Unfortunately , the law is not particularly kind to the home-owner who finds himself the victim of a negligent surveyor ; in most cases he will not receive full compensation for his loss .
6 The plays tells the story of Colin , an incorrigible young offender , who finds himself able to express his hatred of injustice , hypocrisy and exploitation through his cross-country running .
7 Cool World also stars the ever-sulky , strongly quiffed Brad Pitt as Detective Frank Harris , who finds himself entering into the bizarre , mesmeric universe created by Deebs as a solace from his own troubled existence .
8 A man who finds himself incapable of loving
9 I hope it wo n't be considered too presumptuous if I offer some advice to the reader who finds himself , perhaps for the first time , left to work on his own .
10 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 .
11 If there 's any trouble , it is n't the villager who finds himself before the court , but the Romany . ’
12 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 .
13 Cleopatra 's gradual development , from scheming flirt to a woman who finds herself deeply in love , lies at the very heart of the opera .
14 A French film maker , François Margolin , has produced a new film , ‘ Mensonges ’ ( ‘ Lies ’ ) , in which Nathalie Baye plays a woman who finds herself pregnant and also seropositive for AIDS — because her lover , played by Didier Sandre , had concealed a homosexual affair .
15 Alice in Wonderland is a text adventure game based on the very famous story 2f a young girl who finds herself in a strange land full of strange creatures and strange places .
16 Paula plays Diane , the oldest entrant , who finds herself competing against her daughter .
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