Example sentences of "[noun] found herself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth found herself on her knees , sand rasping between her fingers . |
| 2 | Ruth found herself in his arms , her face against his broad chest — as if she were a little girl again , in the time before she 'd known he was crazy . |
| 3 | Benny found herself in a rock-walled tunnel , with bare bulbs hanging from the ceiling at regular intervals . |
| 4 | Indeed he seemed to have to keep rushing off to have a word with this person and that ; Helen found herself on her own a good deal of the time , glimpsing him across the room in spirited conversation . |
| 5 | Sylvia found herself with her naked slit facing the ceiling , and felt his fingers busily parting her thick cunt-lips . |
| 6 | Shelley found herself with a woman whose slashed arm required urgent suturing . |
| 7 | One Keighley mill warper 's wife found herself with four to care for ; and even one could stir up great resentment . |
| 8 | It was not until autumn that Jennifer found herself in the city again . |
| 9 | Farika wandered around with her unused plastic for four days , expectation the watchword on her lips , while Sara found herself in a much better position to comment . |
| 10 | The troubled programme has been bedevilled by the tardiness of some countries in implementing the 278 proposals required to remove all internal frontiers to business , and Mrs Thatcher found herself in the slightly unusual position of being praised by Mr Jacques Delors , the president of the European Commission , for being in the vanguard of the reform process . |
| 11 | The Duke of Wellington was happily seated between two attractive young ladies , while Lucille found herself between d'Alembord and a Dutch gunner colonel who complained about the victory eggs , refused the soup , and said the bread was too hard . |
| 12 | Living at such close quarters with them , Anne found herself at odds with the princesses . |
| 13 | Almost without knowing how she had got there , Folly found herself on the other side of the double doors , pushing through a curtain of leaves that shrouded the entrance . |
| 14 | The evidence seemed irrefutable , yet Brenda Plumridge found herself without the support of her rescue society , and was subjected to nothing short of blackmail , while two caring citizens who rescued a pair of stray dogs have been harassed — one to the point of near bankruptcy . |
| 15 | Soaking wet , and with a bloody stump where her right arm had been , Susan found herself in the cabin of an airship . |
| 16 | Sisterlike or not , Frau Nordern 's word was enough and Erika found herself with a glass of light Hungarian wine and enjoying it , too . |
| 17 | Omi not being of the school which sits as far at the back of a church as possible , Erika found herself under the nose of the Minister , who beamed upon her , and surrounded by family groups : parents , grandparents and children who made an agreeable din until a small group of musicians struck up the opening bars of the first hymn . |
| 18 | Jacqui found herself on her knees with Kattina behind her . |
| 19 | One morning , Clare found herself in a rumpled bed in a strange bedroom with only sixpence in her purse — not enough to get to work . |