Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] found [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Players , umpires and rival fans have found themselves being physically attacked by objects as varied as flashlight batteries and souvenir baseball bats ( Edwards and Rackages , 1977 ; Fimrite , 1976 ; Talamini , 1987 ) . |
| 2 | Downstairs , when Jessica had stormed out , her parents had found themselves remarkably constrained by the stranger in their midst . |
| 3 | It is hard to resist the conclusion that this new attitude was the result of the company in which the exiles had found themselves from 1097 to 1100 . |
| 4 | … and Lexandro heard of such incidents of the campaign as the Battle of the Glass Bell Temple , and of the Sixty Suicide Skaters who had swooped on Brothers of the Fourth Company clutching melta-bombs , and how the Fifth and Seventh and Eighth Companies had found themselves confronted , to their astonishment , by Titans … |
| 5 | And most parents have found themselves desperately ringing round friends and family trying to find a babysitter . |
| 6 | The ad says that ‘ many emigres have found themselves in a position to assist the FBI in its counterintelligence mission ’ . |
| 7 | How many of you who read these lines have found yourself in a similar predicament , being denied personal recognition for your achievements . |
| 8 | In erm our situation dedicated persons on the front lines have found themselves overwhelmed by increases in human needs and dwindling resources with which to meet those human needs and so we 've tried to get innovative and do something about it . |
| 9 | Farm workers have found themselves working more often alongside their employer and the farmer in turn is often more willing to consult his workers on the day-to-day management of the farm . |
| 10 | During Mrs Thatcher 's administration , troops have found themselves involved in five industrial disputes — to operate prisons in 1980/81 , to drive ambulances in 1981 and 1982 , to cover for civil servants during a dispute at the Coulport submarine base in 1981 , and to help with car parking during the rail strike of 1982 . |
| 11 | During Mrs Thatcher 's administration , troops have found themselves involved in five industrial disputes — to operate prisons in 1980/81 , to drive ambulances in 1981 and 1982 , to cover for civil servants during a dispute at the Coulport submarine base in 1981 , and to help with car parking during the rail strike of 1982 . |
| 12 | As Vernon ( 1984 : 8 ) writes of the French case , ‘ in actual practice , managers have found themselves dealing with half-a-dozen ministers or more , each with some capacity to reward or punish ’ . |
| 13 | Arguably too many separate agencies have found themselves involved in working for international co-operation . |
| 14 | As a result of such activities , teachers ' centres have found themselves closely involved in a variety of support activities relevant to the development of resource.based learning . |
| 15 | Councillors have found themselves at loggerheads with the Government on a number of occasions , most recently over the grant allocation for the 1992/93 financial year . |
| 16 | Family health services authorities have found themselves acting with and on behalf of district health authorities wanting to get closer to general practitioners and to understand better what they want purchased . |
| 17 | The West Germans have found themselves sharing virtually identical interests with East Germany 's own superpower , the Soviet Union . |
| 18 | Sir Hector explained that the French representatives had found themselves out on a limb when they called for an increase in import charges . |
| 19 | Rural councils have found themselves hamstrung by the centralized control of local authority expenditure ( particularly during the periods of economic stagnation and crisis ) and , in the case of housing , by the imposition of cost yardsticks which rarely take account of the peculiar difficulties which many rural councils face from the heavier costs incurred in housing provision in remote areas . |