Example sentences of "[modal v] find [pn reflx] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But murder it is , and whatever leniency is called for must find itself reflected either in a verdict of not guilty by a jury , despite the facts , in the sentence of the court ( though in England the sentence is at present fixed by law ) , or in the exercise of some executive discretion . |
| 2 | What displaced it was a sense of outrage that a man as kindly and compassionate as Edwin Frere should find himself shackled to a vixen . |
| 3 | If you should find yourself feeling the pinch , there are several ways to reduce your outgoings , some could save you as much as £200 a month on a £60,000 loan . |
| 4 | You should find yourself working slowly and carefully through your goal lists . |
| 5 | Many observers supposed that the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 would force the Junkers to embark on a programme of liberalisation and reform lest they should find themselves facing a similar threat . |
| 6 | But such a blindness follows from the belief that women have a ‘ place ’ in God 's scheme ; one which is natural , or God 's will for them , and in which therefore they should find themselves fulfilled . |
| 7 | Notation 2.7.3 ( i ) According to 2.7.1 and 2.6.3(ii) we should find ourselves writing ( 3,5 ) + = 8 instead of the more usual 3 + 5 = 8 . |
| 8 | And yet it was inevitable , given our subject matter , that we should find ourselves caught in the inherent conflict between fact and faith . |
| 9 | But there may well be even more subtle reasons why this group should find itself attracted to this particular form of civil society . |
| 10 | His face is n't cruel , and I 'm relieved to find no attitude there that I might find myself kicking against . |
| 11 | I do n't doubt your friend 's sincerity — but as he 's 80 the brutal truth is you might find yourself looking after him ! |
| 12 | For example , if you take advantage of one of the tourist office 's all-in weekends , you might find yourself staying at the Alte Rheinmuhle . |
| 13 | You might find yourself procrastinating , because you see it as an enormous task which will take up all your time and energy for weeks ! |
| 14 | ‘ One day you might find yourself moving in different social circles . ’ |
| 15 | In fact , if you think things through , and consider all the evidence carefully , you just might find yourself fixing the difficulty yourself . |
| 16 | However , for occasional days when you might find yourself caught out with no time or ingredients ( try to plan ahead to avoid this : you can easily carry Fibre-Filler with you in a plastic bag in your handbag ! ) we have listed a few alternative very high-fibre breakfasts in The F-Plan Meals . |
| 17 | She knew she was stumbling over her words , but at last she said with a rush , ‘ You might find yourself falling in love with her all over again . ’ |
| 18 | If you are a consultant to a developing Mini-Enterprise you might find yourself spending a whole day in the school . |
| 19 | Suddenly you might find yourself crying more than usual over a sad — or even a happy — television programme , book or film . |
| 20 | Of an evening , you might find yourself subjected to an ‘ American Food Promotion ’ and a honky-tonk Filipino band , but the food is better and more varied than anywhere else on the island and a dependable supply of cold beer is essential . |
| 21 | If the iceberg is too big , you might find yourself trapped underneath a moving mountain , bumped and towed along with less and less of a choice of where to go . |
| 22 | I decided that it was perhaps because they were n't possessive and had given no other human being the feeling that having been once disgorged he was n't safe and at any moment might find himself gobbled up again and back in the confines of a body not his own . |
| 23 | After the group does disband , Gedge might find himself employed in some other aspect of the music business . |
| 24 | Their relatively smaller personal estates reflect perhaps more than anything else a generally modest standard of living in the shires , for while the greater apparent wealth of some yeomen consisted mainly of farming stock , a big landowner , burdened with a large family and heavily encumbered estates , might find himself compelled to endure a spartan existence ; unlike a yeomen , moreover , he might have to support a train of unproductive servants . |
| 25 | Answering , she matched my silly spite with careful , sensible remarks ; politics , she said , was the art of the possible and a good man , once in power , might find himself forced to do some things not quite in accord with his principles , but this did not mean he had forgotten them , nor that he would not act upon them the moment he practically could . |
| 26 | Or Uncle Bow might find himself doing a lifer for your Rosie . ’ |
| 27 | After this , however , the young man might find himself taken off to Soho , where Minton 's prodigality contrasted with his former carefulness . |
| 28 | Some batsmen , included in a team because of their bowling , might find themselves crowded by close slips . |
| 29 | Changing the law on mistake in rape could help to change these social attitudes , even though for some time to come defendants might find themselves charged with rape because of such ingrained attitudes towards women . |
| 30 | Thus , ‘ responsible managers ’ seeking value for money under the FMI might find themselves confronting policy issues . |