Example sentences of "[coord] find [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.

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1 By the end of that season , when he won his first championship by a large margin , I had little doubt who had achieved the triumph : Niki is no braggart , but in the first of many longish talks , he explained to me that his nature was such that he really just could n't stand the second-rate ; and if you saw the second-rate around you , you had a clear choice — either you cleared out and found yourself the first-rate or you simply demanded that second-rate people became first-rate .
2 He had little success , however , in his efforts to persuade the Dutch that Sukarno was a man with whom they could do business and found himself a reluctant pig in the middle , reviled by one side as a fascist imperialist and by the other as an irresponsible revolutionary .
3 Then a bearded man in a bowler hat and overcoat came in , looked around and found himself a seat in a corner .
4 There was a gulph [ sic ] between slavery and freedom which could neither be filled up nor closed over and across which the slave must leap ere he alighted on the other side and found himself a free man .
5 He came here with my grandmother when he was in his early twenties , changed his name from Vassilakas to Vass and found himself a job in the only trade he knew .
6 Tonight he had been immersed in scenes of Mafia violence and found himself the next moment slumped in the Chesterfield staring at silver snow on the screen .
7 When there were not games he disappeared into the library and found himself the only person in the building .
8 FOOTBALL fan Andy Meek went to watch his team York City in action yesterday — and found himself the match sponsor .
9 At Yanto 's suggestion they had each gone off and found themselves a long thin stick apiece .
10 There is a story that two painters had been drinking until dawn and , on hearing the news of the occupation on the radio , went out and found themselves an inspector of police .
11 Alter Judy became pregnant in the lower sixth at school , she left and found herself a tutor for her A-level English , and also attended maths classes at the local college .
12 Alina scrambled up alongside , and found herself a rock just a couple of feet lower than his own .
13 Deputy editor Janette Marshall went to interview him recently ( see p.36 ) and found herself a late arrival at his impromptu wedding breakfast .
14 After she had given Miguel time to pay the bills and get away , she retraced her steps and found herself a table at a café in an arcade in one of the ornamental squares by a pretty fountain .
15 The Berne-bound goods train was standing on the next track down ; all he had to do was cover the twenty yards between the two tracks and find himself an empty freight car .
16 Try and find yourself a nice , decent husband and settle down .
17 Why do n't you follow in your workmate 's footsteps and find yourself a salaried job in London ? ’
18 ‘ In that case , perhaps you 'd better just pay off your debt to me and find yourself a job as a salesgirl in some shop .
19 After graduating , however , you may wish to broaden your scope and find yourself an alternative form of payment .
20 Or perhaps she could be like Merlyn Joseph and find herself a rich man who would install her in a yacht .
21 ‘ If you have nothing better to do than prop up buildings , will you kindly go and find yourself a street corner and not clutter up my department !
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