Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | As they drove towards their refuge , they found themselves in a large station yard , now overgrown with weeds and bramble bushes and obviously derelict . |
| 32 | Having escaped from their field , two goats wandered around for a while until they found themselves in a rubbish dump . |
| 33 | In Algeria , they found themselves in a similar situation , fighting a war against the regular Algerian Army and the guerrillas of the Front Libération Nationale . |
| 34 | They found themselves in a cavernous room lined with scarred wooden workbenches and rows of metal hooks hanging from the ceiling . |
| 35 | They found themselves in a long corridor with one glass wall that looked out into a bright , modern , open-plan and spacious area . |
| 36 | The bell to announce the visiting hour had already been rung by the time they reached the hospital , and , after walking along corridors in the company of numerous people who carried flowers and parcels , they found themselves in a ward filled with beds and patients . |
| 37 | They found themselves in a long dark gallery above a massive room . |
| 38 | Again short of water , they found themselves after a brief sandstorm in the middle of a group of Italian vehicles . |
| 39 | They found themselves among a throng of about 10 at a Workers ' Revolutionary Party meeting at a local community centre . |
| 40 | In searching for an effective way of restraining wider areas , the German traffic planners again looked abroad for inspiration and again they found it in a near-neighbour . |
| 41 | After a time they used me as a courier : everybody else on the staff thought they were being watched . |
| 42 | Perhaps they used him as a mine-detector ! |
| 43 | When the eight- and ten-year-olds did produce causal connectives , they used them in a way appropriate to the deductive mode , by using because to introduce evidence and so to introduce a conclusion . |
| 44 | Of course the Scandinavians have been skiing for about 4,500 years , but they used it as a means of travelling across country , not as an activity in itself , that has only happened in the last hundred years . |
| 45 | They used it as a football for a bit — until it fell apart , then they saw the blood and got scared . |
| 46 | More likely , they sustained themselves by a mixture of both strategems . |
| 47 | They described themselves as a ‘ movement ’ for the simple reason that ‘ movements ’ tend to be better things ( implying progress and struggle for right against entrenched powers ) than ‘ establishments ’ or ‘ institutions ’ . |
| 48 | Oh there was this interview with Mick Jagger yeah but like it must have been written about cos they described him as a neanderthal rocker . |
| 49 | Both leaders admitted that several issues remained unresolved by the treaty , but they described it as a good basis for the development of future bilateral relations . |
| 50 | Erm I would imagine Tukuse that the the difference that you put in difference that you would get between the reportage , to use a French expression , of Princess Diana 's abdication from public life was probably quite pronounced between say for example the Sun newspaper and the Independent newspaper I would imagine that the Independent newspaper probably did n't play in any great significance , it was probably on the front page , perhaps not with a picture but erm there was a couple of columns of report erm the Independent is famous as being the newspaper which when Prince Charles and Lady Diana got married many years ago , they reported it with a single paragraph saying Prince Charles and Diana , the whole world went made at the Royal Wedding and the Independent had one paragraph , which many people , including myself , said right on . |
| 51 | They reported it as a negligent discharge during a change of the guard . |
| 52 | … In the present case it is not even averred that the defendants knew of the pregnancy of the plaintiff 's mother when they received her as a passenger ; it is merely averred that in fact she was then quick with child , viz. with the plaintiff , to whom she subsequently gave birth . |
| 53 | They played it as a duet , perfectly teamed , at the fast pace the piece demanded , rollicking and dramatic . |
| 54 | After a long struggle David and Greg managed to extricate the pilot from the tangled control panel and administered oxygen to help his breathing ; then together , with help from the paramedics , they transferred him to a stretcher . |
| 55 | She says they condemned her to a lifetime of pain and disability . |
| 56 | ‘ We 're sisters and spinsters , ’ they told me with a laugh ; but , more importantly , members of The Waterford and District Friends of Ancient Monuments Society . |
| 57 | ‘ They drove us to a lonely creek , ’ she said . |
| 58 | They bundled him into a car and drove him to a car park at the rear of Dysart Police Headquarters and afterwards to an isolated road . |
| 59 | They bundled him into a van , tied him up and threatened to douse him in petrol and set him on fire . |
| 60 | They filled her with a deep , purple-rich sadness that was almost like happiness . |