Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] find [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT was on a very wet Saturday afternoon that I found myself on the top of the North Downs observing whiffs of smoke emerging from a boiler which to all intents and purposes was standing among a mountain of waste metal in a field almost miles from anywhere . |
| 2 | ‘ I have to confess that I find nothing in the current stock of recent coursebooks to compare in originality or methodological advance with the vastly popular Headway series … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I have to confess that I find nothing in the current stock of recent coursebooks to compare in originality or methodological advance with the vastly popular Headway series … ’ — Coursebooks for the '90s , EFL Gazette |
| 4 | ‘ I heard about Froggy , ’ he said , ‘ and that you found him with the shaft of a golf club stuck through his gullet , ’ he finished brightly . |
| 5 | He did not say what it was but it may be that we found it in the safe this morning . |
| 6 | Not much else is needed to prompt a visit than a map and some route descriptions , so thus it was that we found ourselves between the Vénéon and the Etançons on the campsite at La Bérade in August . |
| 7 | Another potential problem for patients is that they find themselves in the role of information-giver , and it is often information of a very personal nature . |
| 8 | I have argued elsewhere that Pound was prepared to take instruction , as well as to give it ; that when he first came to London in 1908 , he was looking for masters to whom he might apprentice himself ; that he found them in the Irishman W.B. Yeats and the maverick Englishman Ford Madox Ford ( whose professionalism about writing still denies him in England the recognition that he gets abroad ) ; and ( so I have speculated , though I know it can not be proved ) that Pound sought the same relationship with another Englishman , Laurence Binyon , who was too cagey to go along with the idea . |
| 9 | Then I get this hot feeling at the back of my head and everything goes funny and I find myself on the floor . |
| 10 | And I find myself on the pavement … crowds yelling … men surging towards the entrance , trying to get in , police with truncheons swinging — then my most terrifying experience . |
| 11 | Then , as my breath has now returned to me and I find myself in the company of my bestest friend , it is my considered opinion that we proceed together upon the epic journey and face as one whatever adventures lie before . ’ |
| 12 | Then it stopped and I found myself on the side opposite to her . |
| 13 | Then the talk turned to the West and I found myself at the centre of questions . |
| 14 | The scene shifted and I found myself at the head of a stairwell , aware that yet another place might be reached but only by somersaulting over the banister and walking my feet down the opposite wall as one might descend a defile in a crag . |
| 15 | ‘ I suppose I took the wrong path , ’ he said , ‘ and I found myself at the edge of a cliff . ’ |
| 16 | The chair was comfortable but low and I found myself in the disconcerting position of having to look up at him while we spoke . |
| 17 | The WAAF suddenly wound the chair back and I found myself in the semi-prone position with the white bulk looming over me . |
| 18 | I knew roughly what I was looking for and I found it on the floor under a seat frame from which the seat had been removed . |
| 19 | But I fancy that if I found myself on the field of Waterloo with a foot missing , or in a dentist 's chair without benefit of anaesthetic — a future form of laudanum — or faced with a work-situation in which my family were slowly being starved and degraded , then my conclusions might reasonably be the same . ) |
| 20 | Then , on an impulse , I retraced my steps following the run of the old water washout pipes until I found myself in the remains of what must have been the old boilerhouse . |
| 21 | His dark eyes met hers as if he felt her surreptitious appraisal , and she found herself at the receiving end of that long , sardonic smile . |
| 22 | Here the lane ended , and she found herself by the Green , facing the tiny weather-beaten church . |
| 23 | I mixed it up when I wrote it down If you find something in the text books looks about right and similar to that , use the text book version , I might have written it down wrong . |
| 24 | Helping an elderly parent through her sorrow can be a long , hard haul , but very rewarding in the end — not only in terms of her recovery , but also because , if you find yourself in the same position in later years , you will look back on this experience you shared with her and find that it has left you with a far deeper understanding of grief , and a greater confidence in the healing power of time to see you through your own period of adjustment to loss . |
| 25 | If you find yourself in the position of having to land the model some distance away ( which you will ) , here again they will be of great help . |
| 26 | ‘ Let God be God ’ and we find ourselves on the path of discipleship . |
| 27 | Then our small boat began to go down and we found ourselves in the water . |
| 28 | Whether you choose a chateau hotel or stay in stately homes where families take in guests , splendour is the word and we found it at the majestic Chateau de Noirieux in Briollay , Anjou . |
| 29 | Traffic began to peter out and they found themselves in the middle of extensive minefields . |
| 30 | David pushed open one of the french windows and they found themselves in the library . |