Example sentences of "[conj] find [pron] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It really is quite simple , but there are a few basic rules you must adhere to if you do n't want to flood the canal system or find yourself adrift in the middle of the night ! |
| 2 | The memory of those sensitive hands , the clean square nails , the single white streak in his hair , would fill her mind with agony , and she would go on reading her book without taking in a word , or find herself deaf to the fact that the tape she was playing had long since finished . |
| 3 | It was just by chance that I turned up at one of the early meetings of the first lesbian liberation groups in London and found myself involved in the early debates around socialist feminism , radical lesbianism , the Women 's Movement and the sixth demand which named women 's right to a self-defined sexuality . |
| 4 | He switched on his torch and found himself alone in the office . |
| 5 | ‘ I examined the two bottles for prints and found nothing identifiable on the hydrochloride , but on the nux vomica bottle there were fresh prints of the deceased 's left hand and on the stopper good prints of the forefinger and thumb of his right hand . |
| 6 | He went into the whole ritual and found nothing open to the charge that it encouraged superstition . |
| 7 | She woke and found herself alone in the bed ; a door closed and she identified the sound . |
| 8 | and find you wide-eyed with the curtains back |
| 9 | It must have been creepy for you , going into that empty house and finding something nasty behind the door … hey , that 'd make a title , would n't it ? |
| 10 | ‘ We investigated , as we are obliged to , but found nothing wrong at the club . ’ |