Sentence examples for find himself in the position from inspiring English sources

He may soon find himself in the position of Aesop's shepherd boy who cried "wolf" once too often.

Whenever he makes eye contact, he resembles a rabbit in the headlights, as if still bemused to find himself in the position of Next Big Thing at all.

And when Harry is sent to investigate the killing of the first rapist, additional victims, killed in the same way, start turning up; thus, Harry will ultimately find himself in the position of turning up evidence against, and having to arrest, Jennifer.

"I think what we have got is a stable minority government," he said, trying to counter speculation that he might find himself in the position of Pierre Trudeau, a former prime minister, who was forced to negotiate with the New Democratic Party on almost a daily basis to remain in power in the early 1970's.

With the scholars out of the way and no legislature to replace them, the sultan found himself in the position of near-absolute ruler.

And when their proposal was given funding from the Wellcome Trust, McGregor found himself in the position of commissioning his first score: Tavener's reworked and full-length Laila.

Its interim chairman at the time said that Halsall had often "found himself in the position of taking responsibility for issues when others should have been alongside him".

But Mr. Holbrooke, who declined to comment, has found himself in the position of a general from a defeated army who must now seek peace.

In "honey bear," a short-story writer who has spent years as the weakest link in a love triangle finds himself in the position to claim the woman he loves, when his best friend -- and the woman's husband -- absconds.

Michael Meehan, a police detective, found himself in the position of being on the receiving end of a notification, when his brother, Damian Meehan, a trader at Carr Futures, was found on Monday.

Now, of course, Wayne Brown finds himself in the position of coming in from the cold to fill in for Ryan Clarke, possibly in the high-pressure environment of the play-offs.