Example sentences of "found myself [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Anyway , I did some radio interviews and I was quite taken aback when I found myself over the front page of the Evening Standard .
2 With jackdaws and Mambas both out of the frame , I found myself considering the bizarre idea that the storm had something to do with the disappearance of my dead sister 's remains .
3 At the age of 30 , I suddenly found myself at a turning point in my life .
4 In a short while , limping and protesting , I found myself at the local prison , pushed into a filthy stinking room with some two dozen other malefactors .
5 The Mexican atmosphere was contagious and I soon found myself on a crowded coach bound for Mexico .
6 Sean recalled : ‘ I suddenly found myself on the same side as the shark and got out of the water as fast as I could .
7 It was definitely time to say farewell and stepping down from the canal at that point I found myself on the very street of my son 's house .
8 Stepping over a ridge along the floor , I found myself beside an immense open fireplace , all trace of grate and mantelpiece removed .
9 I found myself in a rough cubicle with a torn curtain hanging to approximately knee-height .
10 I heard no more from the Head ( could someone have come worse than me ? ) and also I found myself in a new dorm filled with chaps who were in the top classes at school .
11 and I found myself in a bare street .
12 Strangely , and almost coinciding with this modification to weight reduction , I found myself in a lack-of-petrol situation .
13 At the top I found myself in a wide gallery looking down onto the floor below .
14 Yet the magical city had not yet finished with me , for I somehow found myself in a dark little wood-panelled bar , with a cosy snug in the rear , and a counter near the door left over from the pub 's grocery-bar days at the turn of the century .
15 I wandered into the wholesale office of a big tobacco factory , and found myself in a dark panelled Victorian world of snuff counters , old polished scales for weighing out ounces of baccy and a snug with settle chairs .
16 I found myself in a smart town square surrounded by glittering bars , hotels and souvenir shops .
17 All of a sudden , I found myself in a festive gathering , as I had absent-mindedly gatecrashed an exhibition launch at the Gallery of Photography .
18 I found myself in a grey council estate that faced the river .
19 I found myself in a large room , where the curtains were closed to allow no daylight in , and the candles were lit .
20 I was terrified of him , but I found myself in a horrible Catch 22 situation .
21 I awoke , and found myself in a cold hillside .
22 ‘ And I just found myself in the right place at the right time ! ’
23 I found myself in the curious position of being the sponsor minister of the industry and also the minister ultimately answerable for health service spending .
24 I stayed there for a week in January and for once I found myself in the overworked brochure cliche : Marrakech is a city of contrasts and a fascinating blend of the old and new .
25 I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge .
26 I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge
27 The WAAF suddenly wound the chair back and I found myself in the semi-prone position with the white bulk looming over me .
28 When I made my way down its spiral staircase I found myself in the main thoroughfare of the town where I was born .
29 ( Once , taking the night train from London to Paris , I found myself in the locked sleeping compartment of a locked coach in a locked hold beneath the waterline on a cross-channel ferry ; I did n't think of Jonah at the time , but perhaps my panic was related to his .
30 But afterwards , I found myself in the dim bathroom of my hut staring at a haunted face .
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