Example sentences of "we find [pron] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Finally , helped by a rope suspended from the cliff top , we found ourselves on the central plateau . |
2 | We found ourselves by the gloomy canal that runs through the north of the park . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | In our first encounter with Satan we find him within the burning lake of Hell , having fallen from such a great height to such a great depth and now engulfed in fire , licked by flames , seemingly in pain , according to Milton 's narration , yet still able to speak with an uncanny strength and courage against ‘ the potent Victor ’ ( I. 95 ) . |
5 | Perhaps we should not be too surprised when we find ourselves in the new world of quality primary care . |
6 | And I 'd like to explain since we find ourselves in the real world , rather than fantasy land , how we 've approached the subject of client server . |
7 | Back , back we find ourselves in the frustrating and confusing conceptual warp . |
8 | In such comments we find ourselves in the precise atmosphere of Rudolf Otto 's ‘ numinous ’ , the ‘ mysterium tremendum et fascinans ’ — the mystery that creates wonderment as well as terror — which surely accounts at least in part for the high level of religious feeling in Canadian folklore and literature ; not least in Leonard 's expression of it . |
9 | Pagan Greek literature does not have the phrase at all , and only twice do we find it in the Old Testament . |