Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time we lowered ourselves over the bergschrund and had descended the soggy snow of the glacier , the sun was dipping below the satellites of Mt Blanc . |
| 2 | A short bubble-ride up to 1850m brought us to L'Altipiano , where we fortified ourselves for the afternoon 's skiing with a lengthy and very enjoyable lunch . |
| 3 | We scrambled up the track and found ourselves beside the inevitable little mountain railway . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This we did , for in about an hour and a quarter from the time of our beginning the ascent , we found ourselves on the top of this dreadful precipice , and in possession of some very uncommon plants … ’ |
| 6 | Me and Sam missed our way and found ourselves on the edge of Foxton Mire . |
| 7 | Within three weeks I had handed in my dissertation , Lorne had assembled the rudimentary equipment , and with more bravado than common sense we found ourselves on the island of Celebes in the South China Sea . |
| 8 | Finally , helped by a rope suspended from the cliff top , we found ourselves on the central plateau . |
| 9 | But Robin still hungered for a night on the traps : so we found ourselves at the Harold Park Hotel , the crowds milling into the street , silhouetted against the lights of the adjacent Greyhound track . |
| 10 | We found ourselves in the kitchen where a well-groomed girl was washing up - one of the tasks for which residents were responsible in this co-operative household . |
| 11 | Jim Crow laws dictated that we all sit up in the coloured balcony , so we followed Earl up the stairs of the separate entrance , located to the right of the box office , and found ourselves in the highest tier of the auditorium . |
| 12 | It was only towards the end of my time in Spain , when we were in Ciudad Rodrigo for the Festival Taurino , that we once , quite by accident , found ourselves in the 69 position and went through with it successfully . |
| 13 | Though the CPRS had drawn up an agenda in four parts , starting with our relationship with the external world , we soon found ourselves in the middle of a second reading debate over the whole field . |
| 14 | We suddenly found ourselves in the Turkish baths with a dozen nude men . |
| 15 | ‘ After the success of ‘ Colour Of Spring ’ we found ourselves in the position we 'd always dreamed of , ’ explains Mark Hollis , the main force behind Talk Talk . |
| 16 | Squashed between the driver and the mechanic on top of the engine housing in the first truck , we found ourselves in the role of unwitting umpires , keeping the two men from each other 's throats . |
| 17 | We found ourselves in the middle of nowhere . |
| 18 | Then our small boat began to go down and we found ourselves in the water . |
| 19 | The City streets were fairly quiet of course , but as we passed into the suburbs we found ourselves in the midst of the Saturday morning shopping rush . |
| 20 | We found ourselves by the gloomy canal that runs through the north of the park . |
| 21 | Ramsay ensconced himself in the upper storey of the mill building , where he could gain as wide a view as possible . |
| 22 | He weighed himself on the bathroom scales . |
| 23 | While in Falmouth she was boarded by the crew of the ‘ Recruit ’ , a naval sloop of war , and a press-gang seized various members of her crew , including the unfortunate Jeffrey , who immediately found himself aboard the ‘ Recruit ’ under a Captain Lake . |
| 24 | In Cambridge that autumn he found himself without the steadying influence of Thomas Middleton , and without money . |
| 25 | He found himself with the duty of helping to make a vital decision for the Church of England at a moment in its destiny . |
| 26 | McLeish found himself on the verge of suggesting that a thoroughly unpleasant time in a New York jail might succeed in curing Tristram where all other methods , including exhortation , loving family support and a spell in a comfortable private hospital in Devon , had failed . |
| 27 | Asked what he would feel like if , on Sunday night , he found himself on the 18th tee tied for the lead , he replied that it could only be a ‘ shattering experience ’ . |
| 28 | So Bobby found himself on the carpet — on the silk dressing gown — and on Rachel ! |
| 29 | Thus Jeffrey found himself on the Island of Sombrero in the Leeward group . |
| 30 | When the election was won , most handsomely , Pym found himself on the backbenches . |