Example sentences of "find ourselves [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We scrambled up the track and found ourselves beside the inevitable little mountain railway . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | As we slowly descended , the mist cleared a little , and we found ourselves amid sheep pastures … ’ wrote the late Louis Littman , a successful businessman , when he and his wife first saw Ashley Chase with a view to buying it . |
| 4 | 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 … ’ |
| 5 | And so it was that on the first Monday after New Year , about midnight , we found ourselves on an icy road in County Cavan heading for the checkpoint , having just driven up from Dun Laoghaire , where we had disembarked from the Holyhead ferry . |
| 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 | We crossed to the island of Krk at 16:30 and found ourselves on what was virtually a single track ‘ road ’ heading for the town of Krk . |
| 9 | When at last we emerged into the open we found ourselves on a plain , perhaps a mile wide , lying between the hills and the river . |
| 10 | Finally , helped by a rope suspended from the cliff top , we found ourselves on the central plateau . |
| 11 | With still hours to go before the match we had another little walk about , somehow we found ourselves on Park Lane . |
| 12 | Apart from our regular rehearsals we often found ourselves at a loose end and would all troop round together . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | So for various reasons , we actually found ourselves at . |
| 15 | Beyond the 6th of October bridge we found ourselves amongst an agitated crowd . |
| 16 | But to start our adventure story at the beginning … long before we visited Bali , we escaped the ashram walls of Subud in Java , raised some money to make our first film , and found ourselves amongst a tribe who literally believe their ancestors descended from the stars in skyships . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | We suddenly found ourselves in the Turkish baths with a dozen nude men . |
| 22 | The Backs always attracted me , even in a winter fog , and we eventually found ourselves in King 's College Chapel for what I think must have been the very first of the annual carol concerts . |
| 23 | Some way along the journey , we inexplicably found ourselves in a Tesco car park in Derby . |
| 24 | We again found ourselves in a situation where we had to descend because of icing . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | Yes , erm , we found ourselves in , rather to go back . |
| 27 | Erm from there we went into this purpose built flat above a grocers shop , it was meant for the manager of the grocers shop , but he had better sense and so the flat became available for letting to the Borough Council who at the insistence of the owners of the house we were in , erm , were anxious to get their property back and so we found ourselves in a brand new flat , the first tenants , although this was not very highly to be recommended , you approached your flat up er stone staircase , er from the outside so you exposed to the elements er you then walked across the roof , flat roof over the shops until you came to your flat door , erm , Islington at that time was just beginning the , to see the influx of immigrants from the colonies as they were in those days and er , they in turn created much heavier demand on what little vacant property there was , so that the district rapidly deteriorated and for many people who were not in the fortunate position that we were found it necessary or desirable to leave because they were sharing rooms or sharing houses with people whose ways of life were different from theirs and this is something I think that housing authorities learnt to appreciate over the years that the differences between people 's ways of life are one of the major causes of social distress . |
| 28 | A team of divers that included myself once found ourselves in such a situation . |
| 29 | We found ourselves in a wide desert street , lined unevenly with flat adobe buildings , the same dun colour as the street and the surrounding desert . |
| 30 | 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 . |