Example sentences of "[adv] find [pn reflx] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You give a good firm aid that would have your youngster wandering gently off to the left and suddenly find yourself falling off the side because the old hand did a sharp left turn ! |
| 2 | Er we do have to get involved with the community and we just find ourselves drawn into the community without any real problems . |
| 3 | This means that you often find yourself moving in the opposite direction to the one intended which , of course , is extremely annoying . |
| 4 | For every bright-eyed wagon train or trail blazing adventure , there are a dozen Westerns dealing with lawmen or outlaws who have outlived their times and now find themselves constrained by the pettiness of a civilisation which is rarely grateful for the way they have cleared the ground for its progress . |
| 5 | As one who grew up in the Dark Ages and is , as a result , spiritually stunted and psychologically scarred , I regularly find myself cringing at the sight of moaning footballers and speculating , in a twisted fashion , on how much better they might play if all the energy spent on operating the jaws were to be concentrated on getting on with the game . |
| 6 | They simply find themselves categorised by the limp thinking of economic commentators . |
| 7 | Between ourselves , I sometimes find myself struggling with the reality of living in a Church which patently does not live out the implications of all this . |
| 8 | A man may show an interest in a woman , simply wanting to try out his style , and then find himself ensnared by the admiration and attention she beams at him . |
| 9 | When we then find ourselves confronted by the weary who need sustaining , both in personal conversation and in public worship alike , we have this reservoir to draw on . |
| 10 | Would she , Celia , then find herself relegated to the nursery ? |