Example sentences of "[vb past] ourselves [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | We scrambled up the track and found ourselves beside the inevitable little mountain railway . |
| 2 | Finally , helped by a rope suspended from the cliff top , we found ourselves on the central plateau . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | We suddenly found ourselves in the Turkish baths with a dozen nude men . |
| 6 | We found ourselves by the gloomy canal that runs through the north of the park . |
| 7 | Then we slipped into the kitchen , got up on the sink , and hauled ourselves into the little attic . |
| 8 | The world would be a more stable and therefore a better place if we extinguished ourselves in the same place where we first saw the light of day , and if we spent the intervening time in as small a circumference as a day 's walking permits . |
| 9 | Sir John asked as we warmed ourselves before the great fire whilst Lady Beatrice and Rachel served spiced wine . |