Example sentences of "find yourself in " in BNC.

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1 Once through its portals you find yourself in a courtyard surrounded on three sides by the relatively undisturbed medieval manor , whose mullioned windows have sometimes been exchanged for sash .
2 His description was that ‘ it is easy to aim for the front room and find yourself in the kitchen ’ .
3 Still , if you ever find yourself in court , it might be interesting to plead ‘ pathological intoxication ’ .
4 Find yourself in the wrong place , with the wrong people — old buffers , young fogies , lager louts , a domino convention or two , the Vienna Boys ' Choir or the local rugby club — and your ‘ Fun Factor ’ plummets .
5 When you die you find yourself in the World of the Dead .
6 It 's a wonderful surprise to turn the corner , just yards away from the mayhem of the chairlift , and find yourself in wide , sweeping moorland , gently inclining up to the ridge .
7 Then , round a corner , you find yourself in the famous archaeological dig , which has been reconstructed where it took place , with the preserved tenth century buildings re-erected where they were found .
8 If you find yourself in this situation it is important to decide realistically how much you can do and to mark out these easy between a parent and child , it is not likely to improve at this stage .
9 For example , every time the telephone or doorbell rings , pause for two seconds before answering ( you may find this simple exercise harder than it might seem ! ) ; or , if you find yourself in a heated discussion or argument , count from ten to one before responding .
10 We live in filthy times , and if you find yourself in tune with the Zeitgeist you will know you are doing something wrong .
11 Helping an elderly parent through her sorrow can be a long , hard haul , but very rewarding in the end — not only in terms of her recovery , but also because , if you find yourself in the same position in later years , you will look back on this experience you shared with her and find that it has left you with a far deeper understanding of grief , and a greater confidence in the healing power of time to see you through your own period of adjustment to loss .
12 If something unexpected happens during an inner journey — perhaps one of your guides will appear when you were expecting your inner child , or you find yourself in a cave rather than on a riverbank — go with your own experience .
13 You walk towards it , and enter the passageway — and find yourself in another crystalline cavern , dazzling in its magnificence .
14 If you find yourself in the position of having to land the model some distance away ( which you will ) , here again they will be of great help .
15 However , if you find yourself in Socks ' predicament , with little or no influence over your major stressors , here 's my five-point psychological damage-limitation plan :
16 You can be in good shape , mentally , physically and spiritually , yet suddenly find yourself in a situation where destructive power from within seeks to engulf you .
17 IF YOU find yourself in a kitchen , making masturbatory gestures with a fistful of coffee at Diane Keen — sack your agent !
18 If you ever find yourself in ‘ goldfish-bowl VMC ’ at 3500ft over the Channel , this cockpit shadow is sometimes the only visual reference you might have , in an otherwise featureless horizon-wide vista .
19 Next , before you find yourself in a situation you ca n't control you need to know about contraception and safe sex .
20 The words are almost worth committing to memory to serve as a warning light when you find yourself in danger of making use of a similar situation .
21 I wo n't deny that there are quite a few ‘ Martini ’ moments in a freestyler 's life , when you find yourself in breathtaking surroundings , thinking ‘ it 's a hard day at the office ’ .
22 If you find yourself in this difficulty , first try to get out of it by using only compatible drives .
23 If you find yourself in difficulties of a personal nature , you can discuss them in confidence with your manager .
24 And I 've known you a lot longer than has your so-called friend Rainbow here , thanks to whom you now find yourself in this lousy fix . ’
25 How else would you get into the marvellous position that you find yourself in now ? ’
26 My concern is that you may , in b fact find yourself in a situation where you 're cementing yourself in to residential and institutional care at the expense of domiciliary care , and we 'll explain that later to you , er , as we go in .
27 You find yourself in defensive postures rather than fighting back .
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