Example sentences of "find yourself [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It must be strange , ’ she said slowly , ‘ to have been part of the Revolution and then to find yourself on the opposite side from people you fought beside . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Alternatively , you might have found yourself without the ready money you needed to snap up a bargain — like that washing machine you saw in the sales . |
| 5 | on finding yourself at the wrong lane at a junction should you A stay in it and miss your road , B and wait until you can change or C signal and move over quickly ? |
| 6 | ‘ You have an unhappy knack , Michael Riven , of finding yourself in the thick of things . |
| 7 | You could find yourself in the ludicrous situation where you have to take them out of the country for half-an-hour and take them back in again . |