Example sentences of "ourselves [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet it was inevitable , given our subject matter , that we should find ourselves caught in the inherent conflict between fact and faith . |
| 2 | If we examine what it is one participant is ready to see that other participants might read into a situation and what it is that will cause him to provide ritual remedies , followed by relief for these efforts , we find ourselves looking at the central moral traditions of Western culture . |
| 3 | We followed a pleasant bridle path through trees and soon found ourselves listening to the sweet bubbling song of a black cap . |
| 4 | For example , particles like well , anyway , by the way require some meaning specification in a theory of meaning just like all the other words in English ; but when we come to consider what their meaning is , we shall find ourselves referring to the pragmatic mechanisms that produce implicatures . |
| 5 | If justice reigns at all , we will find ourselves barred at the first threshold of the underworld . |
| 6 | We like mixed-ability teaching in principle — but it 's such hard work ( if you 're not going to cop out and use worksheets all the time ) that we find ourselves longing for the good old days of streaming . |
| 7 | 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 . |