Example sentences of "find [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But Robin still hungered for a night on the traps : so we found ourselves at the Harold Park Hotel , the crowds milling into the street , silhouetted against the lights of the adjacent Greyhound track . |
| 32 | We again found ourselves in a situation where we had to descend because of icing . |
| 33 | ‘ After the success of ‘ Colour Of Spring ’ we found ourselves in the position we 'd always dreamed of , ’ explains Mark Hollis , the main force behind Talk Talk . |
| 34 | Turned left when we felt like it , found ourselves somewhere near Compiègne . |
| 35 | Me and Sam missed our way and found ourselves on the edge of Foxton Mire . |
| 36 | Yes , erm , we found ourselves in , rather to go back . |
| 37 | Erm from there we went into this purpose built flat above a grocers shop , it was meant for the manager of the grocers shop , but he had better sense and so the flat became available for letting to the Borough Council who at the insistence of the owners of the house we were in , erm , were anxious to get their property back and so we found ourselves in a brand new flat , the first tenants , although this was not very highly to be recommended , you approached your flat up er stone staircase , er from the outside so you exposed to the elements er you then walked across the roof , flat roof over the shops until you came to your flat door , erm , Islington at that time was just beginning the , to see the influx of immigrants from the colonies as they were in those days and er , they in turn created much heavier demand on what little vacant property there was , so that the district rapidly deteriorated and for many people who were not in the fortunate position that we were found it necessary or desirable to leave because they were sharing rooms or sharing houses with people whose ways of life were different from theirs and this is something I think that housing authorities learnt to appreciate over the years that the differences between people 's ways of life are one of the major causes of social distress . |
| 38 | We 'd been warned to bring thick clothing but now found ourselves stuffing woolly hats into pockets and loosening scarves . |
| 39 | We scrambled up the track and found ourselves beside the inevitable little mountain railway . |
| 40 | So at 10.30 the next morning we found ourselves waiting at Lochranza , the most northerly point of the island . |
| 41 | We followed a pleasant bridle path through trees and soon found ourselves listening to the sweet bubbling song of a black cap . |
| 42 | A team of divers that included myself once found ourselves in such a situation . |
| 43 | One evening the Under-Secretary and the expatriate managed to call within minutes of each other and we found ourselves playing host to them both . |
| 44 | Beyond the 6th of October bridge we found ourselves amongst an agitated crowd . |
| 45 | We found ourselves in a wide desert street , lined unevenly with flat adobe buildings , the same dun colour as the street and the surrounding desert . |
| 46 | Squashed between the driver and the mechanic on top of the engine housing in the first truck , we found ourselves in the role of unwitting umpires , keeping the two men from each other 's throats . |
| 47 | Inside , after the bright desert light , we found ourselves blind in the darkness . |
| 48 | We found ourselves in the middle of nowhere . |
| 49 | Within three weeks I had handed in my dissertation , Lorne had assembled the rudimentary equipment , and with more bravado than common sense we found ourselves on the island of Celebes in the South China Sea . |
| 50 | But when curiosity got the better of us we found ourselves almost immediately drawn to a highland community where , like a long-awaiting gift , we were invited to build a house for about a thousand pounds on a verdant piece of property . |
| 51 | But to start our adventure story at the beginning … long before we visited Bali , we escaped the ashram walls of Subud in Java , raised some money to make our first film , and found ourselves amongst a tribe who literally believe their ancestors descended from the stars in skyships . |
| 52 | When we took off again we found ourselves climbing ever more steeply through jungled mountains . |
| 53 | At the end of every clawing tack we found ourselves back at almost the same place we had started ; we began to learn the realities of life aboard a Bugis prahu . |
| 54 | At one moment we were all saying more or less volubly that he could not possibly succeed ; the next we found ourselves travelling along behind him " . |
| 55 | Sapt and I left the room by a secret door , and we found ourselves outside , at the back of the palace gardens . |
| 56 | Now , Pat and I found ourselves nervously waiting to be let in . |
| 57 | Then our small boat began to go down and we found ourselves in the water . |
| 58 | We found ourselves by the gloomy canal that runs through the north of the park . |
| 59 | Those of us who stayed faithful to the project found ourselves isolated , our findings met by polite scepticism at best . |
| 60 | Taking the initiative , I led the way , following three skiers who looked as if they knew where they were going — they did n't , and we found ourselves poling for quite a long way before a unanimous decision to have an early lunch was taken . |