Example sentences of "i [vb past] myself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But I fancy that if I found myself on the field of Waterloo with a foot missing , or in a dentist 's chair without benefit of anaesthetic — a future form of laudanum — or faced with a work-situation in which my family were slowly being starved and degraded , then my conclusions might reasonably be the same . ) |
| 32 | I was not prepared to commit myself completely in every situation , as I found myself as the actor and the spectator at the same time . |
| 33 | Before I had really recovered , I found myself at the railway station , where I said goodbye to Dulcie and we went our separate ways , promising to keep in touch , as one does . |
| 34 | Then the talk turned to the West and I found myself at the centre of questions . |
| 35 | The scene shifted and I found myself at the head of a stairwell , aware that yet another place might be reached but only by somersaulting over the banister and walking my feet down the opposite wall as one might descend a defile in a crag . |
| 36 | ‘ I suppose I took the wrong path , ’ he said , ‘ and I found myself at the edge of a cliff . ’ |
| 37 | In a short while , limping and protesting , I found myself at the local prison , pushed into a filthy stinking room with some two dozen other malefactors . |
| 38 | When I tried to place a bet at the Tote at Cheltenham not long ago , I found myself behind a queue of Irish priests . |
| 39 | Wandering on , I found myself among dreary council flats , improved by a figure of Joseph holding the Baby high on a wall . |
| 40 | I started not having much time for the French and the Walloons , which is to say the French-speaking Belgians , when I found myself among them in 1944 . |
| 41 | Well er ha you know I found myself after Budgie managing a singer called Leo and that led to a lot of interesting business and getting involved an , and I sort of forgot Adam Faith for ten years and just got diverted really . |
| 42 | The chair was comfortable but low and I found myself in the disconcerting position of having to look up at him while we spoke . |
| 43 | And yet , alighting in the sunshine from the trembling train I found myself in a space transfigured by the three stages of the passage through the underworld that is matinee cinema : the transition from day to night ; the day for night of the viewing ; the transition back to daylight . |
| 44 | ( For some reason I found myself in Charlbury last week — about 15 miles from where I thought I was , and ought to have been ! ) |
| 45 | I stayed there for a week in January and for once I found myself in the overworked brochure cliche : Marrakech is a city of contrasts and a fascinating blend of the old and new . |
| 46 | I found myself in the curious position of being the sponsor minister of the industry and also the minister ultimately answerable for health service spending . |
| 47 | I found myself in a grey council estate that faced the river . |
| 48 | Without knowing how , I found myself in the smart medieval quarter again . |
| 49 | I found myself in a smart town square surrounded by glittering bars , hotels and souvenir shops . |
| 50 | All of a sudden , I found myself in a festive gathering , as I had absent-mindedly gatecrashed an exhibition launch at the Gallery of Photography . |
| 51 | I was terrified of him , but I found myself in a horrible Catch 22 situation . |
| 52 | But afterwards , I found myself in the dim bathroom of my hut staring at a haunted face . |
| 53 | A helpful , somewhat overstated hotel doorman gave me instant directions , from which I found myself in the shadow of Vine Street facing what seemed to be a series of rear entrances to a rather less than impressive warehouse . |
| 54 | Then , it was elbow-dodging for the first few hundred yards , but after a mile I found myself in front . |
| 55 | I found myself in pursuit , not out of choice , but because I was being chased by the mob behind . |
| 56 | I had to get my passport done , my parents ' written permission because I was only seventeen and I found myself in Paris two days later . |
| 57 | She barked back , the door slid open wide enough for me to enter and I found myself in a roomful of dames all with rigor mortis of the third-finger-of-the-left-hand . |
| 58 | I found myself in a rough cubicle with a torn curtain hanging to approximately knee-height . |
| 59 | SUPERNOVAE Starfield Guitars I did n't know exactly what to expect upon opening these guitar cases , but I found myself in danger of becoming seriously enthusiastic about the contents … |
| 60 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge . |