Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I do not , as a rule , take alcohol , the one glass of sherry I had with lunch enabled me to enjoy myself with the other guests . |
| 2 | I concerned myself with the wrong person , she thought . |
| 3 | Eliot had arranged with me beforehand that we should have a private meeting , and meanwhile I sank myself into the communal life of the place . |
| 4 | With jackdaws and Mambas both out of the frame , I found myself considering the bizarre idea that the storm had something to do with the disappearance of my dead sister 's remains . |
| 5 | Anyway , I did some radio interviews and I was quite taken aback when I found myself over the front page of the Evening Standard . |
| 6 | Stepping over a ridge along the floor , I found myself beside an immense open fireplace , all trace of grate and mantelpiece removed . |
| 7 | It was definitely time to say farewell and stepping down from the canal at that point I found myself on the very street of my son 's house . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I heard no more from the Head ( could someone have come worse than me ? ) and also I found myself in a new dorm filled with chaps who were in the top classes at school . |
| 10 | At the top I found myself in a wide gallery looking down onto the floor below . |
| 11 | Strangely , and almost coinciding with this modification to weight reduction , I found myself in a lack-of-petrol situation . |
| 12 | and I found myself in a bare street . |
| 13 | I found myself in a rough cubicle with a torn curtain hanging to approximately knee-height . |
| 14 | I was terrified of him , but I found myself in a horrible Catch 22 situation . |
| 15 | I found myself in a grey council estate that faced the river . |
| 16 | I found myself in a smart town square surrounded by glittering bars , hotels and souvenir shops . |
| 17 | I found myself in a large room , where the curtains were closed to allow no daylight in , and the candles were lit . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I found myself in an increasing dilemma at that school . |
| 20 | Last month , I found myself in an unknown place . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge . |
| 24 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge |
| 25 | The WAAF suddenly wound the chair back and I found myself in the semi-prone position with the white bulk looming over me . |
| 26 | ( Once , taking the night train from London to Paris , I found myself in the locked sleeping compartment of a locked coach in a locked hold beneath the waterline on a cross-channel ferry ; I did n't think of Jonah at the time , but perhaps my panic was related to his . |
| 27 | The chair was comfortable but low and I found myself in the disconcerting position of having to look up at him while we spoke . |
| 28 | By chance , I found myself in the royal apartments , a long , polished gallery where the freshly waxed wood winked in the sunlight and the walls shimmered with the exquisite tapestries hung there . |
| 29 | But afterwards , I found myself in the dim bathroom of my hut staring at a haunted face . |
| 30 | Without knowing how , I found myself in the smart medieval quarter again . |