Example sentences of "i found [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Twenty-four years old he was when I found him in the provost 's prison in Paris , and paid his fine to get him for my own , him and that foster-brother of his whom you know well . ’ |
| 2 | In Hamburg and elsewhere I talked to several former U-boat captains and instead of the brash abrasive characters I had expected , I found them on the whole to be men of sensibility and humour . |
| 3 | Still on the subject of pets , I must n't forget Mrs. I found her under the millstone table outside the kitchen on a cold November evening . |
| 4 | Then I found her outside the kitchen door , crying , she 'd lost her shoes what with one thing and another and she was too ashamed to come back into the house . |
| 5 | I found her by the side of the house with her dog , looking like a complete tramp , with a patched-up old coat and hair all over the place . |
| 6 | I found her in the back kitchen , standing over the chef who was rolling out pastry . |
| 7 | I found her in the fog . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , I found her in the fog with a sprained ankle and no home or family , ’ said Joe , ‘ so I brought her here to help her get on her feet in all ways . |
| 9 | Then one day , before breakfast , I found her in the sitting room , and no longer had to rely on hearsay . |
| 10 | ‘ Sorry , Mrs Scamp , but I found 'em on the floor in the back of the cab . ’ |
| 11 | I knew roughly what I was looking for and I found it on the floor under a seat frame from which the seat had been removed . |
| 12 | At last I found it in the stern of the barge , a hole the size of a man 's fist as if someone had taken a hammer and smashed through the bottom . |
| 13 | ‘ I found it in the kitchen cupboard . |
| 14 | I found it in the kitchen — empty . |
| 15 | I found it in the armoury and hid it . |
| 16 | I mean I found it in the past , you know any infection what so ever just knocks you for six . |
| 17 | I found it in the TV room . |
| 18 | I know that was you but y you do n't , I mean I remember u the fire we used to have here and it was n't till I gave it to a friend , I mean we kept here for a year alright , lucky enough , we did n't use it anyway I gave to a friend who doing car boot , I found it in the attic an he said to me Brenda , he said , did you ever use this fire ? |
| 19 | I found it in the car . |