Example sentences of "i have found a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But by now I 'd found a new market — the Sunday papers .
2 Even though I 'd found a fine lady to take care of him .
3 Within 10 minutes I had found a suitable love-nest at the Glasgow Green , some 200 yards from the High Court .
4 By happy chance , I had found a private hotel only fifty yards from the Danube and which , unlike its skyscraper neighbours immediately across the river , such as the fashionable Intercontinental , did not cost vast sums of hard currency .
5 I had found a harsh indifference .
6 ‘ For six years you have dogged me wherever I went and now you have turned up here , where I thought I had found a safe haven . ’
7 I 've found a super husband for Harriet .
8 I have found a five-acre lake which has both deep and shallow water and I have heard that it holds a good head of carp averaging 8lb to 14lb with a distinct possibility of a 20-pounder .
9 To report on my own experience , I have found a surprising number of English people outside the academic world who have lived with the Sonnets , have taken them into their own experience , can quote with ease ‘ To me , fair friend , you never can be old ’ , or ‘ Shall I compare thee to a summer 's day ? ’ , or ‘ When , in disgrace with Fortune and men 's eyes ’ , or ‘ Let me not to the marriage of true minds/Admit impediment ’ .
10 I have found a comfortable position that could last for hours on the sofa in my front room .
11 It is even more useful when I have found a glaring mistake , have partially undone something and rehung the stitches inaccurately .
12 I have found a seasonal calendar , as shown in Table 1 , a useful reminder of the sequence of work through the year .
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