Example sentences of "[coord] find they " in BNC.
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| 1 | My friend in Holborn rang a friend who rang the Chelsea police and found they were taking the accusation very seriously . |
| 2 | They are largely women who have got to the top in other careers and found they could not go any further . |
| 3 | The police soon traced the couple 's movements and found they had made a number of telephone calls to Paris . |
| 4 | However , as professionals they were not content to act as mere checkers , but felt that they had an obligation to express an opinion of the work they saw before them , and found they had an extraordinary agreement with the views of Burn , much to the resentment of other judges . |
| 5 | I was lucky , bought the books , took the treasure home and found they only covered A to M. Nevertheless I found them interesting and still thought they were a bargain . |
| 6 | As a senior diplomat said last week : ‘ The people went out and found they were n't struck by lightning . ’ |
| 7 | Mitchum had arrived on the set for an early call and found they were nowhere near ready for him . |
| 8 | We 've tried these hangers ourselves , and found they worked exceedingly well on surfaces which normally required drilling and plugging . |
| 9 | No , representative Amnesty , all for , only known he had , I think it was Ann 's and he , Ann was out he did n't get her , I thought , no it was n't you , it was Ann , and he , and he could n't get her , I do n't understand quite what 's he talking about , but anyway , I phoned the Justice and Peace Group and found they 'd already , |
| 10 | I spent half an hour skiing Don 's bumps , and found they interesting and realistic to ski . |
| 11 | Fish done , spuds on , she got out the asparagus and found they were plastic ! |
| 12 | The French police ran a check on fingerprints , and found they 'd got Puddephat . |
| 13 | They all laughed and it helped to relieve the tension , but when they returned to the occupational health centre , far from being criticised for their performance , they heard only praise and found they were being treated as heroes . |
| 14 | The discovery was made at 11.30am after staff arrived at the pub and found they could not get in . |
| 15 | She likes the company of young people and finds they often talk to her about things they ca n't always discuss at home . |
| 16 | Julie now owns several different types of crystals and finds they have a comforting and calming influence whenever she feels stressed . |
| 17 | DELE FADELE meets our friends eclectic , and finds they are n't afraid to show their feminine side . |
| 18 | In the second , more optimistic ending , Pip returns to the forge after working abroad for eleven years and goes to Hoe and Biddy and finds they have a son , also called Pip . |
| 19 | First year university students are often left bewildered by the challenge of having to organise much of their study time and find they lack the necessary reference skills to work effectively . |
| 20 | Hence the two highly ‘ cultured ’ individuals who meet at a party and find they have nothing in common to talk about . |
| 21 | It is easy to slide tiles around and find they are back in some position they were in before . |
| 22 | At length they would turn the mirror on themselves and find they had no real identity , no positive channel for their new-born sense of racial selfhood . |
| 23 | Yeah if they if their churning out the stock that tu tend to churn out , I mean I go along for an enquiry for a few and find they 've got thousands in stock . |
| 24 | They might be surprised and find they like it . |
| 25 | This resulted in the children 's department undertaking general family case work and finding they lacked the power to provide much constructive help in many cases . |
| 26 | She wondered if this was all a dream and soon she would wake up and find they were still at Gatwick waiting to fly out to Palma . |
| 27 | Howard had tried all the proprietary athlete 's foot remedies , but found they were only partially effective ; the infection would always return with a vengeance within a few days of discontinuing with the ointment or powder . |
| 28 | She started singing love songs , but found they were not enough to express her feelings . |
| 29 | In the latest they were called to the home of a man in his early 20s in Frenchgate , Richmond , but found they needed more equipment so took him back to the Richmond Fire Station and released the cuffs with a hacksaw and vice . |
| 30 | but finds they usually need persuasion first , |