Example sentences of "[noun] find [pers pn] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Pascoe found her a great deal of help in restoring his rather worn manly pride . |
| 2 | ‘ He gave me twelve months to find him a bigger place , ’ recalled Thomas . |
| 3 | Visitors found it a lovely house , full of air and hospitality . |
| 4 | Emmie found it a dreadful sound . |
| 5 | ‘ It would have been terribly unfair to him and any possible new owners to find him a new home when he was in such a terrible state . |
| 6 | As well as admiring Modigliani 's talent , Zborowski found him a romantic figure , living a life he would have liked to lead . |
| 7 | OK — and there s more futba to come — Leeds on SkySport this Sunday ; guess i find me a little pub here in Trondheim which showes the game live . |
| 8 | The father found him a ready substitute for his own dead infant son , Philip , and often called the young writer ‘ Phil ’ . |
| 9 | Darlington borough councillor Paul Geldart last night revealed how Mr O'Hare had begged the authority to find him a new home . |
| 10 | But Wilson had been immeasurably kind to him , found a place for a very square peg in his government and , in 1967 , when he no longer had room in his government for Wigg , created him a peer and was at pains to find him a suitable job as chairman of the Horserace Betting Levy Board . |
| 11 | As she increasingly became a historical figure herself , people found her a fascinating source of history for the inter-war period . |
| 12 | He laughed , ‘ I 'll have no trouble finding you a good husband . ’ |
| 13 | Most respondents found it a useful medium for aiding some cosmetic task or other . |
| 14 | The professionals found it a tough test , with Wirral 's Andy Mitchell returning the only sub par round in the 36-hole event . |
| 15 | First , because of membership of the EMS , wage-bargainers and price-setters in other countries may take particular notice of the DM exchange rate and inflationary trends ( if any ) in the Federal Republic ; second , over a period of time , wage and price responses in other countries might evolve towards the German norm ; third , it may simply be that in a period when for fundamental social and political reasons the control of inflation came to assume dominance in policy-making , policy-makers found it a useful discipline to conduct their fiscal and monetary affairs in such a way as to stabilise the exchange rate against the DM . |
| 16 | My ladies find it a sad chore since reading Latin does not come easily to them , and after a day spent poring over official parchments my own eyes ache so . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ He claims that I employed him as an assistant in order to find him a real job . ’ |
| 18 | The older women found it a terrible strain . |
| 19 | We are fortunate inbeing able to use the video camera at training weekends and once you have over come the shock of seeing yourself , most students find it a valuable addition to their training . |
| 20 | Those who worked for ‘ Laura Ashley ’ at this time found it a mixed experience . |
| 21 | The dealer found him a difficult artist to deal with . |