Example sentences of "[noun] find it [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Visitors found it a lovely house , full of air and hospitality .
2 Emmie found it a dreadful sound .
3 Patrick 's Hill was so long and steep that even pedestrians found it an excessive strain , and its footpaths had been layered with sets of steps at regular intervals to make the ascent tolerable .
4 Eventually , John summoned up courage to ask permission to use different music : Ravel 's two-handed piano concerto in G. Presumably he was happier working with that , but few people found it an apt choice for the subject of the ballet , about a witch who destroys her lover .
5 It was an admirable venture and most of the Girls found it an exciting place to stay .
6 Most respondents found it a useful medium for aiding some cosmetic task or other .
7 The professionals found it a tough test , with Wirral 's Andy Mitchell returning the only sub par round in the 36-hole event .
8 So , when Caine told Peter Langan that he was interested in setting up a British restaurant along the lines of La Coupole , Langan found it an irresistible proposition .
9 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 .
10 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 . ’
11 When police found it a few minutes later they looked inside expecting to find the baby but the back seat was empty .
12 The older women found it a terrible strain .
13 Yet some people seem to learn to live with imperfection and others find it an impenetrable barrier .
14 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 .
15 Those who worked for ‘ Laura Ashley ’ at this time found it a mixed experience .
16 during its limited period of service with the RAF , most aircrew who flew the B–29 found it an enjoyable experience ; a good stepping stone into the age of the jet bomber .
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