Example sentences of "[pron] have find 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 | But , thinking the process through sensibly , I realised I needed to write an essay before winning the £200 , hence I had to find a suitable topic . |
| 4 | Within 10 minutes I had found a suitable love-nest at the Glasgow Green , some 200 yards from the High Court . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | That was all I needed … just when I had found a little peace at last . |
| 7 | I had found a harsh indifference . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | I 've found a super husband for Harriet . |
| 10 | — I have to find a new club as soon as i return from the USA and has spoken with Drillo , a tired-of-Leeds Frank say . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | I have found a comfortable position that could last for hours on the sofa in my front room . |
| 14 | It is even more useful when I have found a glaring mistake , have partially undone something and rehung the stitches inaccurately . |
| 15 | I have found a seasonal calendar , as shown in Table 1 , a useful reminder of the sequence of work through the year . |
| 16 | It is Signora Mancini who has turned these buildings into an attractive residence , and it is the lady 's exceptional talents and great love of country life which have found a true expression in the transformation of Residence Elena into a lovely property of character and charm . |
| 17 | Not bad going for most in modern industrial times , but even more so for people like 28-year-old Ewan , from Hamilton , who has found a new job as a salesman . |
| 18 | Her mum says : ‘ As far as I am concerned , she has found a great lad . |
| 19 | With her sensuous smile and her bare shoulders , she could be likened to a contented cat who knows she has found a good home . |
| 20 | The British assessment was that the United States had no long-term interest in Korea and had no scheme to extend sufficient economic or military aid to render a south Korean administration viable : ‘ It is probably therefore the American intention to pull out herself , as soon as she has found a face-saving formula for doing so . ’ |
| 21 | She has found a little place in the country . |
| 22 | The effect of vitamin A supplementation on such deaths has not been consistent in previous trials , though none has found a significant change . |
| 23 | Meredith thought it was the smile of the cat who 'd found a whole vat of cream . |
| 24 | You 've found a certain Paul ? |
| 25 | So you 've found a better job ? ’ |
| 26 | However , most cases of acne do improve with time , so once you 've found a suitable preparation , stay with it until nature finally cures the problem . |
| 27 | I hope , ’ she said politely , ‘ you 've found a nice hotel ? ’ |
| 28 | About three weeks ago , I was told by a voluntary worker for the homeless how she had found a 15-year-old girl , five months pregnant , sleeping on the concrete steps of a doorway in Charing Cross . |
| 29 | She had found a traditional-style establishment , full of oak beams and dried flowers , which specialised in meat grilled on an open fire in the restaurant itself . |
| 30 | She had found a retired garda sergeant and his wife , whose family had grown and scattered , leaving them with a large house and room to spare . |