Example sentences of "[noun sg] she found [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the cafe she found Fosdyke nursing a malt whisky ( 'Kept for me specially by Carlo because I was once able to do him a favour' ) and the children occupied with a Space Invader machine for which he had advanced them hundred lire pieces . |
| 2 | At home she found Tom looking better , though serious . |
| 3 | Back at the cottage she found Rodney and Veronica in the kitchen picking over a pile of fungi . |
| 4 | A well-known story tells of a handsome young man who made love to a village girl on a river bank before they dozed together in the sun ; as she combed his hair she found weeds and shells , thus identifying the dreaded creature . |
| 5 | In the kitchen she found Ling busily filling the two food hampers , but when she offered to help his refusal was firm but polite . |
| 6 | In the kitchen she found Rodney stirring the contents of two saucepans and Veronica , John and a young man she did not know sitting at the table drinking wine . |
| 7 | In the kitchen she found Victorine tightly absorbed in skimming the thick skin off the saucepan of milk she had just boiled . |
| 8 | In the kitchen she found Cissie occupied in laying the table , while Richard was already seated there , his small chubby arms folded before him and his watchful green eyes following Cissie 's every move . |
| 9 | In the kitchen she found Veronica cooking and Rodney sitting at the table writing a list . |
| 10 | In the hallway she found Giovanna telephoning . |
| 11 | Her marriage was in ruins but here in this place she found peace . |
| 12 | Back in the sitting-room she found Ben packing the fire with tins filled with coal dust mixed with dried mud , and he turned to her , saying , ‘ One of these days you 'll go daft and buy some real coal . ’ |
| 13 | There was no reply , and when she returned to the living-room she found Vitor sprawled in the armchair , fast asleep . |
| 14 | She knew that he had tried to give her the impression that he was going off on a promiscuous adventure and expected this to arouse in her both admiration and jealousy , but as Lydia 's misdemeanours were more of the spirit than of the flesh she found promiscuity not merely sinful but foolish and disgusting . |
| 15 | When she returned home this morning she found Francis 's dog , Mitch , whimpering outside the back door . |
| 16 | Like her heroine in Prime Suspect she found success the hard way … |
| 17 | A mile along the beach she found relief . |
| 18 | At lunchtime she found Leon Kennedy in the morning room , dressed in a tweed jacket , soft shirt , tie , different ones from the day before . |
| 19 | She had made it a habit never to leave medicines lying about since the time she found Emma sucking a Panadol , thinking it was a mint , but thankfully then having the sense to spit it out when she found it was n't . |
| 20 | She had hoped for the opportunity of a quiet word with Iris , of trying to smooth her ruffled feelings before the day 's work , but to her surprise and annoyance she found Rose Kettle at their table and Brigitte laying a third place , while Dora , stony-faced , was sitting alone in the farthest corner . |
| 21 | Once Katharine had got the rhythm and coordination she found t much easier . |
| 22 | But when she reached the office she found concentration to be almost impossible , and within a short time she became impatient with herself . |