Example sentences of "[adv] found a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marie 's eyes shone with the light of inspiration , as if she had suddenly found a purpose in life . |
| 2 | Well , sir , I thought I had only found a cook , but it was a crew I had discovered ! |
| 3 | In the fine structure proposed we have only found a tendency towards the B II state ( with ε-ζ values of roughly -30° compared to -90° in B I and +90° in B II ) . |
| 4 | Borland has obviously found a way around the problem of maintaining data integrity , performing operations on the data in those fields without causing logical conflicts within the databases . |
| 5 | Endill expected to bump into him again soon , but after several weeks had seen nothing of him and concluded he had finally found a way out . |
| 6 | But look on the bright side : we 've finally found a way of getting rid of Liverpool , too . |
| 7 | The Teessiders seemed to sense that the Rokermen were starting to wilt and in the 62nd minute it looked as though Middlesbrough had finally found a way through . |
| 8 | Scott switched on the radio , heard pop music , twiddled the frequency dial past classical and reggae and finally found a discussion programme . |
| 9 | As Julie finally found a parking space close to the bank the first droplets of rain were striking the windscreen of the car , like oversized tears . |
| 10 | Bryony had finally found a job she liked , after various bizarre false starts , and months on social security . |
| 11 | Departures are either from the bustling port of Peterborough , or from Milton Keynes , which has finally found a role for itself as East Anglia 's answer to Blackpool . |
| 12 | Yet the Labour leader has finally found a theme which can appeal to traditional Labour voters and , more crucially , also to those voters from the political centre who now feel disenfranchised . |
| 13 | The dress has been packed away , the wedding album has finally found a resting place and the honeymoon has become a fond but distant memory . |
| 14 | Yet Martha was a woman of courage , and she succeeded nobly in satisfying her hungry lodgers with wholesome fare , and spreading for them sheets a prince might fold around him ; and though the body was often weak , the spirit was lively , and soon found a way whereby to mount with ease over any difficulty that might arise in the government of her household or the entertainment of her hospices . |
| 15 | Disgusted with everything , he tramped out beyond the town , near to where the public ash dump was situated , and soon found a scene accurately reflecting his inner state . |
| 16 | She herself had soon found a niche in the shop , organising the part-time assistants , seeing to the wages , ordering stock , being a sort of general manager . |
| 17 | At any rate , he had soon found a garage , and one with a mechanic who worked on a Sunday . |
| 18 | I got a bit upset , but soon found a silver lining . |
| 19 | ‘ How about something really radical on the dangers of sunbathing without blocker ? ’ said Helena , who had just found a mole on her arm which had definitely not been there at the beginning of the summer . |
| 20 | I 've just found a note to myself saying that you 'd like a Harrap 's French-English Tin Tin au Pays des Mots — written at Christmas . |
| 21 | He has not just found a role for himself , which was something he had agonized over for years , but has used his position to lead an assault on the ills of modern society ; to try to alter people 's basic thinking , not just in an effort to improve their lives , but to persuade them of the need to preserve the planet for future generations . |
| 22 | Sergeant it 's P C Garfield , Sergeant Huddersfield and myself are at the Riverside Hotel , we 've just found a body in Miss Hall 's wardrobe room one O nine , well could you describe him ? |
| 23 | And that I have personally already found a problem . |
| 24 | A drawing by Webber , the artist assigned by the Admiralty to Cook 's third voyage , of Keelakekula Bay inscribed ‘ the Place where Captain Cook was killed ’ is reputed to have already found a buyer not far below its original purchase price . |
| 25 | Of course Marguerite would not be here unless she had already found a companion ; Alain would not have allowed it . |
| 26 | Long before then , however , the rose had already found a place in the heart of man . |
| 27 | P&P Plc has quickly found a buyer for its volume computer distribution business which should mean that it can reverse at least a part of the £8.9m provision it took against its most recent figures to cover costs of closure if a buyer could not be found . |
| 28 | Describing himself as the only bishop born , ordained , and consecrated in Scotland , Ewing nonetheless found a solution to the troubles of the Episcopal Church in its future alignment with , or incorporation into , the Church of England . |
| 29 | I 've always found a periscope to be a very useful accessory in these conditions . |
| 30 | Throughout history people have always found a need to worship a god and to understand something more about human life and spirituality . |