Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] not find " in BNC.
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| 1 | Würstchen did not find peaceful slumber easy to attain at Death Bivouac . |
| 2 | Lenin did not find it necessary to discuss the issue in his elaboration of the party programme in 1895–6 . |
| 3 | ( HMI did not find this an important objective of existing appraisal schemes in the mid-1980s . ) |
| 4 | Since Marvell did not find ‘ Fair Quiet … and Innocence ’ in ‘ busy companies of men ’ he entered into his garden and discovered them there , also as ‘ sacred plants ’ unable to grow outside in the barren landscape of reality . |
| 5 | He could not see why Anna did not find her dull . |
| 6 | He had made this clause to ensure Jamie did not find himself in Charles 's power as he grew up . |
| 7 | By contrast , Britain did not find much support across the OEEC for its proposal to exclude agriculture from the free trade area . |
| 8 | While de Gaulle did not find it difficult to detect what was in the air , there was little that he could do to influence Allied planning directly . |
| 9 | ‘ No , we think the Luciferi did not find it . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , although the case for the benefits of the retrospective conversion of the Library 's General Catalogue was accepted , SOED did not find it possible to fund the project in 1991–92 . |
| 11 | But Laurence Olivier did not find fatherhood easy . |
| 12 | Only one trial in Asia did not find significantly lower child mortality with vitamin A supplementation ; however , even in that trial , the lower 95% confidence interval on the ratio of the mortality rates was below 0.81 . |
| 13 | It appeared that Charles did not find it offensive . |
| 14 | George did not find it easy shooting Lennie and he hesitated to think before pulling the trigger , when the ranchmen emerged out of the bush . |
| 15 | In the gelada 's natural habitat the Dunbars did not find an extreme seasonality in food availability , especially since geladas could switch from grass to rhizomes and bulbs as the key dry-season diet . |
| 16 | Suddenly Comfort did not find their double-act funny any longer . |
| 17 | The music finally chosen helped greatly in creating a sombre mood , but John did not find it interesting or easy to work with . |