Example sentences of "[pers pn] finds [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think she finds me much use . |
| 2 | She is uninterested in fame ; she may attract it , however , and although she finds it annoying , she can turn it to good account for the work she is doing . |
| 3 | Failure to talk about sexual needs may mean that the individual does not consider it to be a problem , or that he or she finds it embarrassing to discuss such matters . |
| 4 | On the other hand , she finds it difficult to take much interest in financial control , which means that there are sometimes errors in bills , and her unwillingness to ask walk-in guests for a deposit has led to the occasional bad debt . |
| 5 | She admits in the final analysis she finds it difficult to make sense of the ‘ gratuitous savagery ’ . |
| 6 | But what her eyes do n't actually see she finds it difficult to imagine . |
| 7 | Because I shall probably need some help here when I examine Mrs Cole , as she finds it difficult to move . ’ |
| 8 | Irene is in a great deal of pain at the moment her bad back is giving her trouble and she finds it difficult to walk . |
| 9 | She finds it hard to explain why , but ponders that it may have something to do with the religious faith she grew up with . |
| 10 | She is so slowed down by the dope slamming fifty visions of hell at her a second that she finds it hard to fight , hard to believe in her own anger , hard to believe in what she 's doing . |
| 11 | She is such a sincere person herself , she finds it hard to believe anyone can behave as you did . |
| 12 | She finds it hard to think clearly about Charles . |
| 13 | She finds it hard to get to sleep , unless she 's exhausted , and even then she sleeps lightly . |
| 14 | Says she finds it hard to . |
| 15 | She finds it disconcerting . ’ |
| 16 | She finds it convenient to live above the shop … |
| 17 | She finds it easier to say to herself , ‘ He might never have died , if only … ’ . |
| 18 | On the one hand , she finds it true that ‘ the definition of ‘ Almighty ’ means that there is no evil out of which good can not be brought' , while on the same page she writes that , ‘ if those theologies who assert that God is in total control of His creation are right , I can not worship Him ’ . |
| 19 | In particular , an organization that is given a task that is controversial and unpopular in many quarters , such as an organization charged to promote racial and sexual equality or one providing help to a stigmatized group such as vagrant alcoholics , may find that it is given an unclear mandate and is placed in a position in which it finds it hard to acquire ‘ legitimacy ’ for its activities . |
| 20 | If you want to dig the dirt your best hope is old Gooseneck , especially if he finds you attractive . |
| 21 | He finds it awkward , relying on touch . |
| 22 | In retrospect he finds it extraordinary that , with all the drinking he did , Philby was able to maintain his double life . |
| 23 | I make it sound as if he finds it easy … . |
| 24 | He finds it easy to sleep , wherever he is and in whatsoever position he finds himself . |
| 25 | Now , Colonel Bumford is very typical of the type of regular officer , who is so orthodox and cautious , he finds it safer to put off making decisions rather than risk wrong ones . ’ |
| 26 | It is necessary for the doctor and nurses to tactfully discuss this with Mr Reynolds although he finds it embarrassing ( Chapter 3 ) . |
| 27 | If he finds it necessary to copy , to study the work of other painters , or any way to seek for help out of himself , he may be sure that he has received nothing of that inspiration . |
| 28 | However , when he poses the question of whether his method could work as well for the class struggle as for the boxing match , Sartre admits that he finds it impossible to answer and returns instead to the much easier case of sub-groups . |
| 29 | He finds it sad that the USM and fund markets have not developed in the way that they were expected to at the outset . |
| 30 | Such an interpretation of the law of karma which may have satisfied orthodox Hindus is rejected by Gandhi out of hand , for he finds it inconceivable to divorce morality from religion . |