Example sentences of "[pers pn] found it [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Many of them found it easier to move on to the North American mainland after their indentures had expired . |
2 | Both of them found it difficult to express their feelings on the war , except in the third person , so strong were their views . |
3 | I found it boring , self-conscious and a good deal sketchier than the Balzac novella on which it 's based . |
4 | With the Cogelow tools , I found it necessary to grind new bevels completely for these tools to be useful for intricate ornament . |
5 | From an early stage in fieldwork I found it necessary to make a special index to notes which recorded what Zuwaya said about the past , for it was clear that these references and descriptions were recurrent themes . |
6 | Unfortunately , however , I found it necessary to resign from the board of Junior Tennis Centres . |
7 | I was so carried away by the wisdom of my hon. Friend 's question that I found it necessary to repeat it . |
8 | Be brave , she reminded herself , and kept her features composed when , ‘ Thank you , Fabia , ’ Ven began , and , seeming encouraged that she had stayed , ‘ To explain more fully why I found it necessary to be so brutal when you were such a delight … ’ |
9 | I found it intriguing that the image on the screen was almost indecipherable , especially when blown up to five and a half metres square . |
10 | The guys would chat me up , y'know , like — [ imitating an African accent ] ‘ I want you to be my wife ’ — and I found it all really flattering . |
11 | I found it all deeply depressing . |
12 | I was about ten at the time and I found it all a bit frightening . |
13 | I found it all very boring , especially when I got older , but kept my thoughts to myself . |
14 | Egypt is host to thousands of Sudanese students and workers , and most of them appeared to be assembled outside the gates of the embassy when I found it one morning in a leafy street not far from the Nile . |
15 | I found it stimulating , meeting authors and all that . |
16 | I found it despicable . |
17 | I found it fascinating reading . |
18 | It is compatible with a personal computer ; I found it simple to transfer Pro-File 's stored data and to display any dive profile . |
19 | The man in the bushes by the gate still worried her but I found it easy to isolate him from our friendship , although she felt now that he was trying to gas her ; the fumes from someone 's central heating outlet , discernible on the otherwise pure air , had inspired and confirmed her in this idea . |
20 | I found it easy to use during both non-decompression and decompression dives . |
21 | Well I found it easy . |
22 | ( The fact that I found it offensive to have to make any such argument for human equality shows that I was working with an ethical a priori approach , but I believe that a case can be made . ) |
23 | I found it invaluable last time I was doing i b you know if , if you say to somebody y you know come beforehand with what you 're doing well , what , where the difficulties are , what the obstacles are . |
24 | I found it helpful that Mrs McLaren behaved as naturally ( or perhaps as unnaturally ) as her companion had done . |
25 | I found it helpful to read the chapters on power ultrasound , commercially available equipment and scale — up considerations together . |
26 | I found it unbelievable at that time that boys would genuinely want to ask me out and found me attractive . |
27 | I go to a charming Chinese lady acupuncturist and although I detest needles I found it painless and relaxing and it helped me tremendously before and after the operations . |
28 | I found it odd that Robert had chosen to distinguish me alone as English and wondered how he saw himself and Lili and I found it odd that Lili had chosen to lay claim to Englishness . |
29 | I found it odd that Robert had chosen to distinguish me alone as English and wondered how he saw himself and Lili and I found it odd that Lili had chosen to lay claim to Englishness . |
30 | I found it odd that they were building on the most exposed and inconvenient site on the hill , though the view was no doubt prodigious . |