Example sentences of "[noun prp] did not find " in BNC.

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1 The letters took ages but somehow Rebecca did n't find it so difficult this time .
2 Würstchen did not find peaceful slumber easy to attain at Death Bivouac .
3 Lenin did not find it necessary to discuss the issue in his elaboration of the party programme in 1895–6 .
4 Eva did n't find it a problem once she had made the initial adjustment .
5 ( HMI did not find this an important objective of existing appraisal schemes in the mid-1980s . )
6 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 .
7 He could not see why Anna did not find her dull .
8 He had made this clause to ensure Jamie did not find himself in Charles 's power as he grew up .
9 By contrast , Britain did not find much support across the OEEC for its proposal to exclude agriculture from the free trade area .
10 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 .
11 ‘ No , we think the Luciferi did not find it .
12 Philippa did n't find her earring .
13 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 .
14 But Laurence Olivier did not find fatherhood easy .
15 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 .
16 Charles did n't find many sympathetic characters among the cast .
17 It appeared that Charles did not find it offensive .
18 Anna 's family want to know why Hagans was n't arrested and why PC Stennett did n't find the knife hidden in his sock .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 Suddenly Comfort did not find their double-act funny any longer .
22 Rayleen did n't find anything else broken , though she seemed convinced I 'd been run over by a steamroller .
23 The music finally chosen helped greatly in creating a sombre mood , but John did not find it interesting or easy to work with .
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