Example sentences of "i find the " in BNC.
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1 | Could you help me to find the history of my SWB lightweight IIA , chassis number 23600870A ? |
2 | It was always a shock to me to find the life of the University town going along normally , as though the war was happening somewhere else . |
3 | Cricket and Empire started life as film research commissioned by David Puttnam for a film on Bodyline that was never made — losing out to the unintentionally funny Australian TV mini-series many readers will remember from the early 1980s : ‘ David wanted me to find the ‘ smoking gun ’ . |
4 | Erm all he 's been doing here is getting me to find the sides . |
5 | Could it have been to make up for Cymbeline 's cheating that the Umpire permitted me to find the sacristy so easily ? |
6 | ‘ It is difficult for me to find the limits of the car yet because I am given only a limited number of laps and I do n't know the circuit . ’ |
7 | I put my hands behind me to find the pillar , found it and pushed myself up , hoping my feet would n't slip on the beer-wet floor . |
8 | I found the same classificatory system in use with the same unconscious linguistic divisions being applied as I had learned in the mid-1950s . |
9 | I 've never been a trade union man myself , never saw the point , but in terms of research and analysis I found the field a fascinating one . |
10 | In the living room I found the usual debris . |
11 | Going back over previous months ' editions , I found the following : |
12 | I found the Woodcarver to be an ideal tool for fast removal of waste as well as useful , with care , as a modelling tool . |
13 | I found the metal of the cutter easy to work as it seems quite soft in comparison to the tool steel of my gouges . |
14 | As a novice carver I found the MAC650 very useful for controlled shaping of curved pieces with flowing lines . |
15 | At the risk of seeming ungracious to my hosts , I must record that I found the Stiftungs beer more complex in character and traditional in style . |
16 | And , after a while , I found the repeated use of the same illustrations from Whymper 's ‘ Scrambles in the Alps ’ irritating . |
17 | The influence of all three is perceptible in Nicholas Shakespeare 's first novel , though it is not so much the magical flights of Marquez as Greene 's Catholic mysticism which I found the most intriguing . |
18 | I found the ankle cuff the right height and shape to provide support without restricting my movement . |
19 | I found the film 's final frenzied violence detestable . |
20 | When I found the right place it was a real hole . |
21 | Sometimes I found the odd social worker somewhat racist or maybe so ignorant that he appeared racist . |
22 | ‘ I found the wide head difficult to use as it did n't fit the contours of my skin . |
23 | I found the fact that he made that record much more affecting than , say , Highway 67 Revisited . |
24 | But later , as we picked our way along the narrow mountain spine down towards Aberfan , I found the Discovery more reassuring again — its flexibility , its smoothness , its stability , all signs of its good breeding . |
25 | Only — when I found the note — ‘ |
26 | ‘ When I found the note — ’ Oz interrupted her . |
27 | One day when I went to give my language class at the university I found the word maricone ( queer ) chalked in large Gothic letters on the blackboard . |
28 | On the back of a piece of paper where we had worked on a poem called ‘ The Word ’ I found the quotation that begins this chapter . |
29 | A cold draught of air was coming from the kitchen and I found the back door to be wide open — and then my horrified glance fell upon Aunt Louise . |
30 | I dressed and crept along the endless corridors until I found the staircase and slid silently down the banisters under the disapproving eye of Sir Mauger Grindlewood . |