Example sentences of "i [vb past] not find " in BNC.

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1 I did not find , however , among my colleagues many who were conceivably poets , heroes , or exceptionally free men in their holidays and spare time … .
2 I did not find it light-hearted at all .
3 I did not find it the most co-operative of neighbourhoods , ’ Morton said wryly .
4 Even excluding the admittedly ‘ popular ’ works included in what is a random list , many of the volumes I did not find were by authors who were represented by other titles .
5 More importantly , I did not find the sections on taxonomy and evolution wholly satisfactory .
6 However , I did not find the professional ambience all that conducive , but I knew I had to do something with my voice .
7 ‘ I do n't , ’ he replied sternly , ‘ and I did not find the incident last night entertaining or acceptable ! ’
8 And by the way , Steven , I did not find your views about Pakistanis very humorous .
9 I did not find out how much she sold the garments for because she left me standing outside , but she always looked pleased when she emerged from these visits .
10 I managed the skirt and made a start on the top , I did not find it easy with holding , four colours to change and the pattern to cope with .
11 Having made two journeys to India and stayed with Indian friends there , I did not find the quote at all out of order , and to me the emphasis naturally fell on the words ‘ now that their lives have been ruined ’ rather than the five preceding words .
12 I did not find any improvement in actual dollars spent on maintenance when I compared an object-oriented system written in 350,000 lines of C++ with a comparably complex product written in 1.25 million lines of C code .
13 And I did not find this revelation consoling .
14 Since the point has now been taken that in my judgment in that case I did not support that particular passage from the Master of the Rolls ' judgment , I should state that the reason was because I did not find it necessary to do so in the particular circumstances of that case .
15 While they provide a context in which to appraise the changes made by the Act of 1935 , which was I think the purpose for which Mr. Whitaker cited them , I did not find them of direct assistance .
16 I did not find them in Giffen .
17 I did not find that any of the people to whom I talked in Delhi , either formally or informally , took that view .
18 I did not find the CIEFL 's supposed ‘ elitist ’ image reflected in the attitudes of its staff , who were without exception friendly , and who entered into discussions with me in a spirit of lively and good-humoured controversy .
19 Even after sitting and playing it for quite a while , I did n't find myself warming to it , and believe me , I wanted to .
20 I did n't find it daunting , but maybe I was over-confident .
21 Needless to say , I did n't find this remark helpful , however well-intentioned it might have been .
22 But I did n't find it at all difficult to come out to my student friends .
23 So erm I did n't find out anything about the weddings .
24 After a while I started to get official letters threatening to send me to prison if I did n't find work .
25 ‘ Well , I did n't find her .
26 I did n't find it , but instead I found Maurin .
27 I did n't find blood and I do n't believe he did . ’
28 " I did n't find out her name , " Grout waved one hand dismissively , " Well you did n't get very far with her either , did you ?
29 I did n't find you — Roman did , ’ she said simply , seeing Dana 's colour fade at the mention of Roman 's name .
30 I did n't find anything very strange in it , either .
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