Example sentences of "i found [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile at least one offspring of the NPA flourishes — the ‘ English Through Activity ’ programme in Swaziland , where I found similar activity and enthusiasm in schools , talked to a committed supervisor who saw her role entirely as getting her materials — including issues of English Ladybird books — to rural schools as efficiently as possible and of encouraging ‘ active learning ’ , ( but of what and why she took little heed ) . |
| 2 | I discovered that wellies were good for keeping feet wet when the water came above your waist — and I found alternative footwear ! |
| 3 | ‘ If that was the case I found great difficulty in seeing how he could get permission from my local authority to license me , ’ he said . |
| 4 | I found one pound ten P in my pocket |
| 5 | I found one guy and talked to him for a while on tape . |
| 6 | Meanwhile I found other knitting groups right in ‘ my ’ province and took Arune with me to talk with the other women in it in the hope that they could answer the questions that I could n't . |
| 7 | Then I found first gear and stomped on the accelerator . |
| 8 | I well remember going as a new convert into a Baptist church for the first time : how strange I found that row of five deacons ' chairs which dominated the scene , and even stranger the little cups for communion . |
| 9 | In fact I have n't , I found that cat |
| 10 | I found that love went out the window when it was sweaty socks and handkerchiefs and dirty nappies and all this in front of me and I thought well this is not romance this is bloody hard work . |
| 11 | I found that part of me disgusting . |
| 12 | I found that board with half |
| 13 | In time , I found that key and discovered another world , a world full of mystery , beauty and the rare wealth of a dozen cultures bound together in an ancient empire . |
| 14 | At the early shows their basic set was augmented with frantic cover versions like Orange Juice 's ‘ Felicity ’ and The Gang Of Four 's ‘ I Found That Essence Rare ’ . |
| 15 | I found that research book . |
| 16 | As Windows sorts out the ( hardware ) men from the boys , there 's a large section of the book dedicated to exploiting your disc drives , keyboards , mice and pointing devices , modems , networks , printers and video boards and monitors and I found that section particularly impressive . |
| 17 | I found Swiss television really stupid , did you ? |
| 18 | Because I had not done much mathematics at school or at Oxford , I found general relativity very difficult at first and did not make much progress . |
| 19 | ‘ Did you have a good time ? ’ my mother asked Robert as I whispered to Lili that I found old age unclean and a disgrace . |
| 20 | ‘ I came by here once , with the wind wet and howling , and I found three Japanese huddled under the lip of the bunker . ’ |
| 21 | well I found the , I found those hook and eyes for your picture |
| 22 | After being told it was within 0.1 accurate , I found another friend with a different and much more expensive pH meter . |
| 23 | That seemed pretty profound , till I found another cinema where it was all violence , sex-and-violence , and violence . |
| 24 | ‘ This afternoon , I found another body . ’ |
| 25 | As it was , I mean I found another chocolate gateau under those Christmas tree cakes . |
| 26 | Like the brick she was , Trish had kindly offered to subsidize my share of the rent until I found another job . |
| 27 | In Alexander Frater 's book Beyond the Blue Horizon I found another echo of my Mespot days when he follows the footsteps of the early Imperial route as he called it and , strangely enough , he has a chapter called " Following the Furrow " . |
| 28 | There , I found open ground without trees . |
| 29 | The workshop classes were a mixture of all grades of academy , and it was here that I found common ground absorbing my trade instruction ; and happily in this field I was able not to be as conspicuous as I was at school . |
| 30 | He complained , not at length : ‘ This was the first time , and except one , the last , that I found any reason to complain of a Scotish [ sic ] table , and such disappointments , I suppose , must be expected in every country , where there is no great frequence of travellers . ’ |