Example sentences of "they 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 | They found it dull being garrisoned here . ’ |
| 4 | He was carrying the same carrier-bag and for some reason they found it impossible not to stare at it . |
| 5 | And it was surprising how frequently they found it necessary to motor down to Edmonton or Calgary . |
| 6 | Some of the more , er , cheerful clubbers staggered over the cobbles of the outdoor Coronation Street set , but studio staff had few complaints : more used to the dry Rotary Club events and business lunches held on-set , they found it all ‘ a pleasant change ’ . |
| 7 | I think they found it surprising , after all the trouble we 've gone to promote this loving relationship , that you 've strayed so long from my side . ’ |
| 8 | As they entered the covert they found it cool and gloomy after the brilliant sun outside . |
| 9 | Because they saw the world as composed of groups rather than of individuals , they found it easy to articulate rules of general application , to which exceptions required specific dispensation . |
| 10 | They also loved their partner to take the initiative as they found it boring if sex was always a case of the man trying it on . |
| 11 | When Kawasaki began operations in their US plant at Nebraska they found it preferable to import components from their subcontractors back in Japan who could even at that distance , guarantee weekly deliveries . |
| 12 | All of these groups were rooted in social relationships , and were initiated by the children because they found it useful and enjoyable to work together . |
| 13 | The readership survey confirmed our belief that we had created a high quality magazine , with many readers saying they found it attractive , colourful and easy to read . |
| 14 | Elizabeth had particularly suffered from the Snowbound school of reviewers ; being insensitive to the charm of her work , they found it trivial . |
| 15 | I like to think they found it fun flying , too . |
| 16 | However , some did make the comment that they found it difficult to get details on the new systems . |
| 17 | As the family grew up the wife could take a less active part in the farm work especially when the son left school but occasionally they found it difficult to settle back into a domestic routine . |
| 18 | Carers were asked whether they found it difficult to cope with any of the tasks they performed . |
| 19 | They found it difficult to rouse him and on seeing the bottle of tablets on the floor next to him , called an ambulance to take him to hospital . |
| 20 | More important , perhaps , they found it difficult to understand why wines which smelled so seductively sweet should taste dry to the point of austerity . |
| 21 | They had , but they found it difficult because you 'd got ta , got ta get a licence to keep them you see . |
| 22 | Celia hoped they were still loyal enough to be decently enthusiastic , even if they found it difficult at first to appreciate the new subtlety of Yorick 's music . |
| 23 | Their spirits had parted , and though their bodies stayed together for a while longer , it was the first time since they had met that they found it difficult to talk . |
| 24 | 15% said they were badly affected — and of those , roughly one half said their main problem was that they found it difficult to pick up their usual programmes on LW . |
| 25 | In general local law societies disagreed with the question , although they found it difficult to reach a consensus on the issue . |
| 26 | When it came to new furnishings , people usually they found it difficult to say why apart from ‘ I got it because I liked it ’ , or ‘ I got it because it was cheap ’ . |
| 27 | In the public life of the former colonial power they found it gratifying to urge hatred of the alien race and of political liberalism alike . |
| 28 | Because they had been confused and upset early on in the campaign they found it hard to relax and trust us . |
| 29 | In 1950 the Russians had their headquarters in what had been the Imperial Hotel , a fine baroque building which the Russians had quickly turned into a slum as they found it hard to understand the intricacies of a modern plumbing and toilet system which few of them had ever seen before . |
| 30 | ( But even they may not be accurate : census-takers last year reported that , in some areas , they found it hard to get people to fill in their forms , because they thought the census had some connection with poll tax . |