Example sentences of "but found it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pursued there and besieged , they fled by night to raise a loyal army , but found it pitiful in numbers . |
| 2 | From a theoretical standpoint , Minden and Casperson { 30 } have been able to model the xenon-laser data very well , but found it necessary to include such effects as velocity-changing collisions , and population transfer from upper to lower laser level by spontaneous emission , as well as standing-wave effects . |
| 3 | Matt would sometimes try to develop this image but found it impossible . |
| 4 | Rather atypically , Bookland in the northwest conceded that ‘ discount competition will have affected our sales somewhat ’ , but found it impossible to quantify the effect . |
| 5 | She tried to avoid his gaze but found it impossible . |
| 6 | I took a bus there , but found it hard to tell what the place might have been like . |
| 7 | Sometimes she went with him , but found it hard to keep up . |
| 8 | I worked on and off on Tremayne 's book for the rest of the morning but found it hard to concentrate . |
| 9 | Stephen tried to shake his head , but found it hard to do so . |
| 10 | Ruth knew it but found it hard to face at times . |
| 11 | Sandison tried to catch a glimpse of her feet but found it difficult . |
| 12 | Daisy had brought her sketch pad , but found it difficult to capture the action and hold on to a straining Ethel . |
| 13 | American elite theorists especially proclaimed their commitment to a positivist method , but found it difficult to follow through with appropriate empirical accounts of the exercise of power ( Lasswell , 1936 ; Lasswell and Kaplan , 1950 ; Hunter , 1953 ; Mills , 1956 ; Domhoff , 1976 ) . |
| 14 | He meant to look forbidding , but found it difficult when eyes that should be glaring were shut . |
| 15 | Most of them found additional useful material , but found it difficult to understand " their location in relation to the original search " ( Figure 5.7 ) . |
| 16 | He attempted to smile back at him , but found it difficult . |
| 17 | He set off briskly in what might be the right direction , but found it difficult to get up any speed over the snagging grass . |
| 18 | He was touched by her care and concern but found it difficult to accept . |
| 19 | Leonora knew perfectly well it was time for her to grovel , but found it difficult to make a start . |