Example sentences of "that [noun prp] found [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in the boot-and-brushing room that Nicandra found her at last — after a search through the larders , the dairy , and the empty laundry , its warm steam now subsided into a vaporous chill . |
| 2 | Third , Cecil 's enemies might think that Northumberland found him ‘ either facile or not clear from servile ends ’ . |
| 3 | He pursed his big mouth into such a babyish pout that Meredith found him comical ; he sniggered . |
| 4 | But , quite inexplicably , she 'd hated the thought that Lucenzo found her unappealing . |
| 5 | It was through Bella , of course , that Vivien found them and with her the Indian , Shiva , whose other name Adam could not remember . |
| 6 | This picture of Dreadnought was so wide of the mark that Willis found it better to say nothing , simply making a gesture which had something in common with a petty officer 's salute . |
| 7 | A fair conclusion might be that Kennedy found it helpful — perhaps therapeutic — to talk to Ormsby-Gore and Macmillan whether or not they basically influenced his thinking . |
| 8 | Marriage was forbidden in their contracts too , but so many of the so-called babes broke the rule during the season that Amy found it impossible to replace them ; not having a large pool of dancers back in Britain she decided to bring the unmarried ones back after the first year 's contract was completed . |
| 9 | Agreeing with Li , Rao added that India found it hard to accept the Western concept of human rights " in its entirety " . |
| 10 | The fingers moved so fast that Dougal found it hard to follow what was happening . |
| 11 | Poor Annie was not to know that Hilary found it difficult to understand her broad moorland dialect . |
| 12 | Osbern records the presence of royal housecarls to prevent interference by the Londoners , and this can be fitted into a credible historical context of popular hostility to the Danes in the city , arising from the fighting and sieges of Æthelred 's time , the heavy taxation of 1018 , and the probability that Cnut found it prudent to maintain a garrison there . |