Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] find " in BNC.
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1 | I really did find that we sunk to the pits when we started circulating recipes for cheesecake on er poll tax er payers money , that is absolutely ludicrous and we should n't be spending money on that . |
2 | I NEVER did find Mr Wright although , following the instructions I received at my briefing , I spent some time looking for him . |
3 | I never did find out what the seminar was about ! |
4 | I never did find out if this was in fact some relation of Boy 's , his Grandfather perhaps , or whether the resemblance between the now-dead soldier and Boy was merely a coincidence . |
5 | I never did find out who the Malaysians were planning to buy timber from in 2005 . |
6 | Apart from his regrettable affliction he was in every way the opposite to herself ; a great thick-headed , rumbustious extrovert totally out of place in her gracious menage : I never did find out how they came together but on my visits I found that Cedric had one admirer at least . |
7 | Next stop was San Francisco — hidden by smog — and I never did find the Golden Gate Bridge ! |
8 | I never did find Higon Cussi . |
9 | Who stayed upstairs I never did find out , but the house is now well and truly Yuppified and owned by a couple of actresses from good families . |