Example sentences of "i found [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I found something a shade patronizing in her attitude , and I interpreted it as an attempt to upstage me ; perhaps to test me , to see if I was worth playing against . |
2 | I found myself a nice bit of grass with a backrest against a tree trunk and waited for the show to begin . |
3 | And so it went on in what was styled — even in the ranks — as the Baldwin Air Force , and it was in this environment that I found myself a mere fragment within a daily expanding Air Force . |
4 | I found myself the only ‘ other ’ . |
5 | Albert Spanswick came from the old school of trade union leaders and I found him a more persuasive advocate for health service workers than Rodney Bickerstaffe . |
6 | I found him a most agreeable man and we seemed to get along well from the start . |
7 | Actually , I found him a pleasant companion . |
8 | I found him a somewhat erratic personality and an occasional pain in the ass . ’ |
9 | At first I found him a difficult subject to interview because , to paraphrase Donne , when he had done he had not done , he still had more ; and I had to learn to give him at least five seconds , grace before moving on , because his afterthoughts were often gems . |
10 | I found him a fascinating , knowledgeable and eclectic artist , someone who thinks deeply about his work and is not content simply to record the bare facts of the world in front of him . |
11 | So I found him a small house called Kirk o'Field , outside Edinburgh . |
12 | The younger one wanted to be a sailor , and so I found him a place on a ship . |
13 | I found him a clean scarf to hold over his face . |
14 | Well , I found him a stretch of grass , but , whew , it was hot , 100 degrees . |
15 | I found him a most agreeable man , a sharp observer , and the possessor of intellectual attainments of no mean order . |
16 | Three of them floated in a sea of garlic and tomato and although I found them no better than chewy chicken my wife told me they were well up to scratch . |
17 | Actually I found them a lot more convenient than |
18 | She says she did the Byrd show ‘ because I found her a fascinating part of the underground scene in New York , and I felt somebody should expose her to a bigger market . |
19 | ‘ Whatever her failings may or may not be , I found her a most agreeable and willing chambermaid — very attractive for that occupation — far more attractive than the common run of girls , did n't you find ? ’ |
20 | When I found her the other side of my desk I told her in no uncertain terms I was n't having anything to do with it . |
21 | They behaved towards me as they would to anyone else and I found it a very valuable exposure . |
22 | I found it a rather disgusting product of a self-admitted drug damaged brain . |
23 | When I first visited Yad Vashem in 1978 , I found it a place of unanswerable accusation . |
24 | Whether Hardy 's slightly impulsive way with phrasing is quite what this music demands ( all three works are in their different ways Classical in behaviour ) will be a matter of personal taste , but , given the highly personalised response , I found it a most pleasingly seductive recital . |
25 | Once I had said that I found it a lot easier to speak to her . |
26 | I had been his guest in the air very briefly before when I was taken up to see Low Birk Hatt as a bird would see it , and I found it a thrilling experience , quite the best way to travel . |
27 | There with the Princess 's permission as the only journalist , I found it a fascinating insight into how Diana conducts a part of her life that has until now been comparatively secret . |
28 | I found it a bit disturbing sometimes but I just had to accept it . |
29 | I found it a very compassionate account of the unrewarding role filled by many in today 's ever-divorcing society . |
30 | And Gregory : ‘ I found it a tremendously exciting challenge to depict the past as convincingly as I could for the mass-market audience of today . ’ |