Example sentences of "they [vb past] found him " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd found him . |
| 2 | The form in which they had found him lying was but one of many places which he used . |
| 3 | They had found him quicker than he 'd anticipated , sniffing him out through the darkened streets . |
| 4 | Mrs Moore soon abandoned her pretence as chaperon — encouraged by the unexpected surliness of Colonel Hope who seemed , to her and her ward , in a mood unlike any other they had found him in and unlike any they could previously have invented for him . |
| 5 | The man in the doorway was certainly old and infirm , and none too reliable either , but when he ceased to be of any use to the Guild as a working docker , they had found him a sinecure job as night watchman on the Wharf . |
| 6 | As Charlotte started after her , it crossed her mind that this throw-away remark was the kindest thing Ursula had found to say about the man she had been married to for more than twenty years since the day they had found him dead . |
| 7 | For High Wood was the true home of their ringer fox — he had no more business in the small covert where they had found him than the man in the moon . |
| 8 | With five minutes to go , they had found him . |