Example sentences of "they found [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.

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1 They found them a few days later , taking refuge in a small village of thatched mud-walled cabins at the foot of the Partry mountains .
2 They found him a teacher of clarity , whose lectures were the most enjoyable and most instructive which they heard during their training .
3 They found him a job as a Foreign Office translator .
4 I , I can remember all the activity and er when it was erected there was a fella from the First World War , he lost a leg in the war and he was in charge of the billiards room and the tables , when they built the club itself the front part used to be devoted to card games and then they installed a billiards hall and the tables and as I say a chap named he used to live in Street , but he was , a lost a leg during the war and they found him the job of looking after the tables and marking
5 Harrington and Lewis both said they found it a pleasant change from their usual routine .
6 And although Whigs under Anne liked to claim that James had been deposed for breaking his original contract with the people , they found it a credible way of embarrassing their political opponents to argue that it was the Tories who had been responsible for James 's downfall .
7 They found 'er a place near 'er daughter in Kent somewhere . ’
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