Example sentences of "she found [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found no sexual pleasure in going to bed with strangers , but , in contrast with the rest of her week , she was comforted by the feeling of being thought desirable , of having someone 's arms around her , of warm cuddling beneath the quilt . |
| 2 | She found a flat cardboard box in the bottom of the wardrobe and placed the dogs-tooth suit in it . |
| 3 | She was reduced to the landlord 's daughter who served at table : it was the sort of anonymous commingling in which she found a great relief . |
| 4 | When she arrived back , a little late and with only about forty minutes before she should go down to dinner , she found a small packet on her dressing-table . |
| 5 | One day in 1868 she found a small tree pushing its way through a pile of discarded fruit . |
| 6 | But as those boxing her in came away from the rails at the entrance to the home stretch she found a good run up the inside , and when Teleprompter ran out of stamina with just over a furlong to go Pat Eddery shot the favourite into the lead and made for the wire . |
| 7 | When Beatrice visited the canteen in October 1914 she found a good deal of atmosphere , although there was no beer or wine . |
| 8 | One night she dreamed that she got up and went to the lavatory , where she found a new , neatly typed notice fixed over the bowl . |
| 9 | Believe me , I would be truly delighted if she found a new and permanent partner , even though it is difficult to even regard her as a friend after her display of greed , and the wrong impression she deliberately gave you at Ib 's Club from sheer vindictiveness . |
| 10 | She found a dark crevice up an entry leading to a court , and crouched down , head on knees . |
| 11 | Inside the reception hall she found a tiny antiquated lift barely large enough to take herself , her suitcase and a bellboy to her fifth-floor room . |
| 12 | Exploring further , she found a tiny , well-equipped kitchen , and upstairs two small but comfortable bedrooms with big old-fashioned double beds , and a bathroom with shower-cabinet as well as bath . |
| 13 | Turning over Tracey 's postcard , she found a striking picture of a bombed church . |
| 14 | She found a used tram ticket to Holborn in one and a little hanky scrumpled up in the bottom of the other . |
| 15 | She found a nice solid little stool , thrown away only because a leg was loose . |
| 16 | She found a similar cushion hanging in front of her place , sewn in neat wool stitches . |
| 17 | She found a shapely length of salt-stained driftwood with a whorled grain . |
| 18 | The branches dipped nearly to the ground , but when Charity ducked in she found a cosy hollow underneath the tree that seemed dry and snug as a little house . |
| 19 | She found a heavy staff , hefted it and began to make her way to the gate , to go out and beat Tig back to his domain . |
| 20 | Whenever she found a knotted muscle she would say , ‘ Here we have a coconut ’ , and then pound the spot into insensibility . |
| 21 | An envelope , addressed in handwriting she did n't know , arrived in the post : inside , she found a photocopied article from a back number of an American academic journal , and a postcard reproduction of a painting by Klimt . |
| 22 | Maggie went into the bathroom where , to her delight , she found a large , unused towel . |
| 23 | forgotten all about it , anyway she found a little dent apparently our Laura said that 's just as bad as finding lumps . |
| 24 | He loosened his gold tie and then the pale cream collar of his shirt in a gesture so filled with sexual imagery that she found a disturbing warmth flowing through her insides . |
| 25 | In the long grass she found a massive , black , hairy spider . |
| 26 | Eventually Comfort yielded her place to the Italian and went downstairs to the salon , where she found a slim , middle-aged man with a lined face and grey-streaked dark hair , whom she had never seen before . |
| 27 | She found a glowing ember and used it to close her wounds , then forced herself to stand . |
| 28 | She found a soft mound of them behind a shed |
| 29 | She found a damp tissue in her pocket and blew her nose hard , then , taking a long shaky breath and resolutely straightening her shoulders , she got stiffly to her feet . |
| 30 | In her Journals , unpublished in her lifetime , she found a unique outlet for her genius without competing with the writers who surrounded her . |