Example sentences of "found it [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She guessed he found it intriguing to be able to talk about his consuming interest in the sport with a girl who not only knew what he was talking about , but could actually offer opinions that were interesting . |
| 2 | Hynes catches adroitly the flavour of poetry and politics in a period when even poetry found it impossible to be politically neutral , and he writes perceptively of the underlying links between such disparate writers as , for example , Isherwood and Greene . |
| 3 | She not only got pregnant but also found it impossible to further her career in the Tory party . |
| 4 | But Cohn-Casson also found it impossible to side uncritically with Jews , because to do so would deny modern thinking , by placing tribal loyalties above the mandates of science . |
| 5 | Try as she might , Kate found it impossible to be completely unaware of the sexual magnetism of the man . |
| 6 | He could not remember how long it was since-his wife had leaned on him , and he found it pleasant to be the one in charge of the situation . |
| 7 | She found it cool to her back . |
| 8 | Be brave , she reminded herself , and kept her features composed when , ‘ Thank you , Fabia , ’ Ven began , and , seeming encouraged that she had stayed , ‘ To explain more fully why I found it necessary to be so brutal when you were such a delight … ’ |
| 9 | This is important to stress , because the tradition of over.selling still persists in some quarters and it is possible to find extravagantly foolish predictions and claims within the educational technology literature , which will be a considerable embarrassment to the many sensible and imaginative teachers who have applied the method and found it helpful to them . |
| 10 | I actually found it I know me and you have discussed this earlier on and I , I , I did n't find it I found it confusing to be honest with you . |
| 11 | She also had strong opinions and found it hard to " brook any delay or frustration . |
| 12 | He followed his robots ( two children as robot nurses ) around , whispering instructions to them and occasionally taking over and doing the tasks for them as he found it difficult to be precise in his instructions . |
| 13 | Mould found it difficult to be so quiet . |
| 14 | But again I found it difficult to be rude . |
| 15 | ‘ I knew all about calories , but I really enjoyed food and found it difficult to lost weight ! |
| 16 | Critics of policies of that period like Samuel Brittan have suggested that chancellors found it difficult to time their uses of the economic ‘ brake ’ or ‘ accelerator ’ properly , and that the ‘ stop-go ’ pattern that emerged provided a poor economic environment for investment decisions , and thus inhibited British growth . |
| 17 | Her breathing had returned to normal and the terror that had seized her when fitzAlan had turned those savage ice-blue eyes on her had receded somewhat , but her limbs still felt shaky and she found it difficult to properly comprehend what Ralf had said . |
| 18 | ‘ But I had reached the stage where I found it difficult to be motivated for run-of-the-mill games . |
| 19 | North European businesses found it satisfactory to farm out big clerical jobs to London agencies , and international corporations making domestic appliances found the nimble-fingered women of the North and Midlands surprisingly to their taste . |
| 20 | I found it gratifying to be offered a job without searching for one . |
| 21 | Later , she found it natural to be active in her union . |
| 22 | She also found it distasteful to be discussing Nora 's lover in this way . |
| 23 | When Jimmy Carter took office in January 1977 , Zahedi found it harder to be close to senior officials . |