Example sentences of "found it [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These workers have designed primers to the organism , and found it present in extraintestinal tissue from unrelated cases of Whipple 's disease . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | So we put a , as a rider on , that it had already passed the rider it says there , but we found it unacceptable at P A G. |
| 4 | Like Sarah he found it strange at first having to change roles from competitor to coach . |
| 5 | I found it unbelievable at that time that boys would genuinely want to ask me out and found me attractive . |
| 6 | I had no connections with the bigwigs of the movie capital so I found it impossible as a stranger to make the right contacts among publicity agents at the various studio lots , and to meet the stars . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She not only got pregnant but also found it impossible to further her career in the Tory party . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Try as she might , Kate found it impossible to be completely unaware of the sexual magnetism of the man . |
| 11 | The buyer found it unsuitable for making into dresses . |
| 12 | Pursued there and besieged , they fled by night to raise a loyal army , but found it pitiful in numbers . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Although law reform was at hand , the government found it politic in 1977 to set up a Home Office Committee on Obscenity , Indecency , Violence and Film Censorship under the Chairmanship of the Cambridge Professor of Philosophy , Bernard Williams . |
| 15 | Churchill was prime minister , and though he found it politic in the face of American and Labour pressure to allow negotiations about India 's constitutional future to go on , at the same time he ensured that all such negotiations came to nought . |
| 16 | Invaluable experience , of course , but I found it frustrating in that , so often , I was n't able to see cases right through . ’ |
| 17 | In Abbel Mr Justice found it appropriate for the plaintiff quote , to recompense his parents up to the commercial rate for one full time carer , unquote . |
| 18 | She found it cool to her back . |
| 19 | This was supposed to be very good for skin problems , but one man was known to have visited it regularly to collect the water for his wife who found it beneficial for her arthritis . |
| 20 | This is fine in principle , but I found it awkward in practice . |
| 21 | 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 … ’ |
| 22 | Brombach confesses he gulped when he found it necessary in 1983 to invest 45 million marks to make a quantum leap to a capacity of a million hectolitres , at a new brewery on the edge of town . |
| 23 | The Franciscan friars of Reading found it necessary in 1234 to obtain from the king a letter ordering the warden of Windsor Forest not to exact cheminage in respect of the timber given them in the forest for their buildings at Reading . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The 44 has a 1/4in shank , and I found it perfect for the aggressive work I was attempting . |
| 27 | She also had strong opinions and found it hard to " brook any delay or frustration . |
| 28 | All through the African campaign I longed to hear from you , and found it hard at times to keep a stiff upper lip without your help . |
| 29 | We found it hard at times , but my players showed character and that was what earned them both points . ’ |
| 30 | Because the development officer in Ipswich was not able to see these institutionalised clients in their own homes she understandably found it hard in many cases to say whether or not she agreed with the decision that they should not return home . |