Example sentences of "i [vb past] it [adj] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the Cogelow tools , I found it necessary to grind new bevels completely for these tools to be useful for intricate ornament . |
| 2 | School chairs tend to be even less comfortable than school beds , and I found it impossible to sit still for long — a fact which did n't endear me to irritable teachers , especially those who also resented my ‘ witty ’ ( i.e. irrelevant ) remarks . |
| 3 | Although I found it impossible to imagine such a conversation with Mrs Monro , I had no doubt that Lili was telling the truth , and whatever the psychological convolutions the facts were there . |
| 4 | I amused myself for about a month doing that , but when I got the cast taken off I found it uncomfortable to play conventional style — so I 've always felt right at home playing over the neck . |
| 5 | At first , I found it hard to credit such an error to my father . |
| 6 | When , later , I joined the Civil Service , I found it hard to follow that rule since I was constantly required to lie . |
| 7 | I found it interesting to take one person , say the rector , Charles Henstock , and make him the chief character in one book and follow his fortunes , as I had in the first book about the great Mrs Curdle . |
| 8 | ‘ I found it difficult to get perfect results with the spiral and flat wands . |
| 9 | Last year I thought it necessary to criticise several doctors for such behaviour . |