Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] find [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was cold and wet by this time , but after a tour of inspection I found the house was deserted . |
| 2 | Without difficulty I found a Bed and Breakfast house , equally smart and highly polished , and settled down for a pre-exploratory nap . |
| 3 | In the older cases I find no such distinction . |
| 4 | Sir : I consider myself fortunate in having selected your launch issue from the station bookshop , being attracted by the price , for as a relatively new computer user I find the content both interesting and easy to read and understand . |
| 5 | The switches I find the most awkward to deal with are the mains rotary on/off switches that are supplied by several of the main electronic component retailers . |
| 6 | One day when I went to give my language class at the university I found the word maricone ( queer ) chalked in large Gothic letters on the blackboard . |
| 7 | A lot of these were books written by moralistic females ; books which erm reflected various kinds of Victorian ideas , and much later on when I did some research in Oxford on Victorian literature I found a way of putting these two sorts of things together . |
| 8 | My husband died , my love , died in his car , on the night we put the clocks back , on the night of the extra hour that everyone else was glad of , though for my part I found no use to put it to . |
| 9 | But then , in the far corner of the field I found a medieval buckle . |
| 10 | On this field I found the best combination was to set the Silver Sabre at minimum discrimination and maximum sensitivity . |
| 11 | When I started to make it up to my horror I found the stripes did not match up front and back . |
| 12 | In tracing the descent of this manor I found a small handwritten note in Edward Hasted 's own copy of the 1664 edition of Philipot 's Villare Cantianum . |
| 13 | And after a speedy search I found the drawer where she kept all her gym knickers . ’ |
| 14 | A few miles outside Idar I found a meadow by the side of the Nahe where I could picnic . |
| 15 | In industry I found the status system much more difficult to comprehend . |
| 16 | In a cafe I find an army officer , Irena Protic , lighting up a cigarette of the ubiquitous Croatia brand . |
| 17 | In Lisbon I found the Portuguese captain , who took me in his ship to Brazil , all those years ago . |
| 18 | The rooms could have been empty , it was impossible to tell , and in fact when I came to the special dining car I found a good number of the passengers sitting at the unlaid tables , just chatting . |
| 19 | On my short acquaintance with Victorian Cichlids I found the males to be single-mindedly aggressive when breeding , but their harassment of tank-mates soon diminishes after spawning . |
| 20 | ‘ Sir David himself finds the task rather daunting and suspects he will not accomplish it before Reginald 's wedding day . ’ |
| 21 | Much , however , remains elusive about the quality of life within prison , as was observed in a study which found a generally negative impact on prison regimes in England resulting from ‘ Fresh Start ’ , the new staff working arrangements ( King and McDermott 1989 ) . |
| 22 | When Leonora returned to the bedroom she found the bed turned down invitingly . |
| 23 | Readers who find the discussion too brief may wish to consult one of the many basic economics textbooks which cover this area . |
| 24 | A TEENAGE papergirl who found the body of murdered bus driver Kevin McEvoy on her first day at work was back doing her rounds yesterday . |
| 25 | The project is the idea of the American oceanographer Dr Robert Ballard who found the wrecks of the Bismark and the Titanic . |
| 26 | There were no violent incidents of that magnitude at Twickenham for the Calcutta Cup match , but I know of many Scots who found the atmosphere unpleasant and have decided not to attend future rugby internationals in London . |
| 27 | For every applicant who found a job between 1910 and 1914 , three did not . |
| 28 | Miss Field and Jane Martin … the adventure puzzle proved the trickiest winners of the books here are Mrs. Windsor and Graham Williams … most popular round was the racing … you all knew the answers only two winners I 'm afraid … well done Mrs. Cullis and N.Bonner … and three cheers for the kids who found the secret santas toys and games have been won by Tim Overton … |
| 29 | We struck out for Cambridge and although we made the odd wrong turn they were quickly rectified and with luck on our side we found the hotel . |
| 30 | When we finished our chat and tried to re-enter the auditorium we found the double doors were tight shut and we were locked out . |