Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] find the " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | On this field I found the best combination was to set the Silver Sabre at minimum discrimination and maximum sensitivity . |
| 5 | When I started to make it up to my horror I found the stripes did not match up front and back . |
| 6 | And after a speedy search I found the drawer where she kept all her gym knickers . ’ |
| 7 | In industry I found the status system much more difficult to comprehend . |
| 8 | When Leonora returned to the bedroom she found the bed turned down invitingly . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | On arrival at the racecourse we found the large Hermès marquee to seat 1200 for a charity luncheon , surrounded by the Hermès village . |
| 12 | If we examine the lexical units referring to other modes of perception we find the following correspondences : |
| 13 | This may sound a somewhat highfalutin' way of making an obvious point ; but the obvious points are often the important ones : in this tension we find the limits of experience , beyond which we locate an objective universe and within which we locate subjectivity . |
| 14 | In the course of one chapter we find the following phrases , in this order : there seems no explanation on Darwinian grounds It is no easier to explain It is hard to understand It is not easy to understand It is equally difficult to explain I do not find it easy to comprehend I do not find it easy to see … |
| 15 | The whole morning was a fair to average shambles , even when we got back to Battalion HQ We found the basement at Cadogan Gardens full of fainting civilians — mostly rather pretty girls . ’ |
| 16 | When the police stopped the car they found the seals in the bag . |
| 17 | I suppose this is erm , a caricature , a self portrait this little , I , in fact I was , really actually hilarious as I felt that , I , I , do n't actually know an awful lot about Gaugin , but if , if I knew nothing about him at all , I would of thought he was having a bit of joke of himself with this , but er , being the person that he was I ca n't image that he had that quality , that , I do n't believe he would be laughing at himself , erm , erm , the symbolism erm and conflict of this painting its dazzles me more than , than the colour or at least as much as the colours in it , but there 's a , there 's a half eaten , well it is n't half eaten , but there 's half an apple at the top and , and that was the , the way into me finally , for , for writing about this , this again is a shopping list , I call it a shopping list , this is just visual images that , that will be opened out at some point and turn it into something , and my images were erm Shoulders of the matador smoking snakes , dare to bit an apple , see one half gone and still I wear a halo intact , that I 'm sure I 've completely wrong about him as a , a person , but as the painting that 's obviously something else , erm , I found that one of the things that were he 's , I , I think probably that everybody who writes is that you 'll come to a point when you ca n't write , you stop writing , you have n't got anything you want to write about , or your frightened of writing , and I devise exercises so that , that does n't happened to me , I think writing is like any skill you have to keep doing it to be able to do it , its , you , some of it is a game and the rest of it is hard work , and one of the exercises I , I delighted using erm a portrait of a woman erm , its about erm the er still life , its the back one , yes this one here , I have , I , I hope to use this as a writing exercise I found the , the maths in this and the colour of the piece of fruit in the background , very interesting because most of the colours to me seem a , a lot less vibrant then many of his other paintings , and so they , they attracted me and have a , a strong sense of erm , er a hidden desire in that and so it , to use it as a writing exercise which I intend doing , it will be able about a situation of character 's with erm something that 's hidden , some desire , I do n't , the , not even spoke about to themselves or , or generally , erm I like to sort of say that came from those two little , just this amounts of colour which seemed to be saying such a lot |
| 18 | On my return I found the doors had been forced . |
| 19 | The various relations did n't have time to help the bride because they had to get themselves ready , and when Ellie knocked on Terry 's door to offer her own help she found the bride-to-be face down on the bed in floods of tears . |
| 20 | Add to this that today 's stars are fit and positive , as well as the thought that they now use almost illegal high-tech equipment and are given every new creation to experiment with , such as metal heads , weird shafts and incredible balls , and it 's no wonder they find the perfect combination — for them . |
| 21 | At the bottom he found the three letters CIS and asked what it was . |
| 22 | But when Abraham hears that he and Sarah will have a child he finds the news preposterous . |
| 23 | Instead of the fairway he found the edge of the rough several times , and his irons were not flying straight at the flag . |
| 24 | In John the Baptist s ministry you find the fulfilment of the prophecies made long ago that a messenger would come to prepare the way of the Lord . |
| 25 | Again , people in other religions may likewise have had ( though for myself as a westerner I find the most to be gained through looking at western religion ) . |
| 26 | To my surprise and consternation I found the St Viger to be about the oldest hotel in Canada , probably First Class A-l in its time , but now somewhat run down , although the rooms were large and rather ornate . |
| 27 | When I entered the classroom I found the children , from five to nine years , well at work . |
| 28 | On this shelf I found the rest of my soldiers . |
| 29 | In the living room I found the usual debris . |
| 30 | Let us go back to the moment you found the body , the moment you realized that it was a body . |