Example sentences of "[pers pn] find [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have welcomed what the Board are doing , and we 've encouraged them to find new ways of doing so more in meeting the needs of the elderly who increase in numbers here in Scotland . |
| 2 | And investigating Neil 's stores I found baked beans , sardines , a couple of small tins of ham , and some crispbread . |
| 3 | But on the second landing I found small groups of them with machine-guns lazily overlooking the booking hall . |
| 4 | Occasionally the sight or smell of it nauseated me , and I found certain smells , like those of bread or sugar or chocolate , overpowering . |
| 5 | I found long hairs — woman 's hair , dark brown . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Well , when I was there , I found middle-class Presbyterians who were not very different from Anglicans . |
| 7 | ‘ In my room , I found new papers and a ticket back to Paris for the next day . |
| 8 | As I rummaged through the chest , gathering up as much as I could carry without dropping any , I found knitted scarves , blankets , gloves , socks and all sorts of garments of varying sizes . |
| 9 | Because I found historical films about men on horseback so moving I was pleased when my then wife , Jenni , set to writing a book about the wild west . |
| 10 | She did n't know whether or not he was sniffing but when I searched his room I found empty aerosols . |
| 11 | When I opened it I found neat bundles of fivers , each one with a Bank of Berlin band around it . |
| 12 | I found dead foetuses behind in rows . |
| 13 | The game was all ticket but I found little problems obtaining a ticket , going down Friday lunchtime and obtaining a spare ticket from a Southampton supporter . |
| 14 | I find hot showers disgusting . ’ |
| 15 | Myself , I find enclosed spaces far more alarming , and , oddly , tend to get increasingly uncomfortable in over-large department stores . |
| 16 | Having spent years ensuring that mounts are cut accurately , and working with the straight lines of frames , I find straight lines just as pleasing in designs as curves , and I think an idea like this makes a pleasant change from the more popular floral compositions . |
| 17 | ‘ I negotiate the disposal of loss-makers and I find new sites . ’ |
| 18 | What if I find certain issues or situations difficult ? |
| 19 | I find cheap mascaras good , I like the more expensive foundations , creams and powders though . |
| 20 | And more often than not , when I come back from me mum 's , I find little bits in the bottom of the bag because she feels sorry for us . |
| 21 | ‘ I find light meals best — a good lunch , then a cup of tea at teatime and then a light supper . |
| 22 | Examining myself , I find spontaneous inclinations and aversions , which I express by ‘ I want/do n't want ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ Where can I find decent lodgings for the night ? ’ |
| 24 | Also , where can I find military reflectors of the type found on military trailers ? |
| 25 | Are you saying you found illegal drugs on this property ? ’ |
| 26 | Each day she found new shoots coming out of the ground . |
| 27 | It was that same song from the Dietrich film she had watched at Rocamar , and as she sang she found new depths in the words . |
| 28 | Eventually she found other things to do when , in his view , it was time to do that . |
| 29 | HORRIFIED Mia Farrow ‘ blew her mind ’ when she found nude photographs of her adopted daughter Soon-Yi , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 30 | Mia was stunned when she found nude photos of 21-year-old Soon-Yi taken in Woody 's apartment . |