Example sentences of "[pers pn] have find [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd found some bunches of violets that were n't much good , but I thought I might sell them in the pub , or that some kind gent might treat me to a sandwich . |
| 2 | You were being frightened off because you 'd started asking questions , but I was to be killed because I 'd found some answers . ’ |
| 3 | Nowadays I keep huge lists of every person , organisation and publication connected with birds , so I hope I 'll never again have the problems I had finding that owl . |
| 4 | First , while the water was boiling , I had to find some piece of stout wood to hold the boy 's dropped foot in the proper position — ‘ the position of function ’ as Reid had called it . |
| 5 | Capron had lent me the gun , and suggested the ploy of telling Graham that I had found new evidence that would clear his name of the allegations that he was a Soviet agent . |
| 6 | I had found one honest man here , and that terrible , distant scream told me of another . |
| 7 | It was an intriguing prospect and I was all the more curious why I had found one of his handbills in my chamber at the Golden Turk . |
| 8 | They were happy , I think , that I had found such a good friend , and did everything they could to make him feel at home . |
| 9 | ‘ In the desert ’ , he wrote ‘ I had found all that I asked . ’ |
| 10 | I had become so interested in a nice neat pattern that I had n't checked if I had found all the shapes . |
| 11 | Less than one hour had passed since I had found Froggy 's body , but it felt a lot longer . |
| 12 | For this month 's design , as with all projects where the solution has n't come as quick as a flash of inspiration , I assembled in front of me everything that I had found interesting or been working on over the past few months . |
| 13 | All I could remember of my first visit was that I had found several items , including a Tudor buckle . |
| 14 | I wrote to my mother who lived up at Manzanita with her sister , Mrs. R. V. Hungerford , telling her how I was leaving my position and would write again when I had found some place I liked . |
| 15 | I got on well with Rosemary right from the start , soon realising that though I had lost one friend , I had found another . |
| 16 | Bird noises faded up as if I had found another TV control . |
| 17 | I ca n't say it 's something I 've found easy to do . |
| 18 | I 've found two wines from different price ranges to serve with the Christmas turkey and all its trimmings . |
| 19 | I 've found that out . ’ |
| 20 | I feel I 'm just regarded as a neurotic woman I 've been told that by Mr I 've found that is was very yes I have do n't deny it . |
| 21 | That 's the only teacher I 've found that would sort of give you variations of English , different sides to it . |
| 22 | Families feel very rejected by professionals erm , in my research I 've found that er , the families of younger sufferers tend to be involved in treatment but they feel very much that they 're under the microscope , that they disapprove , that they 're seen as being pathological families . |
| 23 | I I 've found that . |
| 24 | I 've found that one . |
| 25 | That goes on the axle , I 've found that out . |
| 26 | In living the ‘ American dream ’ as an adult , I 've found many naive concepts laid to rest . |
| 27 | One method I 've found helpful is to learn the definition by heart . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've found these . ’ |
| 29 | I 've found three four |
| 30 | ‘ I 've found another room , ’ Mother told them . |