Example sentences of "[noun] had found a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angalo had found a pebble that was almost the right shape to attach to a twig with strips torn off his coat ; he 'd never seen a stone axe in his life , but he had a definite feeling that there were useful things that could be done with a stone tied to the end of a stick . |
| 2 | That ‘ Mr Lavoisier had found a method of making inflammable air ( hydrogen ) for a halfpenny per cubic foot ’ , a fifth of the usual price , attracted Priestley 's attention . |
| 3 | Within a month , Mr K had found a buyer for the lease . |
| 4 | But they survived , all of these men in the Kitchen hut had found a track of survival . |
| 5 | Tina had found a home with her parent , her father having died when she was fifteen , on every occasion when other roofs had failed her . |
| 6 | At last Katherine had found a subject . |
| 7 | The sun had found a chink in the clouds , and was gilding emerald meadows and dark woodlands . |
| 8 | A bailiff had found a pig wandering where it should n't and , according to city regulations , had promptly cut the animal 's throat . |
| 9 | In a cupboard the girl had found a string bundle which turned out to be a hammock , and she spent hours lying in it . |
| 10 | Richmann had found a couple of his men in one of the city 's bars , and dragged them out to take up position around a junction in the northern poor quarter . |
| 11 | He could see red uniforms further up the river bank , evidence that the Lancers had found a place to cross . |
| 12 | Yesterday , Dr Colin Campbell , of Horticulture Research International 's experimental station at East Malling , Kent , said his team had found a way of predicting the migration patterns of harmful aphids and could lay on ambushes to kill them when they arrived . |
| 13 | In the senator the Maggot had found a listener who was only too eager to hear his tales of goal-line stands and blocked punts , concussed running backs and sacked quarterbacks . |
| 14 | Brückner 's investigators had found a jeweller who 'd refused to buy a cross that fitted the description of the Holy Relic . |
| 15 | Soon Endill had found a room that he thought would do for his workshop . |
| 16 | The policeman had found a torch , which he shone at Duncan . |
| 17 | I half-hoped , half-dreaded the mast would go up in sparks and a bang when the Big Man pulled the lever ; that FAKINTIL had found a way to wrap half a dozen shearing charges around the legs . |
| 18 | Anna had found a place in all their hearts , but nowhere so strongly as in the heart of this young boy . |
| 19 | I closed my eyes but seconds later there was a scream and the sound of crashing undergrowth ; Matata had found a snake curled up in the warm ash of the fire . |
| 20 | The mount for the .50 calibre machine-gun was still on the vehicle but the malais had found a use for the Browning elsewhere , I think because they also used the jeep to drive foreign journos around and it would have vitiated the claims to have pacified Danu if they 'd left it on . |
| 21 | It was concerned with the story that Archimedes had found a way of discovering if a crown made for King Hiero of Syracuse was in fact of pure gold , as it was supposed to be , or had been adulterated with a cheaper metal . |
| 22 | ( 4 ) He explicitly introduced the fact that the committing justices had found a case to answer whereby the jury may have been influenced adversely to the appellant . |
| 23 | He knew he was clever but there was just a slim chance Mr Crangle had found a way to get him , and he did n't want him caught , not for anything in the world . |
| 24 | The book had found a publisher ; he could hope to write others ; he could support her in the manner expected . |
| 25 | Two years ago one of the lorry men had found a baby on the council dump , dead and rolled up in newspaper . |
| 26 | The teenagers claimed that the police had found a footprint on the embankment near where James 's body was found , that police had taken trainers from the boy they said did it . |
| 27 | He said his original inspection had found a world of drugs , drug dealing and bullying . |
| 28 | Davy had found a way to burn a candle in a methane-rich atmosphere . |
| 29 | Within moments , Alison had found a pretext to excuse herself . |
| 30 | Anne thought Nina had found a hiding place and was lying low . |