Example sentences of "[pers pn] find that [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I arrived ten minutes before her at one stop ( advance means a few minutes ahead as well as two months ) I found that two ladies in wheelchairs had positioned themselves at the foot of the stairs and were pleading with everyone to let them stay and shake hands with Mrs Thatcher . |
| 2 | I find that 1 ounce ( 28g ) to the square yard ( square metre ) as a starter , towards the end of March , then a little more — 1½ to 2 ounces ( 43–57g ) — at the end of April , May and June is all that is required . |
| 3 | During the May to August breeding season , she found that three quarters of perch nests along a 150-metre-long stretch of the stream were parasitised by schools of minnows ; during the same period , she only once saw a minnow laying its eggs away from a perch nest . |
| 4 | If you find that one side of the body is pushing down into the floor , then think of that side of the body releasing away from the floor . |
| 5 | With [ 3 H ] omeprazole as a probe for H + , K + -ATPase , we found that HGT-1 cells exhibited a significant degree of specific [ 3 H ] omeprazole binding , which increased 100% in the presence of histamine . |
| 6 | Standard English used to be restricted in this way : if we look at Standard English as an historical dialect , then we find that 200 years ago it had a much smaller number of speakers in England , and had nothing like the geographical spread it has nowadays . |
| 7 | If they find that one person or company is buying up too many newspapers — as has happened in Britain , for example — the Commission can stop that process , Mr Jayaweera said . |
| 8 | In his survey of all incidents involving a solitary offender recorded by the police as rapes or attempted rapes between 1972 and 1976 in six English counties , he found that 204 men were arrested for rape or attempted rape . |
| 9 | He found that six lakes were fishless , including five lochs in the Galloway area , 24 lakes were acidified in Scotland , Cumbria , Wales and Southern England , 37 lakes were vulnerable in all the above areas , and ten waters showed fish loss , in particular the River Esk in Cumbria and the River Forth in Scotland . |
| 10 | He found that 600 cartons had been set aside ready for him . |