Example sentences of "[vb past] he [verb] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She guessed he found it intriguing to be able to talk about his consuming interest in the sport with a girl who not only knew what he was talking about , but could actually offer opinions that were interesting . |
| 2 | ‘ Simon 's childhood had left him with a feeling of inadequacy and a strong envious streak , which meant he found it difficult to live with the idea of an associate being better than him . |
| 3 | Gedge confirms that he flirted with Catt but felt he considered it harmless and totally unrelated to Charman 's dismissal . |
| 4 | Thursby thought he knew it all . |
| 5 | He thought he knew it all , and that was where he was going to come unstuck . |
| 6 | Incidentally , the Scottish players thought he got it right both times in that Gary Armstrong had not scored , but Turnbull had . |
| 7 | Nor , it seems , did he think it necessary to tell Mr. Small that Matadial had adhered to her statement in this respect when making her addendum in May . |
| 8 | Did he have it that time ? |
| 9 | ‘ Did he put it that way ? ’ |
| 10 | Nor did he find it awkward that the tutor 's rooms were immediately below his own in the Pepys building . |
| 11 | Why , I asked , did he find it acceptable for an artist to have to put up with the paltry sums of money he offered when he himself lived in such style ? |
| 12 | Now why did he call it that , rather than making love ? |
| 13 | And why , he wondered , had he felt it necessary to wash . |
| 14 | Why had he thought it necessary , she would n't have minded , surely he did n't think she was that sort of person . |
| 15 | Only in the last ten years or so had he been able to give up going to the country towns and villages for uncomfortable , if lucrative , one- or two-day visits ; only then had he found it possible to move from Jewtown to commodious rooms in Patrick Street , Cork 's main thoroughfare , where he could live as well as have his surgery . |
| 16 | He said he thought it possible that , within five years , one French house in a hundred would be equipped with solar power , compared with one in a thousand today . |
| 17 | Now he said he found it difficult to show his feelings , but he clearly experienced the world through his senses , particularly touch . |
| 18 | Brian Hall , safety and training officer at Redpath Offshore , said he found it difficult to explain why Mr Eaton had placed himself under the pipe . |
| 19 | Yeah , Jonathan said he watched it last week , One Foot in the Grave , what was it about |