Example sentences of "he [vb past] find " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he did find sodium absorption in a star 1100 light years from the Sun , and in stars that were more distant than this . |
| 2 | All the same , he did find eventually a settled domesticity with them . |
| 3 | He did find that the auditors owed a duty of care to the plaintiff . |
| 4 | But he did find her sufficiently different to wish he knew her better . |
| 5 | What he did find , to his surprise , was that some of the doubles moved in a way which indicated that they were in orbit round the ‘ balancing point ’ or common centre of gravity of the system . |
| 6 | For past all doubt he was on that path , he did find the poor soul dead , he did run to the castle , like an honest man , and tell the sheriff what he had found . |
| 7 | And even if he did find her what more had he to offer her than before ? |
| 8 | ‘ As you wish , although you can hardly imagine that Jones would mind if he did find out . |
| 9 | And he had no idea of where to go , and how to find her — nor of what he would say to her when he did find her , either at the embassy or anywhere else she might have gone . |
| 10 | Perhaps he did find her attractive after all ? |
| 11 | Because he did find her attractive ? |
| 12 | However , he did find that injured victims provided less complete reports than uninjured ones and that victims of robberies provided more complete reports than the victims of rape or assault . |
| 13 | But he did find the rank . |