Example sentences of "i [vb past] n't find [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Well , I did n't find her . |
2 | It would be good to see old England again and even if I did n't find her I could tell myself I 'd just tried that little bit . |
3 | ‘ I felt guilty enough to want to help the marriage succeed because I 'd introduced them and had n't thought to warn Rachel , mainly because I did n't find him attractive myself and he 'd never come across as the great seducer with me , and I knew that if it did n't work , it would turn out to be a lifelong trap for her . |
4 | ‘ I did n't find it daunting , but maybe I was over-confident . |
5 | But I did n't find it at all difficult to come out to my student friends . |
6 | I did n't find it , but instead I found Maurin . |
7 | WordPerfect for Windows Power Macros is one of those weighty ( 500+ pages ) books/manuals and although designed for the ‘ couple of steps up from a basic knowledge ’ reader , I did n't find it got me into the harder bits gently . |
8 | It is not a sign of high status in a man 's world to be in charge of women only , but I have to confess that I did n't find it unpleasant . |
9 | Erm because I did n't find it convenient to go and call . |
10 | I actually found it I know me and you have discussed this earlier on and I , I , I did n't find it I found it confusing to be honest with you . |
11 | She hid it inside a pile of nappies , so I did n't find it straight away . ’ |
12 | No I did n't find it difficult . |
13 | I found coming into Suffolk from Hertfordshire I had n't heard the , any East Anglian dialect before at all erm I did n't find it difficult , there were only two cases and I can remember thinking there were two people er , one of whom is still alive , er who I had great difficulty in understanding and I thought when I can follow both of them without any difficulty I shall know I really belong . |
14 | I did n't find it boring . |
15 | It was on before and I did n't find it very funny at all ! |
16 | So that you can in the end , when I came to do it , although it was seventeen people I did n't find it too difficult . |
17 | his his delivery I found very solid , I mean I did n't find it particularly humorous but I mean people were n't laughing that much were they ? |
18 | I did n't find it particularly hard actually . |
19 | I did n't find it as hard as I thought . |
20 | oh I did n't find it , it were in , in thing |
21 | ‘ I did n't find you — Roman did , ’ she said simply , seeing Dana 's colour fade at the mention of Roman 's name . |
22 | I did n't find you at first , so I went to the bathroom . |
23 | ‘ That I did n't find you remotely attractive ! ’ she groaned , laughing and burying her face on his chest . |