Example sentences of "i find that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 When the child caught this later and went off her food , I found that tiny Marmite sandwiches handed over whilst I pushed the pram round Wood Green and along the New Yatt Road , seemed to be acceptable to the invalid .
2 In the simplest I found that many owners saw their houses as white elephants .
3 One symptomatic phenomenon was revealed in my own research in Leicester for an Open University television programme , when I found that many teachers of English were unwilling to come to terms with the interest and creative potential of Asian students in English language , literature and drama .
4 I found that moderate slip angles produce no nasty consequences , but was restrained from further experimentation with the admonition that the aircraft describes what sounds like a brisk departure into a fast outside flick roll with the nose going hard down to exceed its negative-g limit .
5 Yet during interviews with managers involved , I found that other factors were at work .
6 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 .
7 Nineteen eighty nine edition which is the latest existing in Your Lordship 's House and I found that that edition did reveal at what had happened since to subsec to Sections Two and Three .
8 I found that most parents were initially rather shocked at finding out their daughter was pregnant , some cried , some got angry , some were very matter-of-fact , and some were quite pleased .
9 Instead , I found that military firms are to blame for selling all the arms to these poor countries and most of the sales go on without the governments knowing .
10 On the first morning came two shocks — I found that Christian names were dropped — from now on I was Maidment .
11 I find that traditional cocktail foods are always very popular and Devils or Angels on Horseback are a guaranteed success .
12 I find that other kind of sound very forgiving ; I can get through it technically , but I ca n't make it come alive the way somebody else could . ’
13 I find that many DIY tools are often too heavy for women but a radiator roller is ideal for larger areas .
14 I must admit I , I really do n't agree with that , I mean I find that many women who have had erm children actually their figure has improved after the children , they look a great deal better and I certainly do n't think that many women in Scotland looked vast after they 've had children , I totally disagree with that .
15 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 .
16 I find that few fishkeepers use white worm nowadays and I feel that is a pity .
17 Though walls have to be scrambled over , if you do it with care and replace any stones you dislodge , I find that most farmers do n't object to walkers on their land .
18 I find that autumn-sown oats or rye ripen early and often allow me to squeeze in a catch crop of oats or rye after the main harvest to be grazed in the late autumn and spring before ploughing for roots .
19 Some find their feet quickly ; but I find that some assistants need support for the first few weeks , and it 's up to me and Joan and Wendy to give it . ’
20 Increasingly I find that this kind of exchange — this candour , this reciprocity — is one of the things that keeps me trundling along .
21 Speaking to colleagues informally , I find that this situation is not uncommon .
22 I find that these people who are so called on the cheap that the product is not very good , well if you say say you call it by one of them
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