Example sentences of "i find a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I walked across the moor , until I found a dry place to sleep , in the shelter of a small hill . |
| 2 | The Baby parade has continued ever since , encompassing such ditties as ‘ I Found A Million Dollar Baby In A Five And Ten Cent Store ’ , ‘ You Better Keep Babying Baby ( Or Your Baby 's Gon na Bye-Bye You ) ’ , and ‘ Baby Let Your Drawers Hang Down ’ , the latter being performed at Babe Connors ' Club in St Louis , where the girls did bumps and grinds on a mirror floor . |
| 3 | 1 While I was digging in the sand I found a strange gimble. 2 Carl and Jayne are both beamish , but Mike is the beamishest person I known . |
| 4 | Feeling in one of the pockets I found a black eye patch for added colour and realised that my crew were endorsing the senior officer 's joke about piracy in the Channel . |
| 5 | The rooms could have been empty , it was impossible to tell , and in fact when I came to the special dining car I found a good number of the passengers sitting at the unlaid tables , just chatting . |
| 6 | I had the opportunity to visit the north-west on Monday , where I found a good deal of buoyancy and confidence in the future of the north-west and of the country as a whole . |
| 7 | ‘ I found a good place on the bus , on the top deck , right at the front , where you can feel the warmth coming up through a grating ’ ( here and there a head nodded understandingly ) ‘ and see the view . |
| 8 | Then I lifted the foot and as I explored further I found a tender area in the superficial flexor . |
| 9 | When I came to the Cotswolds and looked for a studio , before I even looked for house , I found a great barn , a wonderful old building , except that it was cathedral-like and freezing cold in the winter . |
| 10 | This I found a great help . |
| 11 | ‘ I think he must have taken one because two days later I found a five pound note in the box . |
| 12 | In the book I found a Spanish proverb that runs , No se ganó Zamora en una hora — ‘ Zamora is n't reached in an hour ’ , which is the equivalent of our ‘ Rome was n't built in a day ’ . |
| 13 | I found a better man than Dudley , James . |
| 14 | Bardeen , Carter , and I found a similar law relating to the change in mass of a black hole to a change in the area of the event horizon . |
| 15 | At Bishop McGregor School I found a similar picture with men outnumbering women as shown in Table 6.3 . |
| 16 | In Petts Wood I found a little space like that to park in . |
| 17 | That feeling of uncertainty did not last long , I found a new pathway and the bewilderment soon went . |
| 18 | I remember the time I found a wounded falcon … ’ |
| 19 | I think I could survive on my own in New York if I had a credit card and I found a nice hotel like Kevin . |
| 20 | then I found a bloody job ! |
| 21 | I found a felt-tip pen in the desk drawer and addressed the envelope to ‘ Mr F. MacLean ’ care of a pub I knew in Southwark where they knew me by that name . |
| 22 | On arrival I found a young man from the GLC equipped with a magic lantern , slides , wall plans and all other relevant data . |
| 23 | It occurred to me that it might be Ruth Cohen again , but I could n't have been more wrong , for when I opened the door I found a young police constable standing there in his navy-blue mac wet with rain . |
| 24 | Eventually , I found a young hospital registrar who said , not entirely as a joke : ‘ I expect we 'll find a cupboard for her ’ . |
| 25 | At last I found a young doctor who gave me a curious look , but I begged him to examine Rachel , which he did , and then looked up and said , ‘ My dear lady , your daughter has bubonic plague ! ’ |
| 26 | But I found a bright smile . |
| 27 | But then , in the far corner of the field I found a medieval buckle . |
| 28 | Though I read no sympathy in his face or mouth , I found a few words to offer . |
| 29 | In the case of the picture shown opposite , I found a beautiful frame , with a lovely wide gold band on the inner side of the frame that is decorated with red and green flowers and leaves . |
| 30 | I found a large hotel and looked forward to a good dinner . |