Example sentences of "had find [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Whizzo had been any good Jazz could have transferred but Biddy , having given Whizzo the thumbs down , had found him a good home with a nervous lady in the suburbs and he was no longer available . |
| 2 | Which was why it was so intriguing to hear that he had told one or more of the SRU 's top brass that while Peter Wright was still scrummaging like a tight-head prop in that — one would have thought very wisely — he did not attempt any of the seasoned loose-head 's tricks of the trade , he had found him a good , strong and heavy scrummager , difficult to budge . |
| 3 | She was said to have paid £1,000 towards the £2,000 down payment given to the undercover detectives by her father and Chief Superintendent John Homer said that in dealings with Mr Smith police had found him a difficult and opinionated man . |
| 4 | But he had not even asked — she had found him a little unnerving . |
| 5 | The soldiers had found it a long and tiring period . |
| 6 | She had found it a few days earlier and feeling an immediate love for the place , determined to find time to sit there . |