Example sentences of "[noun sg] found [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The middle sister found her by the pool in their garden .
2 The boy found me at the sweet shop across the street , and told me of the drama .
3 A policeman found him in the river near Waterloo station .
4 The next morning found him on the practice fields as soon as the sun was up , battering his post as though it were a mortal enemy .
5 An early start the next morning found us on the ferry bound to the island of Santorini , around 112 kilometres to the north of Crete .
6 The helicopter found her in the vicinity of Kammies .
7 A group of workmen crossing over to the Valley just before dawn found her by the shore . ’
8 Sundowner time found me at the Clachaig Inn ( JTR either went there or to the Temperance Hotel in Glencoe Village on the edge of Loch Leven ) after twenty-odd miles wandering and walking .
9 Her boyfriend found them in the back of his van , abandoned by someone months or years before their discovery , and they have collected chocolate stains from half eaten Minstrels and white smears from Quaker oats .
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