Example sentences of "[pers pn] have found a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd found a movie to go to , at an off-centre commons .
2 But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground , and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place ; I should hardly think of the answer which I had before given , that for anything I knew , the watch might have always been there .
3 I had found a chiton living on the back of a rock which had a zoanthid colony growing on it .
4 By the time 1972 was out I had found a Vets club in join , the VAC as it was called , and I began to pick up something about the scene — where to find the minor races , who to go to for training advice , the way to use blocks and how to seek out physios for repair purposes — and I took up steady training .
5 I began to think that I had found a friend , and I answered him at once .
6 I dropped to the floor , hopeful I had found a gap in the defences , and stopped dead .
7 As I looked at him , it seemed I had found a brother and sisters to love and be proud of for the rest of my life .
8 ‘ Perhaps I wanted to convince her that I had found a replacement for her and she was wasting her time in trying to fan burned-out ashes to life . ’
9 It would have been a consolation if I had found a mother in Mme Guérigny .
10 A real let down , especially after all I had heard about it , not to mention all that nudge nudge wink wink from the son of the house in East Ham where I had found a room , and so much eyebrow raising and snorting from the father .
11 ‘ Look , I 've found a golf ball , ’ smiled Mr Morgan , a bank manager 's assistant , as Mr Evans marched over .
12 I 've found a will to fight .
13 I 've found a worm in my spaghetti !
14 I 've found a drum .
15 I 've found a gran thanks to advert
16 How do I know when I 've found a sett ?
17 For some reason or another I 've found a pizza that does n't affect his skin
18 I 've found a scooter .
19 I do n't have H R T , I did n't have any problems luckily , with the menopause but I feel I 've I 've found a bit more of who I really am , you know !
20 I actually take possession in about a month , but as soon as I 've found a flat I 'm going to start working there part-time to learn the ropes .
21 I 've found a book !
22 ‘ I think I 've found a place in the country . ’
23 I 've found a place where we can sleep safely for as long as we like . "
24 Look , I 've found a hostel that will take you for one night .
25 I 've found a car !
26 It is a struggle to paint grasses in a true watercolour technique and the purist may well react against the use of white and acrylic here , but I have found a release from the restrictions of technique through this method and comfort myself with the knowledge that white has been in common use by artists throughout the history of watercolour painting .
27 ‘ So I have n't got any leads on Elaine yet — she is Lilian , as I thought , but I have found a twin sister — Donna .
28 Hollies are not difficult to grow , although I have found a tendency for them to die back badly at maturity in places with cool , wet summers .
29 Indeed , this is the first time I have found a photographer reveal the position he was in when he took a particularly impressive shot of slime mould , for example .
30 I have found a power I can rely on , not the white man or the black man , but some power greater than white and greater than black .
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