Example sentences of "[noun prp] found the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flying Scot : Jim Moodie found the winning formula . |
| 2 | During this period many travellers to Hitler 's Germany found the new enthusiasm for German folklore and the old peasant ways both quaint and charming ( but harmless ) . |
| 3 | Jamie Spence found the Swiss mountain air to his liking ( right ) , with a final round 60 . |
| 4 | LABORATORY analyst Emma Lawrie found the right formula for courage when she hurled herself out of an aircraft at 2,200ft . |
| 5 | At last , Corbett found the narrow alleyway and pushed his horse through the crowd to the battered ale-stake above the dingy house . |
| 6 | That night , Jessica Roberts found the ritual element she had always accepted in her high home life hard to bear . |
| 7 | Donna found the big man pressed close to her . |
| 8 | The Wahl model , the most powerful , is cordless and Helen found the flexible head made it easier to reach shoulder and back muscles . |
| 9 | In a later study of economic growth in the USA , and Western European countries during the period 1950–62 , Denison found the minimum contribution of education to economic growth to have been of far less importance : 15 per cent for USA , 13 per cent for UK and Belgium , and the rates for the remaining six countries varied from 7 per cent for Norway and Italy , to 2 per cent for West Germany . |
| 10 | Robin found the average milk-yield for the area was about 33kg per cow daily . |
| 11 | Philip found the critical line in which Wheeler stated that the samian from the rampart was ‘ Hadrianic-Antonine ’ . |
| 12 | Blanche found the dishevelled air he always seemed to carry about with him endearing . |
| 13 | But Pallister found the nerve-racking task too much in the pouring rain of the Russian capital . |
| 14 | Inside a purpose built coffin Brian found the ancient skull of a horse . |
| 15 | Johnson found the whole island harsh and barren ; to Mrs Thrale he wrote , ‘ though I have been twelve days upon it , I have little to say . ’ |
| 16 | AEs found the negative sell easiest . |
| 17 | While her handwriting was clear and she read fluently , Diana found the scholarly side rather confusing . |
| 18 | finally , in the autumn of 1979 , Diana found the perfect job , working part-time as an assistant in a small kindergarten in Pimlico , for a friend of her other sister , Jane . |
| 19 | To an extent Laura found the superior knowledge of some of her employees unnerving but she was also prepared to learn from them , her own tastes changing subtly in the process . |
| 20 | There must have been servants listening ; without seeing who was responsible , Paul found the front door slammed behind him , and himself in the grey street . |