Example sentences of "i find [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Meanwhile at least one offspring of the NPA flourishes — the ‘ English Through Activity ’ programme in Swaziland , where I found similar activity and enthusiasm in schools , talked to a committed supervisor who saw her role entirely as getting her materials — including issues of English Ladybird books — to rural schools as efficiently as possible and of encouraging ‘ active learning ’ , ( but of what and why she took little heed ) .
2 I discovered that wellies were good for keeping feet wet when the water came above your waist — and I found alternative footwear !
3 ‘ If that was the case I found great difficulty in seeing how he could get permission from my local authority to license me , ’ he said .
4 Meanwhile I found other knitting groups right in ‘ my ’ province and took Arune with me to talk with the other women in it in the hope that they could answer the questions that I could n't .
5 I found Swiss television really stupid , did you ?
6 Because I had not done much mathematics at school or at Oxford , I found general relativity very difficult at first and did not make much progress .
7 ‘ Did you have a good time ? ’ my mother asked Robert as I whispered to Lili that I found old age unclean and a disgrace .
8 There , I found open ground without trees .
9 The workshop classes were a mixture of all grades of academy , and it was here that I found common ground absorbing my trade instruction ; and happily in this field I was able not to be as conspicuous as I was at school .
10 I found uphill kick turns particularly tricky .
11 ‘ In the mid-1950s I found public service very restrictive .
12 I find great difficulty in reconciling that proposition with the proposition described by Dillon L.J .
13 I find great comfort in her and an enthusiasm that can only increase in the future .
14 I find divine creation , or several such creations , a completely unnecessary hypothesis .
15 I find strong ale very heavy
16 Yes — I find healthy food just as enjoyable
17 In my business , either I cut my costs or I find new business .
18 Like many women , I find scrupulous attention to personal hygiene slightly sinister in a man .
19 I find Filipino sea food delicious but deliberate about conscience .
20 Though neither a Marxist nor a Freudian , I find Marxist criticism deeply interesting , but not the Freudian equivalent .
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