Example sentences of "find the [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Refusing to let herself think beyond the tasks she was performing , Leonora listened to the radio as she worked , and when the meal was well advanced she went quietly upstairs to find the bathroom empty , and Penry , fully dressed in fresh clothes , fast asleep on his bed . |
| 2 | She banged her empty glass down on the desk , as though she had expected to find the surface several centimetres lower than it actually was . |
| 3 | The Doctor seemed to find the scene embarrassing . |
| 4 | No one else seemed to find the scene incongruous , and Veronica passed no comment on it when she arrived . |
| 5 | While still in London I would wake in the night to find the bed devoid of Nigel , whom I would find in the kitchen , drinking tea and pacing the floor . |
| 6 | You ‘ Il be very glad you did this if you turn up one day to find the river high and murky because if , for example , you know that one swim has a lovely clean gravel bottom and another has half a Morris 1000 and a blackberry bush in it then this may help you decide where to fish and where to stick your mate ! |
| 7 | Patrick re-entered the house by the back door — and was surprised to find the kitchen empty . |
| 8 | How to find the money necessary to carry out Amnesty 's work has always been a worry , and from the very beginning the Section Office asked groups for help in this area . |
| 9 | However , a strong cup tradition backed up by five Monmouthshire titles in seven years and 18 Ben Francis Cup wins counted for nothing as Blaina struggled to find the consistency necessary to mount a successful promotion campaign . |
| 10 | Fen seemed to find the idea amusing , and hastily Robbie denied it . |
| 11 | The older woman seemed to find the story intriguing rather than depressing . |
| 12 | He was beginning to find the sex interesting , and had already started to wonder whether he should try to make her position permanent . |
| 13 | When at length they reached the expected doorway it was to find the door open . |
| 14 | The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds says the Ministry now has only three months to find the person responsible and mount a prosecution . |
| 15 | I went out for the day , and came back to find the room full of thick smoke from Holmes ' pipe . |
| 16 | She sat up with a start , blinking , to find the room full of electric light again , and her host occupied in turning off the lamps , his face streaked with oil and his black hair wildly untidy , but with an air of triumph about him which she registered with some amusement . |
| 17 | Mrs Tilling , who began to find the room oppressive and smelly , left her sock-laden armchair ( from whence , she suspected , most of the aroma emanated ) , and decided to investigate the kitchen . |
| 18 | Read from the graph to find the temperature 1 after 1 hour , 2 after 6 hours , 3 after 4 hours . |
| 19 | The Ministers arrived at first light to find the palace dark and empty , the huge rooms barely lit by a few lamps placed here and there showing the furniture covered in drapes . |
| 20 | As we said our goodbyes and hoped to meet up again soon , I could n't help thinking as I watched the column disappear in the distance that the Marines were not going to find the situation any easier than their last venue . |
| 21 | He seemed to find the remark hilarious , because he broke into raucous laughter . |
| 22 | Many a time , he said , he had gone across the room for his instruments and turned bath to find the chair empty . |
| 23 | I arrived to find the house empty . |
| 24 | They thus occupy a rather special place in the spectrum of infectious human disease , since , without being able to find the germ responsible , it is not only rather difficult to be sure that the disease is present in the first place , but , having given a treatment for which there can be no de finite evidence of efficacy , since no organism has been eliminated , it can be very difficult to tell whether the infection has resolved or even whether the patient is better . |
| 25 | They no longer had to wait for the elusive Jennie to finish making a steak and kidney pudding before sanctioning an important business decision , but they had taken over in lean times and Doris began to find the strain intolerable . |
| 26 | I came into the dining room to find the table bare and Siegfried stamping around . |
| 27 | You might even think we were supposed to find the death notable . ’ |
| 28 | He would sit for hours , quite silent , watching the assembling of minute coils and springs ; he seemed to find the exactitude satisfying . |
| 29 | John Dunlop 's filly has yet to find the target this season but her four-and-three-quarter lengths fourth to Only Royale in the Aston Upthorpe Yorkshire Oaks last month suggested that her turn was just around the corner . |
| 30 | In early 1981 , Reagan and his aides spoke confidently of his having received an impressive mandate at the recent elections , and many in Congress and the media seemed to find the argument convincing . |