Example sentences of "i find [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And investigating Neil 's stores I found baked beans , sardines , a couple of small tins of ham , and some crispbread . |
| 2 | But on the second landing I found small groups of them with machine-guns lazily overlooking the booking hall . |
| 3 | Occasionally the sight or smell of it nauseated me , and I found certain smells , like those of bread or sugar or chocolate , overpowering . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | I found long hairs — woman 's hair , dark brown . ’ |
| 6 | I discovered that wellies were good for keeping feet wet when the water came above your waist — and I found alternative footwear ! |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | At last he sent for a chaprassi and sent him with me to look for something , but on the way I found nice Mr Dickensen , an American from the University in Rangoon . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I found Swiss television really stupid , did you ? |
| 11 | ‘ Well , when I was there , I found middle-class Presbyterians who were not very different from Anglicans . |
| 12 | ‘ In my room , I found new papers and a ticket back to Paris for the next day . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | As I rummaged through the chest , gathering up as much as I could carry without dropping any , I found knitted scarves , blankets , gloves , socks and all sorts of garments of varying sizes . |
| 15 | Because I found historical films about men on horseback so moving I was pleased when my then wife , Jenni , set to writing a book about the wild west . |
| 16 | She did n't know whether or not he was sniffing but when I searched his room I found empty aerosols . |
| 17 | ‘ Did you have a good time ? ’ my mother asked Robert as I whispered to Lili that I found old age unclean and a disgrace . |
| 18 | There , I found open ground without trees . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | When I opened it I found neat bundles of fivers , each one with a Bank of Berlin band around it . |
| 21 | I found uphill kick turns particularly tricky . |
| 22 | I found dead foetuses behind in rows . |
| 23 | ‘ In the mid-1950s I found public service very restrictive . |
| 24 | The game was all ticket but I found little problems obtaining a ticket , going down Friday lunchtime and obtaining a spare ticket from a Southampton supporter . |
| 25 | I find hot showers disgusting . ’ |
| 26 | I find great difficulty in reconciling that proposition with the proposition described by Dillon L.J . |
| 27 | I find great comfort in her and an enthusiasm that can only increase in the future . |
| 28 | I find divine creation , or several such creations , a completely unnecessary hypothesis . |
| 29 | I find strong ale very heavy |
| 30 | Myself , I find enclosed spaces far more alarming , and , oddly , tend to get increasingly uncomfortable in over-large department stores . |