Example sentences of "and find the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We gazed , open-mouthed at the stately triple towers and the flying buttresses , then went inside and found the famous Lincoln Imp in the Angel Choir , and J. bought me a small silver imp for my charm bracelet . |
| 2 | He glanced up and found the cool blue eyes on him . |
| 3 | Mrs Stych sailed majestically to the bookcase indicated , and found the offending volume almost immediately . |
| 4 | There is considerable evidence to suggest that Catholic devotional practices remained extremely popular right up until the time they were banned , and there can be little doubt that , following their suppression , many lay people initially felt an acute sense of loss and found the new Protestant liturgy an uncongenial and inadequate substitute for their traditional customs and beliefs . |
| 5 | One concerned neighbour — who is now looking after the boy — eventually pushed her way into the flat and found the stricken woman lying on the floor of the front room with a sheet over her . |
| 6 | Jagged blue lightning stabbed through one of the ragged gaps and found the only thing in the office block that was moving . |
| 7 | Theatres , cinemas and restaurants in the area were also evacuated as police launched a frantic search and found the B-registration van . |
| 8 | In 1968 Fields and Stanbury updated Break 's UK study and found the net disincentive effect to have grown to 8% of the population . |
| 9 | They flew home and found the blazing huts just about to fall down . |
| 10 | After wandering about for a while she finally got her bearings and found the splendid staircase that led to the grand hall and the main entrance . |
| 11 | River police and firemen were called to the scene after being alerted by a passing cyclist and found the unnamed man on the rocks . |
| 12 | Fenella had gone back to the bed-chamber and pulled on her boots and found the warm woollen cloak she had brought from Renascia while Caspar had raided the sculleries and packed the maps . |
| 13 | Joe had employed Benny when he was buying and selling in the East End of London and found the elderly man to be a conscientious worker who could be relied on to keep his mouth shut . |
| 14 | He took Susan Hart 's directions and found the no-through road and the turning circle and the track . |
| 15 | Practices sought independence in applying for fundholding status and found the preparatory year challenging and time consuming . |
| 16 | We went on to the marshes with the soldiers and found the escaped convicts fighting each other . |
| 17 | The survey monitored 1,100 Welsh homes and found the average level to be 20 becquerels per cubic metre , the same as the UK as a whole . |
| 18 | We drove from Castor Hanglands to Maxey and found the haunted path where Clare had walked ‘ very fearful ’ each week as a boy to collect flour from the mill . |
| 19 | Except that in that case Timmy would n't be Timmy , and the thought that there might be no Timmy , that there might be some other person altogether occupying his space in the world , fills me with terror , as if I had looked out of the bedroom window and found the solid earth beneath the house had disappeared . |
| 20 | We started house-hunting and found the perfect place on a new rural estate within ten minutes ' drive of the café . |
| 21 | Deceased 's father , with Thomas Hawkswell [ sic ] set out as a search party , and eventually traced the ‘ footings ’ of the missing man … to the old Groove house , and found the lifeless body of young Brown lying just outside the dilapidated building , with his faithful dog watching over the remains of its departed master … the deceased had been married about nine months but he , however , resided with his father at Blackton , while his wife lived with her mother at Bowes , pending their securing a farm and home to themselves , a consummation well within sight at the time of this untoward happening — this mysterious interposition , which surely intimates eternity to man … ‘ |
| 22 | Minutes later the owner returned and found the rear window of the car smashed and the case stolen . |
| 23 | Naturally , without Fouroux the motivator — both Trillo and Dubroca are low key , understated individuals — some of the players felt uneasy and found the extra bit of motivation in the ritual bashing of the English . |
| 24 | He flipped back the pages of his note-book , and found the scrappy diary of those few days . |
| 25 | ‘ Now may I drive you back to the pub ? ’ he said casually , as they emerged into the open air , and found the studious young man of the kiosk waiting to see his last customers out , one finger still keeping his place in a book . |
| 26 | He put on his raincoat and hat , opened the case and found the steel-rimmed spectacles which he carried in there for safety . |
| 27 | As he expected , he drew a blank , and found the main objection was the Founders ' powers . |
| 28 | Her frantic husband had gone to visit her and found the empty bed and her nightgown on the floor . |
| 29 | ‘ We 'll talk later — much later … ’ he murmured softly , slipping an arm beneath her trembling body so that her breasts were lifted towards him , his lips trailing a scorching path over her quivering flesh , a deep ache gripping her loins as his mouth sought and found the hard swollen peaks of her breasts . |
| 30 | But then , and quite different from such pleasures , and like a voice from far more distant regions , there came a moment when I idly turned the pages of the book and found the unrhymed translation of Tegner 's Drapa and read : |