Example sentences of "had find a good " in BNC.

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1 The tsar , however , believed he had found a better way to knit his territories together than any conceived by his predecessors .
2 As before , he was concerned to hear that we had enjoyed a good flight to his native city , had found a good hotel and that we were managing to survive the bitter cold , the snow and the ice of a Canadian winter .
3 He believed he had found a good humoured gentleman in Holland who would send him plants , but was critical of him for overheating his stoves .
4 She had found a good quick way of conveying the fact that something had arisen suddenly at her end that must claim her immediate attention ; a summons to go to the boss s office , the arrival of someone with whom she had an appointment , or letters to be signed to catch the afternoon post .
5 The client concerned wanted both a finance director and a managing director ; the headhunter had found a good candidate with an accountancy background to be MD , before deciding that the same man would be better in the finance director position .
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