Example sentences of "she [was/were] find [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she was found they reckoned she 'd been lying there for three hours . |
| 2 | She was finding him unimpressive . |
| 3 | Yet , while she was finding him most difficult to forget , the realisation only then struck her that she knew neither the name of the garage that housed her car , nor the place where it was situated ! |
| 4 | Now that Lowell had learnt to handle the relationship without being too intense — and was drinking less — she was finding him physically attractive . |
| 5 | Olive was n't going to admit it but she was finding it hard to identify with the Moroccans . |
| 6 | As she looked at the vast and busy canvas , Miss Hatherby sensed she was finding it difficult to take in and said , ‘ You know Constance , you can not look at a painting with the same eyes as you stare down Chollerton High Street . |
| 7 | She knew it was wrong to hate her parents like this , but she was finding it very hard not to do so . |
| 8 | And it seemed perfectly natural , given the circumstances , that the child should be named Hope " , though nobody knew whose idea it had been originally … probably not Mrs Wright 's , however , for though in every respect resembling a Madonna , she was finding it more difficult than ever to stay alert . |
| 9 | Because of the enormous disruptions she had suffered in her life she was finding it difficult to manage on a day-to-day basis , and prison represented a way of ‘ escaping ’ from her immediate problems . |
| 10 | By 2.30am , Liz was feeling increasingly uncomfortable , though , so she got up to go to the loo and by ten to three , she was finding it impossible to get back to sleep . |
| 11 | She was finding it harder and harder to keep up with her mother 's thoughts . |
| 12 | She was finding it hard to keep her eyes open . |
| 13 | Normally she would have derived great satisfaction from the image , and even greater satisfaction from the prospect of spending the night amid the pulsating excitement of Monaco at night , but right now she was finding it hard to work up even the tiniest bit of enthusiasm . |
| 14 | He could hurt her with so little , she reflected , realising that she was finding it more and more difficult to keep hatred alive as a counterbalance to love . |
| 15 | She was finding it increasingly difficult to sit here , in his home , trying to cope with the spectrum of emotions that chased pell-mell through her from one moment to the next , and at the same time evince a polite interest in Richard 's remarks . |
| 16 | ‘ Look — ’ now she was finding it all but impossible to get back to her feet , and the embarrassment of having him witness her futile struggles was fast becoming unbearable ‘ — I 'm quite happy just to potter about by myself here ; you really do n't have to hang around me . ’ |
| 17 | It was Kate 's first real outing with a celebrity , and she was finding it fun , particularly as he was gratifyingly attentive to her , even if it was out of self-interest . |
| 18 | However , she was finding it difficult to stifle the waves of panic which swept through her body at the thought of being in close contact with this man who had once meant so much to her . |
| 19 | Thanks to the various interruptions , she was finding it difficult to maintain the high temperature of her initial furious reaction to his kiss . |
| 20 | I 'm fine , ’ Laura mumbled , so used to silence first thing in the morning that she was finding it incredibly difficult to carry on any form of conversation . |
| 21 | His long , inexplicable silence had resulted in her feeling such misery that she was finding it difficult to eat or sleep . |