Example sentences of "i have found a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | But by now I 'd found a new market — the Sunday papers . |
2 | Even though I 'd found a fine lady to take care of him . |
3 | Within 10 minutes I had found a suitable love-nest at the Glasgow Green , some 200 yards from the High Court . |
4 | By happy chance , I had found a private hotel only fifty yards from the Danube and which , unlike its skyscraper neighbours immediately across the river , such as the fashionable Intercontinental , did not cost vast sums of hard currency . |
5 | That was all I needed … just when I had found a little peace at last . |
6 | I had found a harsh indifference . |
7 | ‘ For six years you have dogged me wherever I went and now you have turned up here , where I thought I had found a safe haven . ’ |
8 | I 've found a super husband for Harriet . |
9 | I have found a five-acre lake which has both deep and shallow water and I have heard that it holds a good head of carp averaging 8lb to 14lb with a distinct possibility of a 20-pounder . |
10 | To report on my own experience , I have found a surprising number of English people outside the academic world who have lived with the Sonnets , have taken them into their own experience , can quote with ease ‘ To me , fair friend , you never can be old ’ , or ‘ Shall I compare thee to a summer 's day ? ’ , or ‘ When , in disgrace with Fortune and men 's eyes ’ , or ‘ Let me not to the marriage of true minds/Admit impediment ’ . |
11 | ‘ Hurrah ’ I have frequently told myself in some second-hand bookshop , ‘ I have found a valuable first edition for a mere song ! ’ |
12 | I have found a comfortable position that could last for hours on the sofa in my front room . |
13 | It is even more useful when I have found a glaring mistake , have partially undone something and rehung the stitches inaccurately . |
14 | I have found a seasonal calendar , as shown in Table 1 , a useful reminder of the sequence of work through the year . |