Example sentences of "they have found a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | T. B. Bloody pest was stray animals , stray dogs — people would come up and say they 'd found a stray , and you 'd have to take it off them , take their name and address . |
| 2 | Doctors claim they 've found a new way of treating breast cancer which could save thousands of lives . |
| 3 | ‘ At last , they 've found a natural successor to Geoff Boycott ’ |
| 4 | They had found a small restaurant away from the theatre circuit where there was no chance of bumping into Gesner . |
| 5 | They had found a small table tucked in between three long ones , and had already been given a jug of iced water , a long loaf , a pot of butter and a plate of olives . |
| 6 | They drove towards Ashdown Forest , and even before they had found a suitable place to stop , Charlotte had begun to recount the events of the past week in such detail that it was obvious she was holding nothing back . |
| 7 | Pigeons thought they had found a regular roost on a Shrewsbury office block . |
| 8 | The US companies hoped they had found a new seam of commercially-viable movies , but none thought too deeply about what they were buying into . |
| 9 | In January 1981 , Emsley and others reported in the Journal of the American Chemical at Society ( vol 103 , p 24 ) that they had found a new strong hydrogen bond which formed between fluoride and amides — organic salts of ammonia . |
| 10 | Historically , people were not led to seek a hierarchical classification because of a belief in evolution ; rather , they were prejudiced in favour of evolution because they had found a hierarchical classification to be appropriate . |
| 11 | Last night the four boys who discovered James lying on the railway embankment said that at first they thought they had found a dead cat . |
| 12 | They have found a new enthusiasm for life , a new determination to be the people they are and behave as they will . |
| 13 | Tory rebels believe they have found a legal way of spoking the wheels of the bill 's passage by calling for a judicial review of the constitutional implications of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill , which today enters its 18th day in the Commons . |
| 14 | They believe they have found a cheap , practical means of preventing dolphins entangling themselves in monofilament drift fishing nets — the ‘ walls of death ’ believed to be responsible for killing large numbers of dolphins off Cornwall this year . |
| 15 | It has long been the case that the fact of winning is far more important than the manner of doing so , and since they have found a winning formula they have a powerful argument for keeping it , especially now that the financial rewards are considerable . |