Example sentences of "found it [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We made the locks at Gairlochy on Saturday evening and found it no great hardship to lay there throughout the following Sunday . |
| 2 | Those who worked for ‘ Laura Ashley ’ at this time found it a mixed experience . |
| 3 | Harrington and Lewis both said they found it a pleasant change from their usual routine . |
| 4 | I 'm a comparative newcomer to this computer age that many people of my generation would rather try to ignore … but you really ca n't … and as an owner of a computer and an 8 year old , I found it a good read and picked up lots of new tips on home entertainment/education as well . |
| 5 | And although Whigs under Anne liked to claim that James had been deposed for breaking his original contract with the people , they found it a credible way of embarrassing their political opponents to argue that it was the Tories who had been responsible for James 's downfall . |
| 6 | There with the Princess 's permission as the only journalist , I found it a fascinating insight into how Diana conducts a part of her life that has until now been comparatively secret . |
| 7 | Most respondents found it a useful medium for aiding some cosmetic task or other . |
| 8 | First , because of membership of the EMS , wage-bargainers and price-setters in other countries may take particular notice of the DM exchange rate and inflationary trends ( if any ) in the Federal Republic ; second , over a period of time , wage and price responses in other countries might evolve towards the German norm ; third , it may simply be that in a period when for fundamental social and political reasons the control of inflation came to assume dominance in policy-making , policy-makers found it a useful discipline to conduct their fiscal and monetary affairs in such a way as to stabilise the exchange rate against the DM . |
| 9 | The older women found it a terrible strain . |
| 10 | The Evening Standard , commenting on Oz 's inaugural issue , found it a great disappointment . |
| 11 | The professionals found it a tough test , with Wirral 's Andy Mitchell returning the only sub par round in the 36-hole event . |
| 12 | I found my way to a temperance hotel advertised in the guide-book and found it a homely house . |
| 13 | I had been his guest in the air very briefly before when I was taken up to see Low Birk Hatt as a bird would see it , and I found it a thrilling experience , quite the best way to travel . |
| 14 | When police found it a few minutes later they looked inside expecting to find the baby but the back seat was empty . |
| 15 | In 1983 he took over the captaincy of Jamaica when Rowe went to South Africa but found it a difficult business , perhaps because he is too quiet and introspective for cricket leadership . |
| 16 | Emmie found it a dreadful sound . |
| 17 | Visitors found it a lovely house , full of air and hospitality . |
| 18 | I found it an impressive programme and I hope it will not lead Mr Heseltine to conclude that chess sets are less harmful potentially than television sets . |
| 19 | He found it an impossible spectacle to watch , and walked up and down the corridor for nearly two hours . |
| 20 | But hard as John Meaney tried he found it an uphill struggle against Hughes , who was firing on all cylinders , and his great ‘ cool ’ blessed with a wide repertoire of shots saw him a worthy winner 4–0 from seven frames . |
| 21 | So , when Caine told Peter Langan that he was interested in setting up a British restaurant along the lines of La Coupole , Langan found it an irresistible proposition . |
| 22 | It was an admirable venture and most of the Girls found it an exciting place to stay . |
| 23 | during its limited period of service with the RAF , most aircrew who flew the B–29 found it an enjoyable experience ; a good stepping stone into the age of the jet bomber . |
| 24 | Eventually , John summoned up courage to ask permission to use different music : Ravel 's two-handed piano concerto in G. Presumably he was happier working with that , but few people found it an apt choice for the subject of the ballet , about a witch who destroys her lover . |
| 25 | Patrick 's Hill was so long and steep that even pedestrians found it an excessive strain , and its footpaths had been layered with sets of steps at regular intervals to make the ascent tolerable . |
| 26 | Having said she would never teach she found it the only way to keep up her Mathematics and bring up a family , so via an evening Technical College Lectureship she slipped into school teaching and has enjoyed it ! |
| 27 | I found it the greatest fun . |
| 28 | Occasionally he found it the tiniest glint of deep blue . |