Example sentences of "found [pron] to [be] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Dudek flicked over the pages , found them to be a little better , but still somewhat hum-drum .
2 During the strike , the police found them to be a useful device with which to restrict the freedom of movement of pickets .
3 In some cases , important labour market actors are uncertain of them , and in the course of certain of our case studies [ see Chapter 7 ] we found them to be a source of confusion .
4 I found a little bit of string choking on the upper three frets and on inspection , found there to be a slight bow to the neck .
5 One prisoner , condemned to transportation , found there to be no ship leaving for Botany Bay in the near future .
6 BELVILLE : I found her to be a coquette , an told her so and she is offended .
7 In a feature interview with Percy Grainger next day I found him to be a charming and modest man , and was glad to write in glowing terms of his keyboard mastery , his repertoire , and his travels .
8 ‘ I found him to be a wise friend and an exemplorary leader of the western world .
9 When the three met with Father Vinko , the parish priest at Caratis , they found him to be a cheerful ‘ hands on ’ worker .
10 Richard found it to be a ‘ town … full of temptations ’ .
11 I found it to be a splendid panegyric on the peaceful uses of atomic energy , though to present a history of nuclear power without even mentioning the existence of hydrogen bombs , may be thought by some to overdo the euphoria .
12 He can simply state in evidence that he examined the licence and found it to be a current provisional .
13 The man took a couple of steps back as they headed for him ; but then they stopped , as if they 'd sensed his fury and found it to be a wall that they hesitated to scale .
14 Changing direction , she hurried towards the place , and found it to be a large open space , surrounded by little shops , their shutters closed now , but by the legends she could just see painted above their doors they were given over to trade .
15 When they reached the stream they found it to be a rushing torrent that swept in mad haste along a narrow bed .
16 I never found it to be a boring job , erm if it is boring I think it 's because they 're only making it , if they make it that way and I think it 's partly due , if they , if people do talk that way then I think it 's partly due to the sort of duty systems that people work now , and erm the number of hours they work , and , and strangely for little things like the introduction of television , I think television , very nice in its way but it 's killed life on fire stations and in certain areas , cos the whole business of conversation and learning and so on has gone , people would much sooner sit nowadays in front of the television and be entertained for an evening , instead of using all the other skills and , and erm things that are offered to them .
17 In the early part of this century the mountain had a sinister reputation , and Ewen MacAskill found it to be no pushover .
18 I checked the engine number with Perkins ( whom I might add were extremely pleasant and helpful ) who later found it to be the 4236 , rated at 82 bhp .
19 And wherever he went in the city he found it to be the same .
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