Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] find " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the judge did find the wording to be a very potent factor , and , after reviewing the guidelines discussed below , he found that the decision had indeed been that of an expert . |
| 2 | The most important of these , the sheer efficiency of collection , was also the reason why Walpole found such political and popular resistance in trying to move towards an excise-based system , although over the century most of the commodities he would have included in his general excise did find their way into its embrace . |
| 3 | But the Government did find a way of accepting a link between the riots and social problems without bringing its main policies into the debate : namely by linking the growth of violent disorder to crime and drugs . |
| 4 | Yes it should , but only if South Africa holds up its hand and admits that money did find its way into certain bank accounts and that the game in South Africa has been awash with money for many years . |
| 5 | However , the survey did find that 89 per cent of rivers , 90 per cent of canals and 90 per cent of estuaries were of either good or fair quality . |
| 6 | The survey did find , however , that 89 per cent of rivers , 90 per cent of canals and 90 per cent estuaries were of either " good " or " fair " quality . |
| 7 | Reagan 's anti-Communism did find sympathy in Europe , from Britain 's Margaret Thatcher and , after 1982 , from the new German Chancellor , Helmut Kohl . |