Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] find " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't fault the descriptions , although I did find it a little irritating to be several paragraphs into each section before the actual route of ascent was revealed . |
| 2 | The boots served me well in wet weather doing an admirable job in keeping my feet dry , but on some of the hotter days this year I did find that my feet got unpleasantly hot and sweaty . |
| 3 | HSMorris Bristol PS I did find the article amusing and am no less a woman because I did . |
| 4 | The nurses seemed overwhelmed , and when I did find one with a moment to spare , she told me my patient had died half an hour earlier . |
| 5 | Well , I did find that , and the love of bad men , too , but it made no difference . |
| 6 | While I ca n't say I actually enjoyed the experience — as usual , two shirts flaked me out and put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day — I did find the whole process a whole lot easier on the nerves than throwing a glass of water across a shirt in the hope that somehow the creases , along with the water , would eventually evaporate . |
| 7 | Talking about him with the others , I did find out that several other people had had the same experience with him as me ; that his lovemaking was done in silence , that he never said a word ( in fact with me he hardly looked me in the eye either , just stared at his own hands as he moved them over my body , not stroking so much as seizing and kneading me , holding me down too ) ; but then later in the night you would wake to hear him talking to himself , lying there fast asleep ( O always asked the men he fucked to stay with him all night long , always ) , fast asleep and talking out loud in the night , talking in a fast , furious , hushed , hollow voice . |
| 8 | When I did find her , she always managed to evade me like a will-o'-the-wisp , and then I would lose her again . |
| 9 | On the other hand , a new training school has been set up where I did find excellent service , friendly and helpful instructors and a range of aircraft rates which are almost unbelievable . |
| 10 | I did find it to be a touch neck-heavy though . |
| 11 | I did find that the sensitivity and thin construction has two side-effects . |
| 12 | I 'm left a little cold by sampling and sequencers in general — just as I would n't consider a romantic liaison with my fridge — but I did find myself interested by it all . |
| 13 | I did find with mine that the secret lay in a final row at the higher tension and that removing the weights was the answer to perfect transferring . |
| 14 | I did find out that Noël Compton-Burnett had been a fellow of King 's , and had been killed in the war . |
| 15 | But when I did find out I was profoundly relieved to know that all these troubling fantasies which had been playing twice nightly in my head were , in fact , shared by others . |
| 16 | However , I did find that after a short time the material began to pill quite badly around the cuffs and down the front . |
| 17 | I did find the window open , and locked it myself because of the way it was rattling in the wind . |
| 18 | Even so , I did find it disappointing that financial matters occupied so much of the non-playing time at both the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour finals in Frankfurt and the Virginia Slims Championships in New York in November . |
| 19 | The second pitch was n't much better , but I did find a few bolts . |
| 20 | However , after a trip by taxi along the streets , following the line where possible , I did find that the best location , which showed the monoline to advantage , was at the end of the walkway to Pyrmont Bridge , just above the National Maritime Museum . |
| 21 | particularly erm , and one of things that I did find in Gaugin 's painting of Von Gogh was that erm , er , erm , depression really , I , I could see it there and the des desolation very much as if he was looking in on somebody who was in that position er , although at the time I do n't thing Gaugin and , er Von Gogh himself knew it |
| 22 | And saying that , in the last three years I since discovered , and it was quite difficult to , which I did find , that there was alternative erm therapists , which was lots of groups that were going on and once I got into it erm the , it opened up a new , you know I ne I 've never saw the light at the tunnel that is shining brightly now ! |
| 23 | I did find the two sons of one of my brothers . |
| 24 | However , after a trip by taxi along the streets , following the line where possible , I did find that the best location , which showed the monoline to advantage , was at the end of the walkway to Pyrmont Bridge , just above the National Maritime Museum . |
| 25 | Although my paralysis was pretty well complete , I did find that I could move my eyes . |
| 26 | I did find one recipe , for stuffed heart served with boiled rice and wedges of lemon , but it did n't sound very inviting . |
| 27 | However , in compensation I did find a nice silver hammered halfpenny of Henry V and a few rose farthings . |
| 28 | What I did not expect to find — and what I did find — was a strong Roman impact on the intellectual relations between Greeks and Jews or Celts or Iranians as soon as Roman power began to be felt outside Italy in the second century B.C. The influence of Rome on the minds of those who came into contact with it was quick and strong . |
| 29 | However I did find the coverage of the police chasing a joyrider ( or a ‘ deathrider ’ as some people chose to call them ) very informative . |
| 30 | I did find out from someone else . ’ |