Example sentences of "[pers pn] found this " in BNC.
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1 | Economists were being involved in the process of economic decision making in a manner which had been unknown previously , and most of them found this admission to the counsels of the influential and powerful to be very congenial . |
2 | I found this a little fiddly , with the C-spanner light weight , but the sliding finger guard , which covers the collet on the 88 is excellent for ensuring digits do n't get near burrs . |
3 | This tendency to catch and pull happens most often when approaching the workpiece , but with experience I found this can be avoided easily by working against the rotation . |
4 | As a long time drinker of real ale , who has only joined CAMRA in the last year , I found this belly-aching very annoying . |
5 | I found this an extremely comfortable sack for lugging climbing equipment , tent and food into some of the more remote Scottish crags for a weekend 's sport . |
6 | I found this to be the case when trying to replace a ballcock valve washer in a hot water tank in a very narrow airing cupboard . |
7 | I nearly got up ad went away out of pity , I found this so unpleasant in a slip of a child . |
8 | Well , he said , I found this attaché case , see . |
9 | I found this account sad but also rather revealing . |
10 | So I was looking around the Beckenham and Bromley area when I found this place called Haddon Hall which was an amazing property . |
11 | Reading Unamuno , I found this passage which gave me comfort among all the mockery : ‘ The greatest height of heroism to which an individual , like a people , can attain is to know how to face ridicule . ’ |
12 | I can not remember what I was expecting exactly , but I found this slightly disappointing . |
13 | But I found this in a file . |
14 | Neither he nor I found this satisfactory . |
15 | I found this vaguely reassuring ; a short , sharp death seemed preferable to a long , slow chewing underwater . |
16 | I found this stifling . |
17 | However , I found this book immensely valuable , and it will certainly take price of place in my collection of chromatography reference books . |
18 | I felt so enthusiastic when I found this out and I began to read the stories , that I thought I saw the River of the Leprechauns , which is the crystal road to their kingdom ‘ Undersea . ’ |
19 | I found this difficult to believe but , before I continue , I will tell you a little about myself . |
20 | I found this a deeply disturbing work , an impression which was further intensified upon repeat hearings . |
21 | I found this in many ways remarkable performance of Daphnis frustratingly difficult to assess , even after several hearings . |
22 | My grandmother would give orders to the eldest and these would be passed down — as I got older I found this particularly galling ! |
23 | But I found this in our house , and I thought it might be yours ’ . |
24 | The second side-effect — and this is n't necessarily a criticism — was that I found this guitar absolutely unbearable to play unless it was as near perfectly in tune as possible . |
25 | For old-style feel playing , I found this by far the best and most controllable overdrive setting , even on full tilt . |
26 | Before Christmas I found this machine at a car boot sale in new condition for only £3 , it has never been used and except for two screws missing and instructions , it seems to be in working order . |
27 | I found this highly intelligent . ’ |
28 | I had known Willie since childhood days at Nairn , Geoffrey I had come to know later ; and while I greatly admired them both , and still do , I found this closing of establishment ranks deeply shocking . |
29 | I found this mistake hurtful : 'more specifically , I did n't regard it as a source of amusement . |
30 | Then when I found this job and told you about it , you said she really could n't manage it . |