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 .
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