Example sentences of "found [pron] [prep] be [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the strike , the police found them to be a useful device with which to restrict the freedom of movement of pickets . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I found him to be a wise friend and an exemplorary leader of the western world . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | When the three met with Father Vinko , the parish priest at Caratis , they found him to be a cheerful ‘ hands on ’ worker . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | When they reached the stream they found it to be a rushing torrent that swept in mad haste along a narrow bed . |
| 8 | He can simply state in evidence that he examined the licence and found it to be a current provisional . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And wherever he went in the city he found it to be the same . |