Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] find [pos pn] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	I have just visited the Hilliard Society exhibition where I found your magazine .
2	She went up to the dormitory , where she found her school friends , anxious and exulting over her delay , grieved and relieved that her sortie had escaped detection ; they gathered round her , perched on the bed , drawing cosily round themselves the striped dusty coarse hooped curtains on their brass poles , and they listened to her story .
3	Or I might go telling that young man where you found your young Miracle-Worker .
4	In the event the persons who wanted to talk to Henry Tyler went to the Foreign Office to see him — where they found his rank to be rather higher than that of errand-boy .
5	‘ Is n't that where they found his clothes ?
6	You will need to be extra considerate and remember that everyone finds their own way of living with HIV .
7	I told the Minister that I found his allegations incredible .
8	I must confess , my dear Fanny ( his sister ) , that I found your judgement of him was inadequate ; perhaps , too , he may not have been in the mood for playing when you heard him , which is probably often the case ; but I was again enchanted by his playing , and I am convinced that if you , and Father too , had heard some of his best things in the way he played them to me , you would say the same .
9	In this moment , the most talented athlete of the twentieth century looks so eggshell fragile that I find my hand shaking a little .
10	It 's vitally important that I find my sister ! ’
11	But , nevertheless , I must say that I find your orders rather disconcerting . ’
12	I admit that I find his attention flattering .
13	It was pretty late and I was tired , so I found my old room and went straight to bed .
14	It was in the pain that she found their love and tested it and found it so true that the bond would never break .
15	It was not that the family did not make her comfortable or spare any expense to see that she had the clothes and servants she needed , but rather that she found their way of life , their attitudes , their conversation , humour , tastes and ideas completely alien to everything she was used to .
16	Mrs Lewis told the opening of an inquest at Liverpool Coroners Court that she found her husband hanging half out of bed , frothing at the mouth , two days after the crash .
17	And he knew that she found his pacifism stupid .
18	And he must have known that she found his touch distasteful , yet did that stop him ?
19	Actively disliking him , she nevertheless realised that she found his company annoyingly … disturbing ?
20	Two : that you found my mind as exciting as I certainly found yours .
21	Your master has persuaded me that you found our correspondence helpful , and that I should resume it .
22	" I hope that you found our New Year ceremony of some interest . "
23	Doctor Who got so incredibly popular that you found your weekends were no longer free either .
24	I mean yeah she is funny , yeah , but th not to the extent that you find her funny like she 'll be just standing there and you 'll look at her and you 'll start pissing your knickers .
25	Is it so vital to you that you find your mother ?
26	I hope that you find our proposal acceptable and look forward to the prospect of working closely with you on this project .
27	Oh , so you find her unattractive do you ?
28	Later , for a whole scene in Fritz Lang 's film You Only Live Once you find your eyes flitting from a closeup of jailbird Henry Fonda to a dancing hank of fluff stuck in the projector gate .
29	When the illicit treat was over Richard insisted that they find their benefactor , now at work in the hot , wasp-infested interior of the raspberry cage , and thank him .
30	Finally may I thank all those who supported the event which saw five main line steam locomotives operating over a preserved main line and hope that they found their visit enjoyable .

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