Example sentences of "[noun] they found a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Sherwin said : ‘ In the front bedroom they found a quantity of uniforms , two empty gun cases and a bag full of ammunition . |
| 2 | After a short search they found a half brick made of concrete and went over to the water through . |
| 3 | More than a thousand antiques have been recovered by detectives working out of Cirencester police station.They raided five different addresses in London earlier this week.And they found a hoard of paintings , porcelain and furniture estimated to be worth over two million pounds . |
| 4 | On a table in the living room they found a letter addressed to me . |
| 5 | On reaching the last train they found a colleague talking to a middle-aged man dressed in a light-coloured rain coat and flat cap who was assumed to have been overcarried on the last train after going out of service at Capland Road Station . |
| 6 | On that floor they found a variety of soft drinks , and took some bottles of lemonade , soda water and Irn Bru , and also half a bottle of Gordon 's gin . |
| 7 | On the second floor they found a light in the typists ' room and heard the mumble of voices . |
| 8 | In the end they found a gap behind a curtain , in a part of the aircraft where there were no seats . |
| 9 | In one hotel they found a man who had been mugged twice , young people who had been threatened with a knife and a newly-wed husband who had had his wedding ring pulled off his fingers by local thieves . |