Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found him a most agreeable man and we seemed to get along well from the start . |
| 2 | I found him a most agreeable man , a sharp observer , and the possessor of intellectual attainments of no mean order . |
| 3 | Albert Spanswick came from the old school of trade union leaders and I found him a more persuasive advocate for health service workers than Rodney Bickerstaffe . |
| 4 | I found him a somewhat erratic personality and an occasional pain in the ass . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Whatever her failings may or may not be , I found her a most agreeable and willing chambermaid — very attractive for that occupation — far more attractive than the common run of girls , did n't you find ? ’ |
| 6 | And Gregory : ‘ I found it a tremendously exciting challenge to depict the past as convincingly as I could for the mass-market audience of today . ’ |
| 7 | And I found it a little strange they were suggesting that an alternative approach may be suitable here , particularly when th the evidence has n't been put forw or gone through the public consultation process . |
| 8 | Whether Hardy 's slightly impulsive way with phrasing is quite what this music demands ( all three works are in their different ways Classical in behaviour ) will be a matter of personal taste , but , given the highly personalised response , I found it a most pleasingly seductive recital . |
| 9 | I found it a rather disgusting product of a self-admitted drug damaged brain . |
| 10 | They behaved towards me as they would to anyone else and I found it a very valuable exposure . |
| 11 | I found it a very compassionate account of the unrewarding role filled by many in today 's ever-divorcing society . |
| 12 | In turn I told her a little about my own background , as though we were out on a first date . |
| 13 | Can I give them a more entertaining life indoors to stop them from going out so much ? |
| 14 | But I give them a so then I saw Mrs on Tuesday when I was at Ashington . |
| 15 | I usually work him in for an hour , but when I 'm riding him around in the arena before the bell goes , I 'm still thinking , ‘ How on earth am I going to get this thing up the centre line ? ’ because he 's gawping at everything , but then I give him a jolly good boot and we get on with it … ’ |
| 16 | I showed him the continually growing pile of newspapers I was conscientiously accumulating in my sitting-room . |
| 17 | I owe you a very great personal debt . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Then I owe you the most sincere apologies , Sir James , ’ he commented . |
| 19 | ‘ I thank you , Mr Aycliffe , ’ Theda said drily , ‘ but I know him a little better than that ! ’ |
| 20 | I heard them no sooner I turned to walk away which I did after a brief moment 's hesitation when I wrestled with the foolish notion of somehow eliciting a confession out of the florid man that he was lying and that Leicester Square did indeed exist ; not realizing then that he was right , and that there really was no such place as Lei-cester Square . |
| 21 | Between ourselves , I find them a little too deterministic for my taste . |
| 22 | William Empson has commented , " I find it a completely achieved poem ; probably Coleridge was lying when he told the story of the person from Porlock , nearly twenty years later … " |
| 23 | I find it a rather jagged composition , certainly devoid of the warmth and innocence of ‘ Hatful Of Hollow ’ . |
| 24 | I find it a little horrifying to think that some Commercial pilots flying large numbers of passengers may have had very little exposure to reduced ‘ g ’ . |
| 25 | I gather this is normal practice but I find it a little unreasonable . |
| 26 | I find it a little difficult to take that kind of question from an hon. Gentleman who said that we ought to eat New Zealand apples and refuse to eat British sausages . |
| 27 | Speaking from NatWest 's experience of the DTI report on its role in Blue Arrow 's rights issue , Lord Alexander said : ‘ I find it a simply awful process that people of 40 years ’ experience should have to resign on the basis of judgments in the report without having the opportunity of going through the regulatory process that you in Parliament provided . ’ |
| 28 | I find it a more natural environment . |
| 29 | Personally I choose to travel by train , and am prepared to pay a higher fare to do so , because I find it a more comfortable , and usually more enjoyable mode of travel . |
| 30 | I find it a very useful thing , and I am as bad as the next person at chatting merrily away with little thought of time or the expense of it . |