Example sentences of "they had found " in BNC.
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| 1 | So short a time ago they had found and shared a grassy path in a brief Eden of summerblue skies , tapestry green and flowered meadows , every day a delight , the world a beautiful old master cleaned in the zephyr of Lucy 's being . |
| 2 | Her 12 years of compulsory schooling had left her exactly where they had found her — locked into the social and economic limitations of the milieu in which she was born . |
| 3 | In the week after the election we asked our panel to look back Over the whole campaign and tell us how useful they had found television , the press , and other sources for : ( 1 ) helping decide what party leaders and personalities were really like ; ( 2 ) keeping them informed about the issues ; and ( 3 ) helping them decide how to vote . |
| 4 | They had found the answer to the American conundrum , and they assured themselves that no other people on earth would have had the qualities necessary to do so . |
| 5 | As with the Greeks , they had found in each other an all-embracing spiritual compatibility . |
| 6 | They had searched but the only money they had found was two and eightpence in Mrs Cullam 's handbag , a white plastic handbag with black grease in its creases . |
| 7 | The US companies hoped they had found a new seam of commercially-viable movies , but none thought too deeply about what they were buying into . |
| 8 | They reported that lorry-loads of files and documents had been taken from the bunker during the last few days , and said they had found glowing ash as evidence that papers had been destroyed . |
| 9 | Early this year they announced that they had found the 17 keV neutrino again , with a far greater degree of sensitivity than any previous experiment . |
| 10 | In the further short silence , Kathleen 's mobile features sought an expression and , when they had found it , it was one of anxiety . |
| 11 | He talked about various meetings to do with the Iran inquiry , and the others listened ; when he was finished , he asked Reynolds and Richardson whether they had found anything interesting . |
| 12 | Historically , people were not led to seek a hierarchical classification because of a belief in evolution ; rather , they were prejudiced in favour of evolution because they had found a hierarchical classification to be appropriate . |
| 13 | If they had found out about it , Jeffrey would have been kicked out . |
| 14 | I have asked several of the greatest and best horticulturists , both in England and America , what author and what book they had found and believed to be the best in horticulture … they have all answered with one mouth , Miller 's Garden Dictionary . |
| 15 | In order to understand what they had found they needed to classify the fossil organisms into particular kinds , more or less similar , to impose an order on what would otherwise have been a vast and chaotic mass of different and apparently unrelated relics . |
| 16 | Somewhere below , among orchards and woods , lay that sequestered spot which the topographers thought they had found all those years ago . |
| 17 | This party , oblivious to my presence , were arguing over whether or not they had found the summit , which depressed me somewhat . |
| 18 | After years of ticking over , the company realised they had found a group with the determination and talent worthy of excessive backing . |
| 19 | They had found three of the four sacks of potatoes stolen in the gipsies ' camp on Rickling Heath , and one bag of oats , but no trace of the pony . |
| 20 | My GP visited me and I still have the drawing he did of the cancer they had found in my kidney . |
| 21 | In January 1981 , Emsley and others reported in the Journal of the American Chemical at Society ( vol 103 , p 24 ) that they had found a new strong hydrogen bond which formed between fluoride and amides — organic salts of ammonia . |
| 22 | If they were to find dry kindling to light a fire to cook their heron Marian knew they would have to stop soon , but not until they had found the stream again and crossed it . |
| 23 | The form in which they had found him lying was but one of many places which he used . |
| 24 | They had found for Cottle a scholarship to enable him to pursue an MA . |
| 25 | Jackals and martens could hardly have lifted the latch and , even if they had found their way in , there would have been signs of a scuffle : dead chickens , scattered feathers . |
| 26 | Pigeons thought they had found a regular roost on a Shrewsbury office block . |
| 27 | They had found it difficult to part but , as things were getting desperate , they turned to magic and said ‘ Abracadabra , one , two , three , say the magic words and now we 're free ’ . |
| 28 | In the Masai the British believed they had found an audience capable of appreciating their own greatness of soul . |
| 29 | In superfluity , it now became apparent , they had found satisfaction . |
| 30 | The man remarked to his wife that they had to make their way towards a particular church and that , once they had found that particular building , they would be almost on their friends ' doorstep . |