Example sentences of "[noun pl] found [pron] very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our judges found it very hard to choose the winners — the entries were all so good . |
| 2 | My mother was very kind — she was very fond of music , of Wagner in particular — but I do n't think our parents found it very easy to understand my brother and myself , especially as we had our own private language which no one could work out . |
| 3 | He was the youngest grandchild , however , and as he grew to be a hulking , noisy ten-year-old , his aging relatives found him very tiring . |
| 4 | Civil servants found it very difficult to contradict their ministers or to pursue a different line . |
| 5 | At the time it seemed senselessly cruel , but it often proved justifiable in the end : some girls who married Englishmen or Americans found themselves very unhappy in their new life , and eventually returned to Italy . |