Example sentences of "[pers pn] [coord] found [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I came down when she called me and found him standing in the living-room with a look of distaste on his face as he looked round at the overflowing ash trays , the dirty grate , the pile of chair cushions tumbled in the middle of the floor . |
| 2 | She had originally intended to resell them but found she had grown attached to them and had built shelves in her sitting-room . |
| 3 | Christine called out to him and found him crying with the bottle of poisonous carbolic acid still in his hands . |
| 4 | The alarm was raised on Saturday when his aunt went to collect him and found them gone . |
| 5 | ‘ He 'd struck me as a very kind , caring man , so I rang him and found myself pouring my heart out . ’ |
| 6 | Jessamy looked at him and found herself noticing the changes in him . |
| 7 | Chatted with him and found he 'd missed breakfast . |
| 8 | Whatever he knew , he always looked on the black side , judged her and found her wanting . |
| 9 | She sensed that Rourke could be a man to rely on , a man whose strength would be a bulwark against all odds , but he had always judged her and found her wanting , and she was not ready to let down her guard and confide in him . |
| 10 | Sophie shut the door behind her and found herself trembling . |
| 11 | He looked down at it and found himself reading an account of Mary Connon 's death . |
| 12 | She was not quick enough to be out of the room before Mrs Eckley was in it and found herself trapped by her between chair and door . |
| 13 | She chewed hers and found it contained cod liver oil . |