Example sentences of "i [adv] find [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking one of the white roads , I eventually found a small village . |
| 2 | I PERSONALLY find the orang-utan to be the most appealing of the great apes : it is magnificent in its tropical-forest home , and very entertaining in captivity . |
| 3 | ‘ Because I only found the portrait — I was only able to identify the man in her diary when I had to go out to the cottage last Saturday . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought I might get just to chat to one of them , but instead I suddenly found a whole bleeding pack of them behind me . |
| 5 | He seemed so attentive , so clued in to my every word , that I suddenly found the confidence to go on . |
| 6 | Did he need a bit of help with his I mean a lot of them did made them that sort of I just found a lot of was so so behind and so |
| 7 | I just found the Boss Mangan and the Randall Utterword so effortfully frantic I wanted to avert my gaze . |
| 8 | To be honest , I just found the whole thing hilarious . ’ |
| 9 | It is a poem which , although at first in its language and meaning I admittedly find a little daunting , I enjoyed pondering over very much and genuinely hope to read more by the same , as yet , anonymous author . |
| 10 | When the bell did ring , I soon found a different Tom Weiskopf . |
| 11 | When I became a freelance writer in 1989 , I finally found a career which could accommodate wanderlust . |
| 12 | Even the fact that I finally found a trickle of scummy water , which let me rinse some of the filth from my boots , did nothing to lift my spirits . |
| 13 | But , when I finally found a nurse , I could n't remember where Gabrielle 's room was . |
| 14 | He sent me a letter saying how concerned he was and I finally found the courage to go back , but it was quite a while before I 'd open up to him again . |
| 15 | I once found an injured one walking along a beach near where I live , and when I picked it up to see what was wrong , I underestimated the length of its beak . |
| 16 | I once found the complete skeleton of a sea otter here , a sad reminder of Camusfearna : could this have been one of Gavin 's friends ? |
| 17 | But as I say every year er if I ever find an application where you need this sort of speed I 'd like to hear about it . |
| 18 | It has a K-type spectrum , but I always find the colour less pronounced than with most bright K-stars , though binoculars show it to be decidedly ‘ off-white ’ . |
| 19 | I always find the erm confectioners w you know the ones you buy it far sweeter . |
| 20 | I always found the idea of people who were very hard to please , including journalists who were very critical — I always found they were almost always right when they found something praiseworthy . |
| 21 | I always found the night duties a great strain , and often had to walk up and down outside to clear my head with some fresh air . |
| 22 | ‘ The commercial aspects are very good , of course — though I still find the teaching and research spin-offs the most exciting part of it all , ’ says Dr Jones . |
| 23 | ‘ I desperately wanted to go on the circuit — I still find the life terrifically exciting . |
| 24 | ‘ I desperately wanted to go on the circuit — I still find the life terrifically exciting . |
| 25 | I still find the ability of television to enter the minds of millions a remarkable thing . |
| 26 | ‘ And I still find the idea of you wanting me to do it … unsettling . ’ |
| 27 | I still found the argument extraordinary , but I also had to take into account the fact that if Nigel retained this stance then the committee meeting would have to be postponed and the whole exercise would get off to a terrible start . |
| 28 | I had visited the apartment at least a dozen times , but I still found the fact of a lift opening directly into a living room incredibly impressive ; a proof of wealth as convincing as the possession of gold taps or of mink rugs or of the girl who waited to greet me just beyond the lift doors . |
| 29 | After this , I still found the problems of pragmatics a challenge , requiring the revision of the whole approach to language ( and particularly meaning ) which I had taken up to that time . |
| 30 | I also find the toe box a bit low — something which will not suit everyone . |