Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [adv] [pers pn] find " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first year after I moved in I found snails , morning after morning , an infantry of them , silvering across the damp lawn . |
| 2 | When I got upstairs I found Abu Salim , which did nothing for my confidence , |
| 3 | When I got outside I found Mum in the yard , waving her arms about and giving directions to the neighbours whom she was organising for the party . |
| 4 | When I got closer I found it to be empty and forgotten ; cattle grazed up to its outer walls , its projecting porch was thick with ivy , its gardens with nettles . |
| 5 | When I got home I found , among the mountain of letters ( mainly telling me I had filled in a blue form when it should have been a yellow one or asking for information I had already given ) , one from the BBC asking me to get in touch with the Punters office in Bristol as soon as possible . |
| 6 | ‘ When I got back I found I had left the garden door a little ajar ; she must have taken a chill . |
| 7 | When I got back I found the office was n't open until the next day , so I had to get a driver to break in for me . |
| 8 | But when I got there I found I was in with kids who 'd been nicked for stealing or who 'd been on drugs or alcohol or glue , and girls who had been on the streets at 13 . |
| 9 | When I got in I found the house was empty and the fire nearly out . |
| 10 | ‘ Screaming ’ ‘ I was downstairs in the living-room and when I came out I found the whole stairway on fire , ’ she said . |
| 11 | When I arrived back I found that there had been very little press coverage and quite a lot of disbelief . |
| 12 | Then I lifted the foot and as I explored further I found a tender area in the superficial flexor . |