Example sentences of "i have found [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least I 'd found him . |
| 2 | If Esmonde ever asked me how I enjoyed the evening 's ‘ specials ’ I could always say I 'd found them warm and soft ; comfortable to land on . |
| 3 | I think these things were not common in those days and I was looking for someone who had great potential , and decided I 'd found it in David Bowie . |
| 4 | I polished the latches a bit with my shirtsleeve , then I put the briefcase back exactly as I 'd found it and took my leaf-trembling self along to the dining car , already regretting , before I got there , that I had n't stayed until the Canadian left , knowing that I 'd wasted some of the best and perhaps the only chance I would get of seeing what Filmer had brought with him on the train . |
| 5 | If I 'd found it … well I do n't know , it 's a lot of money to me . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ What good would it have done telling Sergei I 'd found you ? |
| 7 | She talked about it a little , wondering what had happened to you , feeling it was better not to interfere , so I did n't tell her I 'd found you . |
| 8 | I was wearing a shirt of green silk loose round the wrists and my green linen culottes — I had found they creased less than a skirt when sitting in a coach . |
| 9 | I stacked the papers carefully and replaced them where I had found them . |
| 10 | I had found her when I was a Weapons Instructor at the Royal Marines ' Lympstone camp in Devon . |
| 11 | I said I had found her very kind . |
| 12 | ‘ The shop-owner rang me and said she would n't move until I had found her a house , ’ she explained . |
| 13 | I had found him somewhat ingratiating . |
| 14 | I returned the book to the place on the shelf where I had found it and walked quietly out of the room . |
| 15 | All I needed was a little bit of luck and as I pressed , dry mouthed , along the empty street it seemed I had found it The shock when I saw the two burly SPs strolling towards me was like a blow but was immediately followed by a strange calm . |
| 16 | I had found it really gratifying to hear from a variety of people of the high regard held for our staff . |
| 17 | I 've found them to be quite effective , actually , ’ he sniggers in a lewd and rueful manner . |
| 18 | I 've struggled to the edge of the navigable world in my Argo to find the golden fruits of the setting sun , and now I 've found them and they 're guarded by maidens . |
| 19 | Erm and I 've found them quite useful . |
| 20 | I 've found them Jean |
| 21 | Yanto grinned and pointed it out to Billy as he came around to join him ‘ I 've found him , ’ he said quietly , ‘ and you must admit he is very hygienic . ’ |
| 22 | He can often tell when there 's anything bad about , and I 've found him right again and again . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've found him ! |
| 24 | He ca n't see any harm in it but when I 've found him watching blue movies , I 've felt suicidal . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've found him . |
| 26 | I 've found him , and you have put a magic on him . |
| 27 | I 've found him again . |
| 28 | Well it 's not a yes yes for the garden because I would n't have room for it but it 's certainly a yes yes in my shelter delt because the birds love the berries and it really encourages them to use that shelter delt but it is n't as , as easy to grow , it 's , one tends to think of the nature plant as a tough plant but I 've been trying to establish about thirty of these in the shelter delt and I 've found they object to any form of total weedkiller round the root , so all the , the weedkillers that you would use for the first couple of years maybe to , to keep the , the weeds from growing round the stems , they tend to get chlorotic and die . |
| 29 | I 've found her and I 've actually seen her ! |
| 30 | Well , I 've found her . ’ |