Example sentences of "i found [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had always thought that its grip on me was purely personal , ’ wrote Amanda , ‘ — I loved it simply because it was my home — but then I found that it caught other people in its web too . ’ |
| 2 | I found that it was easy to read and well organised in eight chapters . |
| 3 | Each repeated the other 's remarks and on the couple of occasions that I went there when Sparks were crowded out , I found that it was extremely difficult not to laugh . |
| 4 | I found that it was vital to keep them under water when moving them after I had experienced problems with eggs which were accidentally exposed to air which probably dried them out . |
| 5 | Sometimes I found that it was better left off , but equally it could often provide the missing element in certain sounds . |
| 6 | Once I got used to the screen , I found that it was OK to use , but I suspect that it would n't suit everybody . |
| 7 | The top rail is joined to the uprights by dovetail housings and to cut the mortises for the laths I found that it was best to hold the rail in the vice with blocks to pack it out and then to cut down vertically . |
| 8 | I found that it is the planning of this , that it 's also choir rehearsals , and certain school activities that do clash . |
| 9 | To my great surprise and that of everyone else , I found that it meant that black holes are not completely black . |
| 10 | I finally got one job offer , but when I turned up to work I found that it had been a mistake . |
| 11 | Of course , I had never walked in snow before , and I found that it made my feet very cold . |
| 12 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 13 | McAllister , who had put the doll down , and was now fetching out her work basket to embroider pansies on some fine lawn dresses made for the bazaar by the aforesaid ladies , said , ‘ I did n't mean to become involved , you know , but Matey has been so kind to me — when not slave-driving me , you understand — that when she asked me to accompany her I had not the heart to refuse , and strangely , after I began to work for the bazaar , I found that it was most rewarding . ’ |
| 14 | I thought for two days that the machine had swallowed it and it was only on the monday morning on the way to the bank that I found that it had miraculousloy reappeared in my wallet again . |
| 15 | Thus , in spite of the large amount of flying experience I had accumulated overseas , I found that it was of little use to me back in the UK , I did find , however , that my seniority as an NCO seemed to attract functions that I found difficult to avoid . |
| 16 | and I found D Y by D X and I found that it came to erm X squared . |