Example sentences of "that i found [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 'T WAS on the Isle of Capreee that I found her … ’ |
| 2 | When I saw the pictures , I could n't deny that I found them arousing . |
| 3 | It was precisely because the measures in the social chapter would have damaged first employment prospects and secondly our competitiveness against Japan and the United States that I found them unacceptable . |
| 4 | I felt he maintained a distance and because of that I found him more difficult to approach than Dalglish if there was anything I needed to discuss . |
| 5 | Why else should I still be yearning after a man whom I knew to be a murderer while shrinking from the innocent Syl whose only crime was that I found him unattractive ? |
| 6 | And I have to admit that I found you delightful . |
| 7 | And I have to confess that I found you as delightful then as I had in Wexford , and was intending to find out where you were going , and pursue the acquaintanceship . |
| 8 | On evening walks down Loreto , a lane of high stone walls , trying to decide on a restaurant , I would stop and run my hands over the ashlars , marvelling at the purity of each one as I have marvelled at the completeness of a sculpture by Brancusi ; each of them so tightly locked together that I found it impossible to fit a fingernail between them . |
| 9 | The wide , airy nature of the streets here give the city a marvellously spacious feel , so that I found it most easy to spend some hours just strolling in the gently warm sunshine . |
| 10 | You have probably heard that I found it impossible to afford living in London any longer and have come here as a master . |
| 11 | Once I had said that I found it a lot easier to speak to her . |
| 12 | At a time when FISA , the sport 's organizing body , helped by the drivers ' own association , had belatedly begun to pay some attention to safety in a notably risky sport , Chapman 's remarks showed a callousness towards his drivers — and by implication , towards other human beings — that I found it hard to admire . |
| 13 | She was such a sweet-natured , generous girl — I had never before nor have I since met anyone so naturally , if indiscriminately , kind and loving — that I found it hard to deny her anything . |
| 14 | ( The fact that I found it offensive to have to make any such argument for human equality shows that I was working with an ethical a priori approach , but I believe that a case can be made . ) |
| 15 | I was so carried away by the wisdom of my hon. Friend 's question that I found it necessary to repeat it . |
| 16 | Having read what the Queen 's Speech says on matters of foreign policy , I must say that I found it a bit of a mish-mash . |
| 17 | It was n't until I had to have a full medical two years later that I found I 'd got hookworm . |
| 18 | I thanked my lucky stars for Twelve French Poets , the A-level syllabus , and our rectangular French teacher , who was so thorough that I found I could discuss symbolism and synaesthesia without batting an eyelid . |
| 19 | It was in the pleasure area , as usual , that I found I had a problem . |
| 20 | I could n't tell how exactly , except that I found I could n't teach you so well . |