Example sentences of "but found his " in BNC.
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| 1 | The staff at school loathed him , but found his genius for getting into locked cars undeniably useful whenever they lost their car keys , which seemed to happen quite frequently . |
| 2 | CD regarded as his ‘ masterpiece ’ the Transfiguration , the great altar-piece on which he was working at the time of his death ; but found his Incendo del Borgo , one of the frescos ( designed by Raphael but painted by collaborators ) in the Stanze of the Vatican , an ‘ incredible caricature ’ . |
| 3 | He rose but found his chains would not let him even reach it , so he slumped on the ledge and wondered how long he would be detained . |
| 4 | Production-wise , Lawrence considered the obvious step of recruiting one of the '70s luminaries to the studio seat but found his aspirations nixed by circumstance . |
| 5 | He did n't let memory divert him from his present pleasure , but found his rhythm ; long , slow strokes . |
| 6 | Holm , 24 , who reached the last 16 at Wimbledon last year before losing to Stefan Edberg in four sets , also trailed 5–4 in the second set but found his range in time to break New Zealander Steven in the 11th game to level the match . |