Example sentences of "found the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at the number plate and realized that he had found the sole piece of ostentation Miss Morgan had allowed herself ; she had been Angela Jane Morgan and the car was AJM 563 . |
| 2 | But back in Cuzco I had to fight to recall the strength I had found ; force myself to remember I had been lost in a sixty-million-year-old forest but had found the still centre . |
| 3 | He had not merely failed to interest her in a story , he had found the only thing he had to sell was worthless and he urgently needed money . |
| 4 | We 've found the real Mario |
| 5 | Accident investigators have found the black box flight recorder . |
| 6 | Normally she would have found the tall blond rock star attractive , even if only in a detached , academic sort of way . |
| 7 | So there is a sense in which both companies and banks have found the financial system mutually beneficial . |
| 8 | However , once you have found the serial file you want , you still need to read through it to find the record you want . |
| 9 | Terry has found the general condition of the airframe to be very good ( it flew into Newark in February 1983 ) requiring ‘ the usual work ’ around the rivets . |
| 10 | But they have written to one another for ten years , hardly knowing why , and perhaps have found the greater satisfaction in it because it is a luxury , not the fulfilment of a need . |
| 11 | My brother has always found the civil service most accommodating … ’ |
| 12 | It is no wonder that Christians throughout the ages have said that by contemplating the Trinity they have found the ultimate essence , expression and exercise of happiness . |
| 13 | I 'd found the candle-making kit in the cupboard under the stairs five or six years ago , and experimented with the colours and consistencies for months before hitting on the idea of using the wax as a wasp-prison . |
| 14 | Once we have found and have faith in our real selves and have found the inner confidence and inner strength we need , we shall have a reservoir of quiet certainty without making further efforts . |
| 15 | But I can assure you appropriate action will be taken when we have found the guilty party … ’ |
| 16 | The coin had found the central stem of the bolt , the rust shell was dispersed . |
| 17 | With the awful storms of late February still fresh in most people 's minds , those with four-wheel-drive cars must have found the extra traction a godsend . |
| 18 | After returning home the night before , he had lain awake for hours thinking yet again about the day five weeks before when he and Sam had found the Spanish cockboat . |
| 19 | Meditation on the spiritual life brings forth the peak experience in which the whole organism approaches release — therein are found the supreme joys of the spirit . |
| 20 | A further way of introducing some purpose to a day 's sailing is to experiment with different ways of doing things , since you can only be sure that you have found the best way by deliberately trying different ways . |
| 21 | As an employer myself I have often found the best employees to be the most straightforward on paper . |
| 22 | Alexander and Weber believe they have found the best way to establish themselves where they need to be . |
| 23 | I have found the best of these to be the ‘ Gardena ’ ( see Treasure Hunting December 1990 and April 1991 ) . |
| 24 | ‘ But he wants you all to himself — and he 's found the best way to do that is to take away the pleasure you find in singing . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , the police had found the abandoned car , and the wheels of the law began to turn . |
| 26 | They were on the front doorstep , or round the front doorstep , probably say on the front doorstep , trouble is they found the front doorstep on the side |
| 27 | And we 've , but only found the middle part |
| 28 | To begin with , Nuadu had not found the crimson mask particularly punishing . |
| 29 | I had certainly found the rural setting I had been hankering after . |
| 30 | Caerleon , the legionary fortress of Isca , boasts the atmospheric remains of a Roman amphitheatre and baths complex , whilst in the beautiful Wye Valley can be found the substantial ruins of Tintern Abbey and Chepstow Castle . |