Example sentences of "that i find [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | And I have to admit that I found you delightful . |
| 4 | I was so carried away by the wisdom of my hon. Friend 's question that I found it necessary to repeat it . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | You have probably heard that I found it impossible to afford living in London any longer and have come here as a master . |
| 7 | ( 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 . ) |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I ca n't put it easily out of my mind , and the gentle tone nags at me , so that I find myself worrying , asking my friends in a roundabout way : by the way , what do you weigh ? |
| 11 | It is with much concern that I find myself unable to comply with a request from you and Mr. Browne , but indeed you pay me too great a compliment in supposing me capable of writing upon any subject that is proposed to me . |
| 12 | ‘ Not that I find it easy to deny what everyone else in Europe apparently finds truthful . |
| 13 | There are so many ‘ explanations ’ that I find it helpful to subdivide them into categories . |
| 14 | You are angry , vulnerable , gentle , fierce , with such bewildering speed that I find it fascinating . |
| 15 | Although hard to buy beyond specialist shops , kaffir lime leaf offers such a depth of flavour that I find it hard not to reach for it whenever I cook . |
| 16 | ‘ All I meant was that I find it hard to imagine myself setting up home with someone else again . ’ |
| 17 | In actual fact my walking stick and gloves are ( I am almost too ashamed to admit ) an elaborate affectation which has by degrees grown into such a habit that I find it difficult , if not impossible , to lay them aside . |
| 18 | ‘ I am so incensed , that I find it difficult to remain objective about it . ’ |
| 19 | When these are taken into account I have to confess that I find it difficult to understand the additional insights and explanations which the Marxist method offers . |
| 20 | ‘ Has n't it ever occurred to you that I find you repulsive — that I 'd rather be kissed by a lizard than you ? ’ |