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Example sentences of "but i find [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	But I find nothing improper in this threat .
2	Like Delta , Epsilon has a K-type spectrum , but I find its orange hue much less pronounced .
3	But I find them all quite sympathetic , if you treat them properly .
4	but I find it useful .
5	it is possible to write large and use the camera to reduce the size , but I find it better to do all artwork at the finished size because thin lines tend to disappear on reduction .
6	‘ But I find it impossible to believe you ever intended to marry my father . ’
7	‘ I respect their decision , but I find it strange . ’
8	‘ Alan is a great player but I find it strange that a Scot is preferred to an Irishman and the more matches I win , the bigger the snub will be . ’
9	‘ Alan is a great player but I find it strange that a Scot is preferred to an Irishman and the more matches I win , the bigger the snub will be . ’
10	‘ But I find it fascinating !
11	I do n't know how many kids he has ( Faldo has two , with a third expected the week of the Masters ) but I find it amazing he can combine both ways of life .
12	I know it 's silly but I find it hard to take them seriously and really concentrate and not be distracted by the local cat cleaning himself on a window ledge or some such thing .
13	But I find it hard to accept that all our land should be so buttoned up , and that we should allow ourselves the arrogant and indulgent belief — against every lesson in history — that we can run things better than nature .
14	I agree entirely with that sentiment , but I find it hard to understand how she can then be so keen to hand over so much power to Brussels on decisions that affect people at a local level , whether on farming , training or whatever .
15	But I find it hard to believe there could be such a petty reason . ’
16	But I find it hard to believe in a second exceptionally heavy wash from a boat in the same morning — one so heavy as to carry the body off again . ’
17	Halliday ( 1967 ) has a rather odd-looking set of tones : There is , of course , no particular reason to expect linguistic systems to be tidy and symmetrical , but I find it hard to see why Halliday chose these particular tones .
18	I know immediately that I would n't like to go ; I would hate to be a servant in a posh house , but I find it difficult to say this .
19	Maybe I 'm too cynical , but I find it difficult to accept Pete Gomersall 's faith in human nature and the view that climbers will not step out of line and place bolts in the ‘ wrong ’ locations .
20	‘ I 'd like to talk to you , but I find it difficult . ’
21	Of course there are disappointments and frustrations , but I find it fun !
22	My husband wants me to have anal sex , but I find it revolting and painful .
23	I ca n't say I know many women like that but I find it interesting . ’
24	This is fine in principle , but I found it awkward in practice .
25	Invaluable experience , of course , but I found it frustrating in that , so often , I was n't able to see cases right through . ’
26	The smaller diameter tube tended to choke with shavings , but I found it cheap and well worthwhile to buy another large section suction tube .
27	This was all very necessary , but I found it dull stuff indeed after the immediacy of Ultra .
28	The man in the bushes by the gate still worried her but I found it easy to isolate him from our friendship , although she felt now that he was trying to gas her ; the fumes from someone 's central heating outlet , discernible on the otherwise pure air , had inspired and confirmed her in this idea .
29	A little unsteadily I wandered away to the library , but I found it difficult to concentrate on the uses of the Russian Imperfective .
30	‘ I never thought I 'd be able to pick out Matthew , but I found his individual scent unmistakable , without really being conscious of it , ’ said Adele .