Example sentences of "that [pers pn] find [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told the Minister that I found his allegations incredible . |
| 2 | I must confess , my dear Fanny ( his sister ) , that I found your judgement of him was inadequate ; perhaps , too , he may not have been in the mood for playing when you heard him , which is probably often the case ; but I was again enchanted by his playing , and I am convinced that if you , and Father too , had heard some of his best things in the way he played them to me , you would say the same . |
| 3 | In this moment , the most talented athlete of the twentieth century looks so eggshell fragile that I find my hand shaking a little . |
| 4 | It 's vitally important that I find my sister ! ’ |
| 5 | But , nevertheless , I must say that I find your orders rather disconcerting . ’ |
| 6 | I admit that I find his attention flattering . |
| 7 | It was in the pain that she found their love and tested it and found it so true that the bond would never break . |
| 8 | It was not that the family did not make her comfortable or spare any expense to see that she had the clothes and servants she needed , but rather that she found their way of life , their attitudes , their conversation , humour , tastes and ideas completely alien to everything she was used to . |
| 9 | Mrs Lewis told the opening of an inquest at Liverpool Coroners Court that she found her husband hanging half out of bed , frothing at the mouth , two days after the crash . |
| 10 | And he knew that she found his pacifism stupid . |
| 11 | And he must have known that she found his touch distasteful , yet did that stop him ? |
| 12 | Actively disliking him , she nevertheless realised that she found his company annoyingly … disturbing ? |
| 13 | Two : that you found my mind as exciting as I certainly found yours . |
| 14 | Your master has persuaded me that you found our correspondence helpful , and that I should resume it . |
| 15 | " I hope that you found our New Year ceremony of some interest . " |
| 16 | Doctor Who got so incredibly popular that you found your weekends were no longer free either . |
| 17 | I mean yeah she is funny , yeah , but th not to the extent that you find her funny like she 'll be just standing there and you 'll look at her and you 'll start pissing your knickers . |
| 18 | Is it so vital to you that you find your mother ? |
| 19 | I hope that you find our proposal acceptable and look forward to the prospect of working closely with you on this project . |
| 20 | When the illicit treat was over Richard insisted that they find their benefactor , now at work in the hot , wasp-infested interior of the raspberry cage , and thank him . |
| 21 | Finally may I thank all those who supported the event which saw five main line steam locomotives operating over a preserved main line and hope that they found their visit enjoyable . |
| 22 | How persuasive the propaganda was is clear from the Latin war poems which even monks were then composing : some of these items were so popular that they found their way into school books for reading and glossing . |
| 23 | It is customary for artists to feel antagonism towards critics , and though Sylvester was welcomed at the Royal College 's Senior Common Room , the painters sometimes joked that they found their ideas a week later in the pages of The Listener translated into the very different language of the critic : Minton , accordingly , coined the term ‘ pre-Sylvestration ’ to refer to this process . |
| 24 | Several guests had difficulty hiding the fact that they found her charges cheap ( though they were not cheap by Italian standards ) . |
| 25 | Only this afternoon , one of the Maison 's new fabric suppliers had asked her out to dinner and made it perfectly plain that he found her attractive . |
| 26 | ‘ But if I take the job , ’ she blurted , goaded by the idea that he found her lack of sophistication amusing , ‘ it wo n't be because I like the house . |
| 27 | Was he implying that he found her desirable ? |
| 28 | ‘ Fired — dismissed , ’ she offered a couple of alternatives — only to find that he found her first offering of more interest . |
| 29 | He told his mother and father that he found their whole system of religion abhorrent . |
| 30 | He also said that he found his responsibilities ‘ a very great strain ’ , because his aunt was such a difficult , domineering person , and he would like to see her in a Home — partly because she needed more care and more company . |