Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] found " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then of course , then when they the kids went up , did n't know where they were going , and the parents did n't know but they found new found freedom because all the bloody kids had gone to the countryside |
| 2 | erm I found recently found a Bestway pattern book and this is one of the pa the war time patterns they produced which is sort of shell shaped squares for patchwork and it really looks very effective . |
| 3 | She 'd suddenly found herself staring at his hands , which were clenched together behind his back . |
| 4 | Friends then , the three of us — me sitting in the back of the old Countryman as it rattled along , Edward at the wheel singing Verdi as though he 'd just found the key to the Hermetic Mystery if not that of the aria he 'd chosen , while Laura , who had taken some persuading , groaned and laughed beside him . |
| 5 | Was he worried that she 'd finally found her proof that he was hand in glove with Harry Martin ? |
| 6 | She 'd already found out much more about Puddephat than she 'd hoped — she 'd even got a promising suspect in the shape of Theo Sykes — and there was no point in banging on about her non-existent book outline . |
| 7 | He 'd already found her ; found her long before he found me ! ’ |
| 8 | The use of the collective pronoun in Charity 's invitation to the Antelope Public House reminded Charles how cliquey he 'd always found it there . |
| 9 | Her perception of physics as a discipline is one that is about ideas and concepts ; she said that she 'd always found physics much more ‘ dynamic ’ than ‘ static ’ subjects like chemistry and geography . |
| 10 | She knew that he had been Eddie 's best friend — that was why she 'd always found it so hard to accept that he could have deliberately driven her brother off the track . |
| 11 | As he preceded what he now thought of as a mythical being down to the canteen , he thought about how he 'd once found the sight of Zambia 's adjustments repulsive and unnatural . |
| 12 | She was sure she 'd never found the scent of cooking food so seductive . |
| 13 | He 'd never found a wire he could n't climb . |
| 14 | A cluster of keys which they 'd never found doors to fit ; instruction documents for a blender he 'd burned out making midnight margaritas ; a plastic bottle of massage oil . |
| 15 | He 'd never found the Gun , of course ; they were very clever , very clever and cunning indeed . |
| 16 | The bar of The Wheel Tapper filled up and then one night emptied completely : Woodstock had eventually found its way to the local cinema . |
| 17 | Yeadon had eventually found the King Pot inlet back in 1986 . |
| 18 | By a notice of appeal dated 1 June 1992 W. appealed on the grounds that ( 1 ) the High Court had no jurisdiction , or alternatively no jurisdiction should be exercised , to overrule the refusal of a competent minor aged 16 to undergo medical treatment ; ( 2 ) section 8 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 should have been applied ; ( 3 ) the judge had erred in applying observations of Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. in In re R. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Consent to Treatment ) [ 1992 ] Fam. 11 which were erroneous ; ( 4 ) the judge had wrongly found that in respect of the Children Act 1989 the minor 's right of refusal was limited to the stage of assessment ; and ( 5 ) the judge had failed to have sufficient regard to the medical evidence against transferring W. , to the advantages of not moving her and to her wishes and his decision was plainly wrong . |
| 19 | It was Sunday and they had all found rooms in a commercial apartment house . |
| 20 | Well , sir , I thought I had only found a cook , but it was a crew I had discovered ! |
| 21 | He had obviously found Jenny attractive . |
| 22 | It had suddenly found itself desperately short of a special washer — waxed and made of felt — that is a vital bit in the detonation process inside the RAF 's latest 1,000lb bombs . |
| 23 | Marie 's eyes shone with the light of inspiration , as if she had suddenly found a purpose in life . |
| 24 | ‘ to help educate local residents who had suddenly found themselves members of a community health clinic board . |
| 25 | Corbett took his seat , trying to ignore de Craon who was grinning as if he had suddenly found something amusing . |
| 26 | And then , six weeks after the funeral , he had suddenly found himself able to believe that it had n't happened , not in that way , and that the whole horror was a childhood fantasy . |
| 27 | As Sampras , who had suddenly found the steel and resilience that he could have done with in his match with Leconte 48 hours earlier , or even in the early stages of the third set against Forget , produced the lob to the baseline which made it 15–40 from the home team 's point of view , Noah sunk back into his seat in disbelief . |
| 28 | The elation he 'd felt the day before at his own breathtaking adventure with the Moi girl now also seemed suddenly shameful to him , and he began to wonder if his exaggerated pride in the deed had n't been the direct cause of the danger in which he and his mother had suddenly found themselves on the plain . |
| 29 | He reminded Dexter of a panic-stricken mole who had suddenly found himself trapped outside his burrow . |
| 30 | He stood up abruptly and resumed his restless pacing of the room , like a caged animal that had suddenly found the confines of its cage far too small for comfort . |