Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [adv] find [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He might even find a way of turning it to his own advantage . |
| 2 | If he could fix that sight , or even begin to do so , he might yet find a way of controlling the thing that had come to haunt him . |
| 3 | But each time he could n't find a way past Eric Nixon in the Tranmere goal . |
| 4 | Tom would n't wear rain gear because he could n't find a set to really fit his 6ft 3in frame , so it was hard work for me to keep him dry . |
| 5 | Just as she was about to leave he came out and complained that he could n't find the tin-opener . |
| 6 | Ironically , Fernandez was a brilliant lobbyist in Washington for more federal funds for New York schools , and he 'll be sorely missed , but he could n't find the time to play the politics of his own backyard . |
| 7 | He needed the sound of a forest fire running under the voice-track , but he could n't find the effect on file . |
| 8 | Halfway through dressing , wearing his shirt and underpants , he looked for Moda in the workroom , where he assumed she would have thrown it on their pile of magazines ; he wanted to gaze at Bella Kropotkin again , but he could n't find the magazine . |
| 9 | He could n't find the answer to the girl 's death . |
| 10 | Coming back to the place drunk , especially when he could n't find the light switch , was horrendous ; he would wake to a sight like Manhattan after a severe earthquake . |
| 11 | But to hear now that That Woman was living in the Dower House , the very woman on whose account his mother had been incarcerated there , filled him with such distress that he could barely find the strength to be civil . |
| 12 | From time to time Mr Salmon used to read to me from his morning paper , but as he could never find a mention of the Royal Fusiliers I did n't discover what the old man was up to . |
| 13 | She hoped that he would not find the jam jar too utilitarian , but he appeared to possess few vases . |
| 14 | To every argument she put forward he would inevitably find a counter , and she had no doubt that could go on forever . |
| 15 | It was not too far away and he would definitely find a rope there . |
| 16 | Mr Lang gave a passing nod to enhanced status for vocational education , but he will not find the feedstock for economic dynamism in gilded memories . |
| 17 | In order to keep the disease in check , the fish need to be redosed every six weeks , but Chris is certain that with a little more research he will eventually find a cure . |
| 18 | In either case he does not run the risk of being left with the goods ; if he can not find a purchaser he can return them to X. The answer is that he is X 's agent if under the terms of his contract with X he has no right himself to buy the goods but can only sell to a third party , Weiner v. Harris ( 1910 C.A. ) . |
| 19 | ‘ His mother says that if he gets homesick he can always find a goose to bring him back , ’ said the Thing . |
| 20 | Neil Murray has certainly earned his bass playing colours , but here he tells Gibson Keddie why he can never find a sound he 's really satisfied with … |