Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] to find [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect it 's hard for them to find their feet on these shifting sands . ’ |
| 2 | The obvious advantage is that they provide sack-loads of fun and laughter , and the disadvantage is that you sometimes have to wait three hours for them to find their boots in the morning and finish flossing their teeth . |
| 3 | I waited in the kitchen until it was light enough outside for me to find my way through the deep snow back to Thrushcross Grange . |
| 4 | When this is done , you simply look through the pack for each of them to find their card . |
| 5 | The princess does not wish such as you to find her keys ! " |
| 6 | ‘ I thought , ’ I said , ‘ that it would be more fun for you to find your own way back . |
| 7 | The thin material parted under his fingers and he pushed his hand beneath it to find his palm brushing her naked breast . |
| 8 | A military police patrol asked that he tour the area with them to find his friend . |
| 9 | As an afterthought she routed in it to find her cigarettes and lighter leaving it sloppily open . |
| 10 | It would not be too difficult for him to find his way again , however . |
| 11 | Thus it was possible for him to find his own men in the army which he was attacking . |
| 12 | She had only to sit back with perfect composure — something at which she was adept — and wait for him to find his way through the necessary preliminaries to the real business of this meeting . |
| 13 | She expected some fury but none was forthcoming and she glanced across at him to find his eyes were fixed on the mountains , his face sombre . |