Example sentences of "[pers pn] find a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , when she wrote down ‘ I 'm afraid that if I find a man who loves me … , one evening , she was amazed to find words spilling out on to the paper . |
| 2 | Mrs Beattie , 37 , said : ‘ When I find a man who can recall the colour of a lounge carpet in the third house of six visited that day , then I will happily interview him . |
| 3 | What I find a bit puzzling is that , as far as I can see , automatic inspection of passports will eliminate the keen-eyed , guilt-inducing gaze from the man behind the desk who presumably , is looking for doctored documents , suspicious photographs and forged visas and stamps . |
| 4 | I find a bit of hesitation , though , about her coming back ’ ? |
| 5 | ’ 'Cos if I find a bit of meat , I say to myself , ‘ 'ello — meyat ! ’ ’ |
| 6 | After that it was back into the ‘ chocolate box ’ scenery of western Norway , the fabulous fiords and magnificent mountains , which are marvellous to look at and to photograph , but which I find a bit aloof and unattainable . |
| 7 | Some of it I find a bit er a bit too obvious but in the same way erm on , on the sociology side , I get a bit angry because I see what society does to people . |
| 8 | I I knew that erm I uns , I sa understand some of it but some of it I find a bit hard to understand like this bit , it says be careful , sometimes the unknown side is is the longest side and sometimes it is not . |
| 9 | I 'll wait every day and every evening in the Grange garden , until I find a chance to see Catherine . |
| 10 | Having to say ‘ hold on while I find a pen ’ to a caller always makes an organisation appear to be inefficient . |
| 11 | When I find a guitar I like I 'll just buy multiples of that exact one ! |
| 12 | I find a cache of commas . |
| 13 | Amid the clippings , I find a snapshot of myself sitting on top of a Syrian T-54 battle tank on the Beirut front line at Galerie Semaan ; another photograph taken by Zoheir Saade of the Associated Press shows Ed Cody of the AP and myself standing with Syrian troops in the mountains before the 1976 advance on Beirut . |
| 14 | I find a track leading off the road into a stand of trees ; I take the car up as far as it will go , then turn the lights out . |
| 15 | Then she added , — Sheila can put me up until I find a place . |
| 16 | I FIND a lot of anxiety among people about the dividing lines between the seasons of the year , or what the French call pre-Mistral tension . |
| 17 | The next one , which is similar to camomile and which I find a lot of people like better , is lavender . |
| 18 | ‘ I find a lot of things interesting . |
| 19 | parts of it erm are not too bad and other parts of it I find a lot of them actually quite confusing erm |
| 20 | Because I 'm 5ft 7in I find a lot of jackets in other shops are too short in the sleeves . |
| 21 | By the time I find a room it 's too late to do anything except go out on to the balcony and gaze down at the still-warm street , the signs . |
| 22 | Unless I find a solution to the puzzle , hundreds — perhaps even thousands — more will die in Gascony , on the Narrow Seas , and in our towns along the southern coasts . |
| 23 | If I find a client , and promise something to him , then it 's down to you to produce it . ’ |
| 24 | With × 12 I find a hint of resolution in the outer parts , and this is marked with × 20 . |
| 25 | Q. What do I have to do when I find a house I like ? |
| 26 | I find a box of matches , then follow the piping up the wall from the dead gas-ring until I come to the stopcock that turns the supply on . |
| 27 | I find a glass or two of wine aids the digestion and makes an excellent nightcap . |
| 28 | He 's certainly saying I find a pattern here because he 's using it , as his pattern to understand and I only just said at the beginning what the , makes the Jews Jewish , what gave them their national character and their , their ethnic identity . |
| 29 | I find a zig-zag tends to pucker the fabric , but this may differ with makes of sewing machine . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's not every day I find a mermaid in the bath . ’ |