Example sentences of "he find [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only 'ope 'e finds time ter marry this 'un , whoever she is . ’ |
| 2 | His rare combination of mechanical and drawing skills enabled him to find work quickly , soon becoming works manager at Bramahs , and by 1815 he was chief draughtsman at Maudslay , Sons & Field . |
| 3 | Then , the emptiness of his purse and the bareness of his kitchen had forced him to find work of any kind . |
| 4 | Charles 's court-scholars often encouraged him to find inspiration and confidence in the story of David . |
| 5 | A dim light enabled him to find room seventeen . |
| 6 | It was Woil 's voice , desperate to see the same fear that had stopped him finding freedom now overtaking Creggan . |
| 7 | He claims that adopting certain Buddhist practices and yoga techniques has helped him find peace of mind . |
| 8 | In Darlington , Robert visited an agency that told him it was unable to help him find accommodation in Newton Aycliffe . |
| 9 | Technically , Smart gave his delight in varied versification free play by making use of twenty-five different stanza forms , generally taking one stanza for each verse of every psalm , and using neologisms , puns , aphorisms and turns of wit as he found opportunity . |
| 10 | In particular he found opportunity to complain about Childebert 's policies towards the Visigoths , with whom he cultivated more cordial relations than his uncle felt was proper . |
| 11 | He had bits and pieces of it , and suspicions in which he found difficulty believing , and wished not to believe , despite the growing evidence … but not the whole thing . |
| 12 | He found relief from his fears and inadequacies in a world of fantasy and art . |
| 13 | In Hilbert 's dictionary he found coypu defined as a South American aquatic rodent , myopotamus coypus , somewhat smaller than a beaver . |
| 14 | More and more these days he found gardening therapeutic . |
| 15 | When he found Fern Cottage in darkness and Seb missing he had been doubly sure . |
| 16 | John Biffen , the former Leader of the Commons and Chief Secretary to the Treasury , said yesterday he found government policy ‘ confusing ’ , and party nerves were not calmed by a fringe speech from Sir Geoffrey Howe , the deputy prime minister , which echoed some of Michael Heseltine 's criticism on Tuesday of government policy and presentation . |
| 17 | Here he found inspiration — ’ |
| 18 | When John Wesley visited the county in 1773 he found support at Rye , as might have been expected , but little elsewhere : the locals were too fond of the smuggling and intemperance he preached so strongly against . |
| 19 | He found support in the Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts and Rubenianum in Antwerp who were able to secure funds from the Crédit Communal de Belgique for an exhibition that would display the achievement of Flemish painting as part of Antwerp 's celebrations in 1993 as Cultural Capital of Europe . |
| 20 | For spot and futures returns over five-minute periods , he found evidence that futures returns led spot returns by up to fifteen minutes . |
| 21 | First , he examined the influence of predictable and unpredictable monetary growth on real output rather than unemployment : he found evidence here too that only the unpredictable component of monetary growth affected real output , a positive monetary surprise leading to a rise in output above its natural level . |
| 22 | ‘ A lad in the village was an apprentice with Middlesbrough , but he found progress difficult . |
| 23 | Peering through he found Mould lying stunned amongst a mass of bedsprings , cardboard boxes and broken armchairs . |
| 24 | The mixed media trio did not prove successful but during that period of David 's life he found work as an extra on the film The Virgin Soldiers and appeared in a pilot television commercial for Lyons Maid , advertising their new ice-cream . |
| 25 | He found work on the promenade there , sitting in a barrel . |
| 26 | After a period of unemployment in 1919 he found work at the government-run Slough Transport Depot where he became chairman of the shop stewards ' committee , organizing strikes and demonstrations against its eventual closure in April 1920 . |
| 27 | That night , disregarding the jeers of his companions , he wrestled and prayed in the barrack room until he found peace with God . |
| 28 | He found peace in the fact that this time he could help , and decided to watch over her until she recovered . |
| 29 | But despite these comforts and the fact that he was fully accepted by the Russians as a patriot , it seems doubtful that he found life very rewarding . |
| 30 | He had to resign his seat.Then in the mid-80s , he found favour with Mrs. Thatcher , who felt his uncomplicated , cheer-leading brand of Conservatism and thrusting , go-getting style was just the ticket to rally the troops . |