Example sentences of "[adv] [modal v] [not/n't] find " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the region 's Labour MPs who did support the Bill , the compliments of many ; a conscience brickbat to those ( my own included ) who just could not find time to do so . |
| 2 | We know the villages exist but , later on the ground , we just could n't find them ! |
| 3 | ‘ I just could n't find any that I liked , ’ says Julie . |
| 4 | ‘ We just could n't find a lot of music we liked when we started so we just thought ‘ let's try and make something we like , ’ ’ says Ed . |
| 5 | So I well I sent him er our sheets , er sheet about the group and the minutes and er I contacted Michael er , who said he 'll be very happy to help in , so I er phoned up this chap and said , gave him Michael 's number and said erm he 'd like to come to this meeting tonight , he said yes , so I went to pick him up and I just could n't find that blinking house , anyone who knows Harlow , he 's in Parsonage Leys , I just could n't find the number it was , I just could n't find anything less than thirty seven |
| 6 | So I well I sent him er our sheets , er sheet about the group and the minutes and er I contacted Michael er , who said he 'll be very happy to help in , so I er phoned up this chap and said , gave him Michael 's number and said erm he 'd like to come to this meeting tonight , he said yes , so I went to pick him up and I just could n't find that blinking house , anyone who knows Harlow , he 's in Parsonage Leys , I just could n't find the number it was , I just could n't find anything less than thirty seven |
| 7 | So I well I sent him er our sheets , er sheet about the group and the minutes and er I contacted Michael er , who said he 'll be very happy to help in , so I er phoned up this chap and said , gave him Michael 's number and said erm he 'd like to come to this meeting tonight , he said yes , so I went to pick him up and I just could n't find that blinking house , anyone who knows Harlow , he 's in Parsonage Leys , I just could n't find the number it was , I just could n't find anything less than thirty seven |
| 8 | But I I do you know I 've been back since but I just could n't find it now , but there it 'll be , but on the side of the er at , he used to preach at this mission , there was only him you know used to preach , and I do n't know how many other people were at , it would n't hold above er would n't hold above thirty . |
| 9 | After the break , United looked much more positive — but just could n't find their range . |
| 10 | Barnsley are not known for their fancy football or flair , but they 're well drilled and organised and Oxford just could n't find a way through . |
| 11 | Full-back , Smith and hooker , John Hawker , both went off injured though and in the second half , Gloucester just could n't find a way through the Hartlepool defence . |
| 12 | I remember I had such a strain one , I just could n't find it quick enough |
| 13 | Just ca n't find the way to put things . |
| 14 | ‘ We wonder why it happened to our Danny and right now we just ca n't find the answer to that . |
| 15 | ‘ They 've now been there for more than three weeks and in my view they just ca n't find their way out again . |
| 16 | Of the 36 who agreed to participate , three eventually could not find the time . |
| 17 | I then went to the Grosvenor Hotel where they said Frank was , but still could n't find him so returned to the BAAB . |
| 18 | He still could n't find anything wrong , and left again . |
| 19 | So I went up to the bar , back to the party , and still could n't find her . ’ |
| 20 | I pressed every button I could find and I still could n't find it . |
| 21 | The brokers thus started again yesterday , but while they apparently conditionally placed more than half this time , they still could not find enough buyers . |
| 22 | Yet he still could not find the offending bag . |
| 23 | Even today I still ca n't find one in a music store which fits my finger . |
| 24 | It can now detect the Dark Avenger Mutation Engine but it still ca n't find Necros , Word 1391 , Slovakia , Slovakia-2 , Starship or Todor . |
| 25 | ‘ He still ca n't find a job , ’ Sarah said to Anne . |
| 26 | Brian Sewell is one of the few who still ca n't find it and we 're very glad he ca n't . |
| 27 | But despite that , Gloucestershire County Council still ca n't find another school that will accept him as a full time student . |
| 28 | I still ca n't find that , that , that sun cream |
| 29 | But even if they do come they still wo n't find any bodies . |
| 30 | The officials in charge of it still can not find out exactly how much some of the firms they would like to sell are worth — or indeed , says one , how many firms the state actually owns . |