Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [modal v] find [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All right , Ellis , I expect I can find time this afternoon . |
| 2 | Do n't assume you will find shelter in a bothy and walk into the wilderness without an alternative . |
| 3 | I only hope she may find happiness with Saul Quatt . ’ |
| 4 | You can indeed Daphne , so there you are Rosemary do plant some shrub roses and even if you have n't got room for all of our suggestions I hope you 'll find room for two or three of them . |
| 5 | Finally , as this is the Christmas issue , I 'm finishing with a little quiz , which I hope you will find time to do just for the fun of it over the holiday . |
| 6 | You are the first of the king 's officers to know that Lord Grey of Ruthyn is carried off prisoner into Wales , and if this moment you turned out the muster of every shire between here and Denbigh , and loosed them into Clocaenog forest , do you think you would find hide or hair of a Welshman there ? |
| 7 | In almost anything that happened I could find guilt and apply it to myself . |
| 8 | If you prefer not to go camping you 'll find youth hostels at Bellever , Exford and Lynton . |
| 9 | she sensed she might find meaning , |
| 10 | ‘ I do hope you 'll find time to see something of our beautiful city . |
| 11 | We know we should find porn utterly repellent but we can not help finding it endlessly fascinating . |
| 12 | I suppose he hopes the pathologist who butchers her will find skin tissue under her nails . |
| 13 | Seb determined he would find time to have a long talk with her when his present hectic spell of work came to an end . |
| 14 | We , on the other hand , were at that stage of life when we felt we could find time for anything that took our fancy . |
| 15 | With a little food inside him he felt he might find composition easier . |
| 16 | Where an instrument is laid subject to affirmative resolution procedure , the Government sponsoring it must find time in the Houses for a vote on it and it must secure an affirmative vote . |
| 17 | The wise man back in Proverbs in chapter twenty eight and verse thirteen he says , he who conceals his transgression will not prosper but he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion . |
| 18 | I think she 'll find life abnormal enough |
| 19 | I think he was certainly mixed up in the beastly business of getting into England some of those unhappy Asians who pay through the nose either because they 're desperate to join relatives , or because they think they can find work here . |
| 20 | Spending the night there he travelled next day to Stone , where refreshing himself he proceeded on to Halling , hoping he could find safety and refuge . |
| 21 | He supposed he could find work in another law-office ; the prospect daunted him . |