Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] find a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I 'll just find a seven in the blue print |
| 2 | I 'll just find a scene where he does this . |
| 3 | " I 'll always find a job . " |
| 4 | I could n't find a bus nowhere . |
| 5 | But I could n't find a bloody buyer . ’ ’ |
| 6 | If I could n't find a telephone in Sam 's big workshop I could drive Harry 's car to the nearest house … |
| 7 | I could n't find a way round it and when someone came in and said , ‘ that sounds great , but can you get me a pure sound where I can actually recognise what guitar is being played , whether it 's clean or distorted ? ’ |
| 8 | I took it regularly and pored over it every week for two months , but search and phone as I might , I could n't find a decent barn owl . |
| 9 | My dreams of training an owl had come to a standstill with Barny , and then another standstill when I could n't find a bird to buy . |
| 10 | ‘ I could n't find a mirror I liked or that was even the right size , so I decided to have one handmade that would incorporate the colours and the theme of the living room , ’ said Geoff . |
| 11 | I 'm sorry it 's been such a long journey , but I could n't find a quicker route . |
| 12 | I may not always be able to offer a Danby or a Holmes ( Holmes is available as I write ) , but I should be considerably embarrassed if I could n't find a good view of the Gorge for a departing new graduate or a returning old one . |
| 13 | I had an extremely important appointment in town and I could n't find a parking space anywhere else . ’ |
| 14 | He made me a fair offer in the circumstances and I even picked up another two pounds from one of the street traders for Charlie 's huge barrow ; but hard though I tried I could n't find a buyer for Granpa Charlie 's dreadful old nineteenth-century relic . |
| 15 | This was because at that time I could not find a Salome . |
| 16 | Wading through the stream of overwhelmingly affectionate obituaries , I could not find a single phrase to support the view that Mr P ever had the slightest interest in the games that people play . |
| 17 | I could not find a piece big enough , so I bought two smaller pieces and took them back to the dacha . |
| 18 | I could not find a reason for leaving him , so I accompanied him in silence . |
| 19 | Ken 's last wish was that his coffin should be carried by six Athletico players but I could not find a single one of the bastards who would do it for less than fifty quid . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll come up this evenin' , ’ said Linda , ‘ and if 'er shoes want a polish , I fink I could find some spit for 'er , I expect I could easy find a penn'orth . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I could only find a bottle of bourbon and some after-dinner liqueurs , ’ she told him , being careful to avoid contact with his hand . |
| 22 | In my first flat I had a very large cupboard that was always filled with things I could never find a use for , or I had forgotten about . |
| 23 | I never thought I would ever find a woman who could mean as much . |
| 24 | I would never find a better musician , his contribution to Re:Joyce was unquantifiable . |
| 25 | ‘ I ca n't find a thing to wear , you know , ’ she complained . |
| 26 | I ca n't find a large box so you ca n't come . |
| 27 | The thing about Martina is — the thing about Marina is that I ca n't find a voice to summon her with . |
| 28 | I also I I also erm er what was I going to say I would take the disc but I ca n't find a way of getting into this machine actually it 's broken erm . |
| 29 | There 's the gutter if I ca n't find a cheap hotel . |
| 30 | ‘ Over the last three or four years it has gradually got worse and if I ca n't find a cure I might have to give up distance running , ’ he said . |