Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] find a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I could n't send her away thinking I could be so heartless and horrible , but I also knew that I was n't going to go home that weekend ; I 'd find an excuse . |
| 32 | ‘ Would you like to know whether I would find a tracing of your cock arousing ? ’ |
| 33 | I would save some money and then I would find a man to marry me , especially if I promised to bring him to London . |
| 34 | yeah , and I , I would find a country house cos that 's where all the crimes happened in the early seventies , I 'd go in , make myself at home and smoke fifty cigarettes and drink a bottle of claret |
| 35 | ‘ I shall find a girl to dance with . ’ |
| 36 | I do n't know what it will be , but I shall find a way to help her in the end . |
| 37 | " I shall not allow sex to dominate my life , I shall find a place for it , that is all … |
| 38 | ‘ I give you my word , ’ she said intensely , ‘ that I will find a man who can save Swift for us all , and then I 'll marry him . ’ |
| 39 | I will find a rhythm and flow in my body like the swaying of a willow in the breeze . |
| 40 | Perhaps during the next hour-long speech by the hon. Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) in Committee I will find an opportunity to do so . |
| 41 | Now I suppose I shall have to tramp back to Moorgate underground station , before I can find a cab . |
| 42 | ‘ Maybe I can find a lever for Horemheb to do so . |
| 43 | Is there no gentleman or lady of virtue in this neighbourhood to whom I may fly only till I can find a way to get to my poor father and mother ? |
| 44 | So far , so good , but finding a set of correlations of this sort still says nothing about whether they are necessarily part of the memory formation process unless I can find a way of showing that they are not simply the aftermath of the unpleasant experience of tasting the bitter bead ; that is , I must meet my own third , reductionist criterion . |
| 45 | Perhaps I can find a way through the middle of my two hon. Friends ' useful contributions . |
| 46 | ‘ It could still be black magic because I 'm damned if I can find a way through the tangle . |
| 47 | But I can find a spokesman for you , if you like . ’ |
| 48 | On this occasion I think I can find a bottle of something special with which to toast the future . |
| 49 | I 'm just gon na see if I can find a clarity index . |
| 50 | Well it 's up to you if you want them to s shall I see if I can find a girl and you might try a size ten in the other ones would you like me |
| 51 | And in six weeks perhaps I can find a home for my piano . ’ |
| 52 | Well , I have n't got much money but well sometimes I do go to hostels , yeah but , most of the time I just sleep anywhere I can find a shelter . |
| 53 | At the price it is , the sooner I can find a buyer for it the happier I 'll be . ’ |
| 54 | For my own part , having a little woodland garden , this is one of the two plants which I am forever poking in where I can find a place for another . |
| 55 | I 'll dim er if I can find a dimmer I 'll dim the You can read it now ca n't you ? |
| 56 | I need to know where I can find a woman who has recently returned to her family after having run away with a man called Resenence Jeopardy . ’ |
| 57 | If I can find a rubber , I 'll write it up for you I 'm afraid my ink , my pen , is running out . |
| 58 | What I 'd like you to think about , if I can find a rubber , is we 've said if you take the sum of Z X's times Z Y. They were A and B before , I think I might have confused that . |
| 59 | Yeah , I 'll just see if I can find an appointment . |
| 60 | In the chilly windswept plains of Patagonia , you may find a burrow about the size of a large rabbit hole . |