Example sentences of "i try to find " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to find a more comfortable position but there was n't one , really . |
| 2 | In the meantime I tried to find a home for Poppy to go to when ( or if ) we eventually caught her . |
| 3 | But she avoided my lips , so that I brushed her cheek , and as I tried to find her mouth she said , ‘ No , Kit . |
| 4 | I tried to find myself work ( such as washing dishes or mending clothes ) , where I could observe without being too noticeable . |
| 5 | I tried to find a method whereby I could seize the effect of motion … how to arrest a movement in a few bold strokes , catching the passing moment and finding new forms … my goal was always to express emotion and experience with large and simple forms and clear colours ’ . |
| 6 | On my return to London I tried to find out about the Ober Gabelhorn but there was little information readily available , apart from a couple of references to it as one of the great alpine peaks . |
| 7 | I tried to find the window of my room . |
| 8 | I tried to find it . |
| 9 | I tried to find out if there was any place in the hospital where they could have gone to weep and share their distress . |
| 10 | I knew him because he had been in Fontanellato for some months , and after wishing him buon giorno and so forth I tried to find out what his duties were and what was likely to happen to the prisoner . |
| 11 | I , I tried to find one that |
| 12 | ‘ I tried to find your boyfriend . |
| 13 | After the first few incidents I began to suspect there was a pattern , so I tried to find it . |
| 14 | I tried to find out — I may be forgiven — who would benefit from the theft of the jewel , and I learned from Mr Brown here ’ ( heads swivelling ) ‘ that Mrs Stratton was always slightly mysterious — ambivalent , even about her own financial affairs . |
| 15 | ‘ Dad , would you object if I tried to find Elaine ? |
| 16 | and when you try t in the past when I tried to find some way of imposing discipline , there is no way because quite rightly , you 're not allowed to strike children , I never wanted to and I I hardly ever did at one school where there was a marvellous spirit of give and take I used to whip off my little black velvet slipper occasionally and whack some of the larger boys about the top of the thigh . |
| 17 | Oh you know I tried to find out her phone yesterday |
| 18 | I tried to find that horse |
| 19 | Apart from a price list , so we had a price list , and I thought right so I went to a book shop and I tried to find a book on masks nothing . |
| 20 | ‘ Mrs Girdlestone has agreed to let you stay on while I try to find somewhere near where I live . |
| 21 | There is , however , a very strong feeling in fashionable knitwear this year for double jacquard patterns Usually I try to find easy ways to achieve this look and if you do n't have a ribber and a colour changer you can get away with two layers of Fair Isle or single jacquard , neatly sewn together to make a beautiful fabric for this time of year . |
| 22 | Then I try to find a way of expressing the idea and there is n't one . |