Example sentences of "he [vb mod] find [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a field officer who has taken a risk and opted to negotiate should subsequently have second thoughts , he may find his evidence has disappeared . |
| 2 | ‘ He said that he could find me work in the theatre . |
| 3 | The boy looked from one to the other of them and it was a moment or two before he could find his voice , then : ‘ I do n't know what you mean . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ My own kind , ’ she replied , and getting ready to put a few questions from her list , she paused to smile — and found that he could find his questions faster . |
| 5 | He could find his way back to New York somehow . |
| 6 | Philip hoped he 'd find his dog and the pair of them would clear off . |
| 7 | He 'd find my family and kill us . ’ |
| 8 | They stopped at Antwerp where one evening they got so drunk in a bar that when Minton decided to return to the hotel , Norman followed him as he doubted whether he would find his way . |
| 9 | It was thus , when the weight of anxiety about his failed ambitions , his uncertain future , became too heavy that he would find his peace , standing motionless to watch the veined curve of the poised wave , the tumult of crashing foam breaking over his feet , the wide intersecting arches washing over the smooth sand as the wave retreated to leave its tenuous lip of foam . |
| 10 | He had begun to have wet dreams ; early in the morning , he would find his thighs soaked with semen beneath his nightshirt . |
| 11 | He says he can find his way up the Orinoco and discover the Seven Cities of Gold where the streets are paved with precious metals , and dusky , full-bosomed maidens scatter gems and pennies . |