Example sentences of "[pers pn] could find a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could hardly tap them on the arm and yell : ‘ Can you tell me where I could find a child prostitute ? ’ |
| 2 | Okay so that 's how you , that 's how you 'd do three quarters you 'd say well I could find a quarter of it and then cut it all up into quarters and then I 'll take three pieces , three quarters . |
| 3 | ‘ I wish I could find a country to live in where the facts were not brutal and the dreams not unreal , ’ wrote Shaw . |
| 4 | How I wish I could find a master like you , tough and strong . |
| 5 | If only I could find a masseuse as good as Pauline in London , I would be happy ! |
| 6 | What should have been a simple review looked like it was about to turn into techno-confusion when the owner 's manual stated I could find a hook-up diagram on page 42 , and it was n't there . |
| 7 | He always puts up with Lennie , and is there whenever Lennie is feeling ashamed or unwanted and produces his ‘ I could just go to the hills and ’ I could find a cave , and pet mice ’ speech . |
| 8 | Before she could find a rejoinder to what , despite the smile , she felt sure was a snide remark he went on , ‘ If you 're ready to leave now I 'll take you back to your hotel . ’ |
| 9 | If two people had some disagreement she could find a way of softening that situation . |
| 10 | Cancer was diagnosed only eight months earlier , and Madeleine held a strong conviction she could find a way of helping in her own healing . |
| 11 | It was bad enough having to sleep in the steerage — lying on the floor wherever she could find a place , where cockroaches and rats could run over her while she slept . |
| 12 | She would go down to the club and do some keep fit for an hour , then have a fruit juice lunch and see if she could find a game of tennis . |
| 13 | But she could find a job and a furnished flat , and then she 'd be free , free to give herself to Nicolo as his lover … |
| 14 | ‘ She 's got a lot of talent , you know Jack , if only she could find an outlet for it . |
| 15 | I think if you can now , it may be that you could find a sort of semi-structured thing like the Richmond Fellowship . |
| 16 | Others swore they tasted fine , if only you could find an army of friends to devour them with . |
| 17 | In actual practice you could find an analysis that very often the things that have been repressed have not been repressed in the sense that they 've been totally submerged from your consciousness and totally forgotten without any trace , but what often happens is they 've become isolated or , or divorced from their context in your memory . |
| 18 | If it were I am sure we could find a way to beat it , such as having a weaker link to the ‘ feeder so that it will break away when snagged . |
| 19 | Er if we could find a way of getting him there , I think it would be worthwhile . |
| 20 | And I think if , and I know it was agreed at group leaders meeting , that if we could find a way that Mr could be paid these erm , allowances , it would be important to allow him to pursue the work which is being done on that committee , and I would hope that we might all agree to the recommendation , and that is when he 's on the steering group , it 's attendance erm , full attendance and er travelling , but on the others , travelling and subsistence . |
| 21 | ‘ I poured out my heart to you , Laura , telling you how much I loved you , and that , despite our difficulties , I was certain we could find a way to solve them . |
| 22 | Of course , this alone did n't meet the cost of the hats or the debt owing , but she said if we could find a buyer for such as this it would , in a way , alleviate some of the debt … ’ |
| 23 | Perhaps we could find a cottage to stay in tonight . |
| 24 | We could find a lot more dodgy items on the market , as some other countries do n't have our standards . |
| 25 | If their giro did n't come , erm the only way of of contacting D H S S , was either to go down , or to walk all round until they could find a telephone to do it . |
| 26 | If only she would join with him now , perhaps together they could find a way through this terrible situation . |
| 27 | They were staying in a hotel until they could find a Hat , but his doctor insisted that they spend some days in Brighton so that he could properly recover . |
| 28 | If they could find a cure for the common cold . |
| 29 | The children looked all along the bank to see if they could find a boat . |
| 30 | The effect of the decision was to give women the choice of an abortion during the first six months of pregnancy if they could find a doctor to carry it out , and it came to have enormous symbolic importance for feminists . |