Example sentences of "he could find [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Colman , of Fadmoor , north Yorkshire , sought GMC permission to place a factual , non-promotional advertisement in a local paper because he could find no other way to tell prospective patients of his services . |
| 2 | Dr Colman , of Fadmoor , north Yorkshire , sought GMC permission to place a factual , non-promotional advertisement in a local paper because he could find no other way to tell prospective patients of his services . |
| 3 | His explanation was that he could find no suitable homes for the other puppies . |
| 4 | The slurry was still advancing relentlessly and he could find no way through . |
| 5 | Taking his lantern the watchman followed and although there was no other entrance but from the porter 's room , he could find no trace of his antagonists . |
| 6 | The following night the same sound disturbed his normally peaceful night-shift and as he could find no logical explanation he decided to accept whatever it was , but resolved to keep the mystery to himself to avoid the ridicule of his workmates . |
| 7 | Bunyan replied that he could find no justification for the Prayer Book in the Scriptures and that its use was an impediment to man in making known his condition to God . |
| 8 | For weeks he could find no form . |
| 9 | Similarly , he could find no American avant garde , on the model of Central and Western European modernism . |
| 10 | The sheer weight of dicta amassed was intimidating , but Mr. Ashworth conceded he could find no authority actually binding on me . |
| 11 | But he could find no fault with Herluin 's reaction , which displayed natural dismay and concern , but not to excess . |
| 12 | He could find no comparison between Azmaveth 's simmering endurance during her training and his own obedient years at Por Tanssie . |
| 13 | It caused him to look back in some compunction , in case he had lied to discover what he wanted to know ; but he could find no lies . |
| 14 | When Hugo , later that day , tested Valerie 's recorder he could find no fault with it . |
| 15 | Edwin Garland felt uneasy , a vague shapeless unease for which he could find no immediate cause . |
| 16 | Lord Salmon said he could find no sensible basis for the " astonishing " proposition that the valuer should be liable for negligence in the first instance , but not in the second . |
| 17 | At first they assumed that he could find a place among the steep woods behind Camserney and be supplied by their good friends Donald and Aileen Gillies at the mill . |
| 18 | He wondered where he could find a chance of quieter work . |
| 19 | He had been saving as much as possible from the grant in the hope of amassing a small sum which would tide him over until he could find a local job . |
| 20 | It has made him a millionaire but 32-year-old Chris would sell it all tomorrow if he could find a buyer . |
| 21 | He was faced with two conflicting decisions : one ( the Manchester Corporation case [ 1891 ] 1 Q.B. 94 ) of a Divisional Court which was prima facie binding upon him unless he could find a valid ground on which to distinguish it and one ( the Bognor Regis case [ 1972 ] 2 Q.B. 169 ) by a judge of co-ordinate jurisdiction . |
| 22 | He said he would be back at the Ascension , if he could find a ride ; failing that , at Pentecost . |
| 23 | Funny little things like the way he could find a mental case to confess to every gangland killing , and the number of prisoners who had sudden heart attacks while he was questioning them . |
| 24 | A group of teachers asked Hinrich Medau if he could find a use for some wooden clubs — gradually every possibility was explored , and today they are an indispensable part of the Medau movement equipment . |
| 25 | Once in he could lose himself among the excited household , and never be in one place long enough to be an object of suspicion , until he could find a means of encountering Ralf Isambard alone . |
| 26 | Yet he was unwilling to take leave , treating his engagement as settled , without some more conventional glance in that direction than he could find an opening for in the manner of the large , affable lady who sat there drawing a pair of soiled gants de Suede through a fat , jewelled hand and , at once pressing and gliding , repeated over and over everything but the thing he would have liked to hear ( 2 ) . |
| 27 | A fallen favourite had little to hope for unless he could find an alternative royal patron . |
| 28 | Although Korda was now more of a financier than an active producer , it was his suggestion that led Graham Greene to visit Austria to see if he could find the background in the four-power occupation of Vienna which would inspire him to extend his one-line story : ‘ I had paid my last farewell to Harry less than a week ago , when his coffin was lowered in the frozen February ground , so that it was with incredulity that I saw him pass by , without a sign of recognition , among the host of strangers in the Strand . ’ |
| 29 | If only he could find the switch to throw or the knob to turn that would liberate the real potential of communism . |
| 30 | He resigned from the Temple ; and to provide for the needs of his rapidly increasing family he was appointed as Rector of Boscom and prebendary of Salisbury , with the apparent understanding that he would continue to reside mainly in London , where he could find the books which he required for his great work , Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity . |