Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] find " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being drunk or stoned can make anyone forget to use condoms , but if the condoms are easy to see or find there is a better chance that you 'll remember to use them . |
| 2 | It was clear that the lines were drawn and that the two countries would have to compromise or find allies if the conference was not to degenerate into a complete fiasco . |
| 3 | I decided to abandon my earlier plan of just walking around until dawn and instead to try and find somewhere where I could get some sleep . |
| 4 | I had started to feel very tired and I decided to try and find somewhere to have a sleep . |
| 5 | Honestly , girl , if you only knew where I 'd been to try and find you ! ’ |
| 6 | I think the most important thing is to try and find that gap in the market that is not well trodden by a lot of other people — to find something which you can do which is different from all the rest of them . |
| 7 | ‘ In case you have n't noticed , other than that first call , I 've made no attempt to try and find him since we 've been here . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Have you ever thought of escaping to try and find them ? ’ asked Endill . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't know yet dear , but I 'm about to try and find out , ’ Lawler replied . |
| 10 | To try and find Tweed , give him some back-up , find out what the hell is going on . ’ |
| 11 | Their approach now is to try and find out where and when the protein is made during limb development , in the hope that this will provide some insight as to how the gene works . |
| 12 | It is also sensible to try and find out the likelihood of offers being accepted . |
| 13 | That did cause a bit of friction , because the bosses used to try and find out who it was . |
| 14 | If a cat performs some very strange action — finds its way home over a long distance , predicts an earthquake , or senses the return of its owners when they are some distance from the house — then it is a challenge for us to try and find out which particular sensory pathway was involved . |
| 15 | From this , I learned more about leys and immediately got out the local map to try and find one for myself . |
| 16 | I 'm going to try and find Greg Martin . |
| 17 | The others then have to try and find him . |
| 18 | ‘ I felt I 'd hit that wall with my playing , ’ he explains , ‘ and searched all over Britain to try and find somewhere that could help , but there were no schools or colleges operating such courses . |
| 19 | I make a coffee and flick through a few albums to try and find something suitable — a Michael Sembelo , a Philip Baily , a Deacon Blue , but none of them feel right in my soul . |
| 20 | I decided to try and find my Mother . |
| 21 | ‘ I told you , I 've come to try and find him , ’ she answered . |
| 22 | Ted Willoughby , who had looked after Sugar throughout its service with 467 Squadron , came on to the scene and offered to try and find the missing items and then re-fit them to the aircraft , to which Jack Bruce readily agreed . |
| 23 | Do n't use the test simply to try and find out whether you should have safer sex . |
| 24 | Other employers referred to the advantages of employing search consultants for particularly sensitive appointments ; obviously a personnel director could not be expected to try and find his or her successor . |
| 25 | He had set out to try and find a passage to the Orient round the north of Asia in the hope that this would rid the merchant ships of the scourge of pirates who were terrorising the southern trade routes . |
| 26 | It was formerly found on several other islands in the Seychelles , and while nobody really knows the reason for its decline , serious studies are now being undertaken in order to try and find out . |
| 27 | ‘ This is a regrettable situation with hostile feeling remaining between the village and the Phillips family and I have met Mr and Mrs Phillips to try and find a way forward , ’ he said . |
| 28 | I think , you know , you say you 've got a month , I think you 're gon na need also to try and find out from your membership as to whether in fact they 're prepared to turn up on a Saturday as well . |
| 29 | In return for us putting that money into the scheme er straight away er as Paul said the council will be agreeing to , to make us priority for handling corporation funding and if that 's not successful er to use your reasonable endeavours to try and find the remainder of the scheme yourselves . |
| 30 | and we had er , I mean we had a bright orange swivel chair and when that came out it was called the Orbit or something , something really weird and it had a big back on it and we thought it was great I mean , I think it 's awful now , some of the things we had , I 'll have to try and find some photographs cos I 've got a case full of photographs upstairs |