Example sentences of "[modal v] find [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told Calero he ought to find himself a code-name — a suggestion Calero virtually ignored — because ‘ the Soviets listen to everything on the east coast ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Maybe you ought to find yourself a younger jockey . ’ |
| 3 | You ought to find someone on the same wavelength , who knows your mind , your love of freedom , who thinks of you the same instant you think of him . |
| 4 | Maybe even thou shalt find it . ’ |
| 5 | A great silence filled the house , the servants were asleep , not knowing that tomorrow they must find themselves other positions . |
| 6 | ‘ I know , ’ she said with sudden resolution , ‘ we must find something out of London . |
| 7 | Jovellanos regarded rent control as useless and an evil in itself ; he considered land as a commodity that must find its natural price in the open market and held that it was ‘ vanity ’ to try to protect peasants from the effects of economic laws . |
| 8 | She shuddered — for if there were she really must find them out and write of them , or her articles could not be considered authentic . |
| 9 | Now in the eyes of the law , they have committed a crime , but if you put that situation before a jury , and even though the judge may instruct the jury , a crime has been committed , you must find them guilty , the jury 's inclination will probably be to say , natural justice , you , that you you done what was required of you , that you do n't deserve to be either convicted or sent to prison for it . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , the young stylist must find her long lost sister before her wedding on Saturday and time is running out . |
| 11 | How dull he must find her , to rush off and talk to someone else . |
| 12 | I mean , my wife — must find her — , ’ stammered her unfortunate victim . |
| 13 | He must find him tomorrow and make sure he was all right . |
| 14 | I must find him before I sail home , and come to think of it I 'll need to fix the boat too ! |
| 15 | ‘ We must find him , ’ Fagin said urgently to the rest of them . |
| 16 | ‘ We must find him , ’ insisted Merymose . |
| 17 | I must find what is your illness first , yes ? ’ |
| 18 | It should not be tethered to subjects that do not interest it but like the whole organism , it must find what is its bent and true interest and follow that all its life . |
| 19 | In the following exercise you must find what feature or features certain groups of segments have in common ; you will probably find it useful to look at the IPA chart on pp. 40–1 . |
| 20 | Once the eggs have hatched the tiny fry are without parental care and become free swimming for a brief period during which time they must find their own host anemone . |
| 21 | Trammelled as I am by ‘ the service ’ , I can only plead guilty to what it is impossible to amend without commencing de novo — for everything and everybody must find their level on board of a king 's ship . |
| 22 | From now on the people of Marinus must find their own answers . |
| 23 | Obviously the night-flying insects that they prey on must find their way about somehow . |
| 24 | I mean they must find they must find it expensive because I mean if they 're keeping that house on they have to have somebody going in to look at it , wo n't they ? |
| 25 | But she must find someone . |
| 26 | The thought is about how I must find someone to mend it before it gets any worse . |
| 27 | In general , we must find our statistical bearings through more specific standards of comparison , written English having a different set of norms from spoken English , and so on . |
| 28 | You must find our evenings together remarkably predictable . ’ |
| 29 | But cows must be milked twice a day , every day of the year , so if you are a dairying smallholder you must find your recreation in the variations within the farm . |
| 30 | Here you must find your way to the concert stage to perform loads excellent R 'n' B music . |