Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [not/n't] find " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'll not find my Jake , no more'n my Jake 'll ever find that woman he 's after … ’ |
| 2 | And he might not find it so easy here . |
| 3 | She resolved that if he could n't find the necessary courage , she would . |
| 4 | Rehearsals save you being embarrassed in the meeting by broken light bulbs , out of focus films , a speaker half an hour late because he could n't find anywhere to park , and shrieks and howls as the public address system does its best to drown the speaker . |
| 5 | Halfway through dressing , wearing his shirt and underpants , he looked for Moda in the workroom , where he assumed she would have thrown it on their pile of magazines ; he wanted to gaze at Bella Kropotkin again , but he could n't find the magazine . |
| 6 | Tom would n't wear rain gear because he could n't find a set to really fit his 6ft 3in frame , so it was hard work for me to keep him dry . |
| 7 | If he could n't find you , he wanted to know where you had been . |
| 8 | Milligan moved to the Sussex hills because he could n't find anywhere close to London ‘ which did n't involve living on a motorway ’ , but XR3 prosperity has pursued him . |
| 9 | He needed the sound of a forest fire running under the voice-track , but he could n't find the effect on file . |
| 10 | The next time Jed drove through Westwood he looked for Failure , but he could n't find it . |
| 11 | He turned down the first street he came to , turned left , right , left again , he walked down a hill , along an alley , through a deserted square , but still he could n't find one anywhere . |
| 12 | As he stared at her he actually did feel as if he were in short pants , and he could n't find words to answer her . |
| 13 | His dad was with him at the race , but he could n't find him and gave the grenade to a marshal . |
| 14 | Unfortunately he could n't find anything large enough in his wife 's wardrobe . |
| 15 | Virtin A&R Rob Manley , who also runs the Union City dance offshoot , said he could n't find the original master tapes , according to Franë . |
| 16 | He could n't find any brown paint , so he mixed cocoa in with some white paint . |
| 17 | He would have liked to hear the figure of his salary ; but just as he was nervously about to sound that note the little boy came back — the little boy Mrs Moreen had sent out of the room to fetch her fan ( 3 ) He came back without the fan , only with the casual observation that he could n't find it . |
| 18 | There is a little direct speech ( " And all overclouded by this , you know … " ) and indirect speech ( " the casual observation that he could n't find it " ) , but otherwise there are no clear signals to countermand the assumption that we are reading an impersonal narrator 's version of events . |
| 19 | The qualification " as it were " in ( 1 ) suggests Pemberton 's own inner voice ; " that he could n't find it " in ( 4 ) suggests the boy 's peremptory style of speech ; something really superior in the way of a resident tutor " ( 11 ) suggests the Moreens ' way of expressing their requirements in the style of genteel private advertisements . |
| 20 | He could n't find Tom Carey . |
| 21 | He could n't find me . |
| 22 | He could n't find me . |
| 23 | Just as she was about to leave he came out and complained that he could n't find the tin-opener . |
| 24 | I asked him why , and he said he could n't find any other way to show respect for that commodity . |
| 25 | He could n't find it . |
| 26 | Coming back to the place drunk , especially when he could n't find the light switch , was horrendous ; he would wake to a sight like Manhattan after a severe earthquake . |
| 27 | It explained how he could n't find switches and did n't know the layout very well . |
| 28 | He tried to strip off the tape , but it was too tough and his fingers were numb and he could n't find where it began . |
| 29 | But not too concerned that he could n't find time to drop into Simon Butcher 's to have his picture taken . ’ |
| 30 | He could n't find the answer to the girl 's death . |