Example sentences of "they [modal v] find [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now some of them could find fame closer to home . |
| 2 | And I think if any performers know any where they may find problems is if they 're still very much involved in the music industry , because it becomes a sort of er a diversionary activity . |
| 3 | Once married and committed to their partner , they may find excitement has flown out of the window . |
| 4 | And that , by your blessing upon them and those who try to help them , they may find peace and encouragement through Jesus Christ our Lord . |
| 5 | Support the families of addicts , that they may find peace in You ; |
| 6 | If they do n't get in , they may find work , they may not . |
| 7 | They may find contentions such as those we have made questionable , but not surprising or scandalous . |
| 8 | There are a few individuals such as hermits or members of closed religious orders who choose to reduce their opportunities for communication and human interaction to a minimum ( and they may find satisfaction in communing with nature , or with a deity ) but for most people communicating with fellow humans is essential to living , to survival and to the quality of life . |
| 9 | Ards enjoyed a record-breaking unbeaten run recently but were dumped out of the Wilkinson Sword League Cup semi-final by Coleraine during the week and they may find Frankie Parks ' cup rollercoaster has gathered too much steam . |
| 10 | Education officials have been told they must find £50,000 to keep them open for another year . |
| 11 | However , since the rules of exogamy prevent the wife-givers from marrying women of their own group , they must find wives from elsewhere . |
| 12 | Then they must find £20,000 or so for a cab . |
| 13 | But they must find Shetland pretty inhospitable , with no trees to support the grubs which is their normal diet . |
| 14 | No doubt they 'll find Dad and Pet before long . |
| 15 | There they 'll find talk is anything , but cheap . |
| 16 | But the local MP John Patten says he ’ s certain they 'll find jobs |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm sure they 'll find time to fit in a member of staff , especially a newcomer . |
| 18 | They stayed close to the Oaks , as if they considered it their duty , and they looked as if they might find life a serious business . |
| 19 | But Claudia 's notes tell another story : she was intrigued by the whole idea and even suggested to Leavitt where they might find lions . |
| 20 | The directors considered this , and decided that one payment only was in order because , although they could find evidence of the donation by the man , they could find no evidence of any donation by the horse . |
| 21 | But they are still used as nest-eggs and , in particular , they could find favour among directors with substantial interests in multi-nationals . |
| 22 | I also have more than a thought for the people who do have homes but who are living in conditions of appalling squalor , for battered wives and abused children who stay at home because there 's nowhere safe for them to go , and for the husbands who choose to stay with their families in the north rather than abandon them for crazy periods of time because they could find work only in the south , And while we 're on the subject , I 'm sick and tired of listening to government and commerce saying it 's ‘ uneconomic ’ to locate businesses in the north of Britain when we 're currently importing billions of pounds ’ worth of consumer goods from the other side of the world . |
| 23 | If the Government did not fulfil these expectations , they could find difficulty in future in arranging any such competition . |
| 24 | What they could find room to laugh at , however , was the way in which respectable England could ignore the realities of slum life for so many years , while showering the Empire with the benefits of Christianity and imperial wars , and then get itself into a respectable lather in such a short time about a few broken heads among rough lads . |
| 25 | Apart from the holiday in Italy , they had not spent a whole night together more than half a dozen times in two years , and never at her home ; always when they could find excuses for them both to be in other cities . |
| 26 | When the Ewe of Bé called for guns , the Kabye said they would find guns too . |
| 27 | A homeless woman said they would find conditions ‘ not good enough for dogs ’ . |
| 28 | The time might have come when they would find reasons why the King could do no right and why no kingly head deserved to wear the cap of Liberty . |
| 29 | They were n't sure if they would find Rose there at all or what way they would find her if they did . |
| 30 | ‘ They will find hawks in the aviary , ’ Lacuna said . |