Example sentences of "[modal v] find a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We ought to find a place where we can see what 's happening . ’ |
| 2 | Certainly ability as well as property ought to find a place in the legislature , but property ought to be " out of all proportion , predominant in the representation " . |
| 3 | Nothing would , nothing could go wrong today ; he ought to find a betting shop and put some money on a horse , he felt so lucky , so good , so in tune . |
| 4 | In the autumn they must find a successor to President Kenan Evren , whose seven-year term ends in November . |
| 5 | You are really saying , ‘ We must find a way to do the impossible . ’ |
| 6 | He must find a way . |
| 7 | Secondly , having collated this information , they must find a way of translating it into actual literature . |
| 8 | Our Institute must find a way to defend our interests in the matter of fee income while appearing to be concerned for the public interest as well . |
| 9 | ‘ Then you must find a way , Joan de Warenne ! ’ |
| 10 | Finally you must find a way to hang the picture . |
| 11 | They must find a way to unlock the defence other than by simply launching men head first into oblivion . |
| 12 | I wo n't do anything terrible , it 's not her fault — but I must find a way — ‘ |
| 13 | Then we must find a way to force Monks to talk . |
| 14 | At this moment it was for him to protect her , and he must find a way to do it . |
| 15 | as if , for a young woman , the quest for identity is not painful and confusing enough , she must find a way of lifting the burden everyone implicitly assumes she will carry . |
| 16 | We must find a way of distributing the burden more fairly . |
| 17 | We are not the partners who must be consulted — we are now the obstacle around which the rest of Europe must find a way . |
| 18 | It must find a way of affirming the experience of others . |
| 19 | I take the view that a collection of material which is consonant with our acquisitions policy in other respects , should be accepted on the assumption that we must find a way of preserving it and making it available . |
| 20 | If Gloucestershire wants to stay within Government spending limits the council must find a way of saving sixteen million pounds — or risk being charge capped . |
| 21 | The West must find a way to respond . |
| 22 | ‘ We must find a leech , ’ Bicker replied . |
| 23 | You must find a squat for yourself . |
| 24 | The magicians told Vortigern he must find a boy with no father , sacrifice the child and sprinkle his blood on the fort 's foundations . |
| 25 | You must find a space in the text so that pictures can do the work . |
| 26 | That is the sort of talk which must find a response in a country in which acute labour shortage coexists with unconscionably high unemployment . |
| 27 | I must find a telephone , Harriet thought , as she hurried , head bent against the biting wind , along the Paris street . |
| 28 | The makeshift team of veteran professionals and apprentices have n't been paid for three months and the club must find a quarter of a million pounds to guarantee survival . |
| 29 | ‘ Now you must find a bed for me , ’ he added , ‘ and remember , not a word to anybody . |
| 30 | Pétain , impassive , decisive , tells Serrigny he must find a bed in the hotel . |