Example sentences of "[pers pn] might find [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stopping to ask a local woman where I might find Dr Mareda , I discovered that I was speaking to his companion , Vera , and that I had stopped outside their front door . |
| 2 | ‘ No , but perhaps in this spot I might find wildlife to slay . ’ |
| 3 | She thought she might find Oliver sleeping on the couch which he sometimes did if he came late and did not want to disturb her , but he had not come home . |
| 4 | At length , she located the literature department and , entering , asked the first student she came upon where she might find Dr McKitrick . |
| 5 | she sensed she might find meaning , |
| 6 | As for Provincial , if you were visiting an area in which you were not quite sure what to expect , you might find Mark 1 or 2 ( the latter air conditioned or otherwise ) locomotive-hauled rakes of various lengths and compositions , first-generation multiple units ( anything from one to nine cars , riding roughly but still with forward and rear vision ) , or the latest Sprinters , plain , super or express , many with privately run buffet-trolley service on long cross-country journeys . |
| 7 | But very often I think tabloid journalism is interesting in terms of language because it 's very punchy it 's succinct because i i in some of our terms you might find people into a three minute reader and a thirty minute reader because in attention span and intellectual capacity are quite different but to actually condense something into meaningful short bursts , even if they are politically biased actually requires a certain amount of skill I would suspect the clarity index which I ca n't find is the process that I mentioned the other night where you take erm some people call it the fog index a correct me if I 'm wrong in my figures , but I think it 's a piece of something like two hundred or three hundred words you count the number of suc erm colons and full stops or is it only full stops ? |
| 8 | You might find architects who a few years ago were working on major projects , but are now making a living from loft extensions . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ On the other hand , ’ amended Constance , who had just voiced this thought , ‘ it 's the sort of place you might find nuns walking , telling their beads and saying their hours and stuff . |
| 10 | Models provide the possibility of predicting where we might find settlements and indicate some ways in which the contemporary landscape might have been exploited . |
| 11 | In local government we might find groups composed of councillors , officers , local businessmen and women , client groups , voluntary agencies , all attempting to get their views accepted . |
| 12 | Hence we might find instances of accuracy in the production of such formulas as fixed phrases but it does not follow that the learner can transfer the accurate production of forms to a wider range of constructions and contexts . |
| 13 | ‘ We might find ways of tripping it up and destroying it , ’ he said . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But Claudia 's notes tell another story : she was intrigued by the whole idea and even suggested to Leavitt where they might find lions . |
| 16 | Bob Crayshaw said , looking up and down the table while he shifted his cutlery around as if he might find answers in the new arrangement . |
| 17 | I gave him a list of galleries where he might find things by G.P. |
| 18 | Last thing he asked me was where he might find Florrie Shaw . |
| 19 | With a little food inside him he felt he might find composition easier . |
| 20 | For the first time it occurred to Katherine as a conscious thought that he might find life with her mother a trial in ways which did n't only concern her . |
| 21 | As I will suggest in chapter eight , the black sportsman sees sport not as a hobby , but as a central life interest , a sphere in which he might find scope for self-expression and a possible avenue out of his mundane , everyday existence . |