Example sentences of "[conj] they [modal v] find [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Support the families of addicts , that they may find peace in You ; |
| 4 | And though most people hold that working in any kind of job is better than not working , it is equally important , and not just for individuals but for society as a whole , that children should be educated so that they can find satisfaction outside their work as well as within it , in things other than paid work . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | They were n't sure if they would find Rose there at all or what way they would find her if they did . |
| 9 | But they must find Shetland pretty inhospitable , with no trees to support the grubs which is their normal diet . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |