Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] find [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , I 'll just find Ben and then I 'm off . ’ |
| 2 | She said : ‘ I 'll always find loads of material on High Row . ’ |
| 3 | I could n't find Basil at the prize-giving . |
| 4 | I could n't find freezer space that 's why I |
| 5 | When I could n't find Jake . |
| 6 | you were n't in and I could n't , I could n't find telephone number to give him a ring , I 've just got , I 've just got through to Directory Enquiries , got the number , just gon na dial it and gran says Annette 's home . |
| 7 | er if it 's people give you things like reference lists and reading lists , I mean sometimes that 's the most confusing thing to be given because you do n't know , I used to think you were supposed to read everything on them er and I actually tried doing that once or twice and I could n't find stuff in Aston library so I ran up the er town library and went to Birmingham University library and then I got back the next week and I realized that I was about the only person who 'd actually done that and other people had n't |
| 8 | The reason I started writing tunes was because I could n't find tunes that set up the kind of guitar playing I wanted to do as an improviser . |
| 9 | I tell you what I could n't find Elaine |
| 10 | ‘ After school , I could not find Mummy outside . |
| 11 | They said outright what I could not find words for . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've got a tiny head and I could never find hats to fit . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd certainly find life very difficult without it , ’ nods Brian . |
| 14 | I knew that I would never find happiness anywhere else . |
| 15 | And I ca n't find Feargal … ’ |
| 16 | Yeah my earrings turned up I ca n't find cap . |
| 17 | H — ‘ I ca n't find time to work my way through that ! ’ |
| 18 | I ca n't find time for you , |
| 19 | I ca n't find Linda 's |
| 20 | I ca n't find fulfilment in peeling carrots , and I do n't thrill to the sound of the supermarket trolley — except in New York where I 'm bewitched by the all-night delis . |
| 21 | His son James said : ‘ I ca n't find words to express what I feel about the people who did this . |
| 22 | If I ca n't find Mr Clancy , maybe David can coax it to work . ’ |
| 23 | Well I ca n't find Tim 's trousers at all . |
| 24 | I tell you what I ca n't do , I ca n't find , I ca n't find Charles ' birthday on me calendar |
| 25 | But it wo n't matter — I 'm sure I can soon find friends . ’ |
| 26 | I can not find words to thank them enough . |
| 27 | However , I can not find authority that the decision of a doctor as to the existence or refusal of consent is sufficient protection , if the law subsequently decides otherwise . |
| 28 | How I do need to look away from self to God , I can only find satisfaction : in him . |
| 29 | ‘ I can never find R to Z , ’ said the woman plaintively . |
| 30 | Many nurseries are adding species and Old varieties to their lists and you may well find shrub forms , ramblers and climbers all grouped under the one heading . |