Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] find a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She rode along , swaggering like a man , till she came to where the lane turned into the field , and there she called out as bold as brass : now , please the powers I may find a tiger in the field ! |
| 2 | I wo n't do anything terrible , it 's not her fault — but I must find a way — ‘ |
| 3 | I must find a telephone , Harriet thought , as she hurried , head bent against the biting wind , along the Paris street . |
| 4 | I might find a plank in the junk room , or some rope or cable to make a life-line . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll find a flop house somewhere . |
| 6 | I think in the course of time I 'll find a middle If I soften the edges — whether I need to personally or whether it 's being imposed on me — I feel I 'll be letting down the feminist revolution . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll find a way . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll write to you , Harry , I 'll find a way … ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll find a way of passing the time . ’ |
| 10 | I 'll find a way to make you run in harness , see if I do n't ! ’ |
| 11 | I expect I 'll find a way of testing your different abilities . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll find a hotel , ’ he assured her . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll find a crash pad somewhere , ’ she said , trying to reassure him . |
| 14 | ‘ Then I 'll find a bed for you . ’ |
| 15 | I 'll find a box for these little |
| 16 | I 'll find a box . |
| 17 | I 'll find a place in the phone book and book a table . ’ |
| 18 | I 'll find a replacement as soon as possible . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll find a room somewhere I expect . |
| 20 | One of these days , though , I 'll find an office where there really is a Mr Middleditch and I would have to leave a well-wrapped paperback edition of The Story of 0 . |
| 21 | He could hardly tap them on the arm and yell : ‘ Can you tell me where I could find a child prostitute ? ’ |
| 22 | Okay so that 's how you , that 's how you 'd do three quarters you 'd say well I could find a quarter of it and then cut it all up into quarters and then I 'll take three pieces , three quarters . |
| 23 | ‘ I wish I could find a country to live in where the facts were not brutal and the dreams not unreal , ’ wrote Shaw . |
| 24 | How I wish I could find a master like you , tough and strong . |
| 25 | If only I could find a masseuse as good as Pauline in London , I would be happy ! |
| 26 | What should have been a simple review looked like it was about to turn into techno-confusion when the owner 's manual stated I could find a hook-up diagram on page 42 , and it was n't there . |
| 27 | He always puts up with Lennie , and is there whenever Lennie is feeling ashamed or unwanted and produces his ‘ I could just go to the hills and ’ I could find a cave , and pet mice ’ speech . |
| 28 | Well , I 'd find a branch of the bank where they had a cash point in the wall , and I 'd wait . |
| 29 | I 'd find a field or a park bench , and early next morning I 'd head on down to the sea . |
| 30 | Occasionally I 'd find an excuse to stay with my Mom and would sneak down to watch the proceedings through any available spy-hole . |