Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] find " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I ca n't find Mr Clancy , maybe David can coax it to work . ’ |
| 2 | Look , you do n't need to worry about it — at your age the council will give you something if you ca n't find anything yourself … |
| 3 | The trouble is that I ca n't identify it and ca n't find it in my gardening books or in any of the books at my local library . |
| 4 | I CA N'T FIND MY CAR KEYS 'COS YOU CA N'T SEE OVER YOUR PAUNCH |
| 5 | The following limestone routes have been listed missing in despatches , so do n't come crying to us if you ca n't find them . |
| 6 | Amy wo n't do it and I ca n't find anyone even to come in and keep it tidy . ’ |
| 7 | Christ , and I ca n't find the money to buy my kids new shoes ! |
| 8 | I get up and have a look round the room , but things are blurry on account of my tears and I ca n't find her fags . |
| 9 | I sort of rub my face with my hands and have a proper look , but I ca n't find none . |
| 10 | I got a toothbrush somewhere but I ca n't find it now everything 's changed . |
| 11 | I look round the room , but I ca n't find it . |
| 12 | I du n no , so I have a look round , but I ca n't find none . |
| 13 | But when I get there I ca n't find no way out . |
| 14 | I sort of start running now to find a way out quick , but this wire fence goes all the way down to the wall at the other end and I ca n't find no door in it . |
| 15 | I ca n't find nothing here , except a couple of old spuds , and they ai n't no good cos you got to cook them first . |
| 16 | And the result is endlessly fascinating for dippers , with the kind of information included you simply ca n't find anywhere else . |
| 17 | In response to your assertion that the yellow handkerchief was transmuted into a ribbon because ‘ you ca n't find anything to rhyme with handkerchief ’ , I must point out that , in the song , the word ribbon never rhymed with anything . |
| 18 | Maybe they 'll elope to Gretna Green if they ca n't find a vacant Martello tower , then it will leave me with more time for my Roman friend and dear Boudicca not to mention Dorothy Wordsworth 's Journals of which I have perused the first paragraph six times yet can not seem to recall it to mind . |
| 19 | Give him a new head if you ca n't find any legs to fit . |
| 20 | ‘ We ca n't find the caretaker to open the locker-room door , ’ replied the assistant . |
| 21 | Yes , I did many things which I have either forgotten or ca n't find time to return to now . |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't find her . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We 've had a flurry of enquiries lately but we ca n't find any file on why the village was evacuated . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We ca n't find out why he drove around his own land when he could have walked . |
| 25 | Anyway , even if we ca n't find you a single , we 'll be more than happy to offer you our FREE service whereby we organise a share of a twin or triple room for you . |
| 26 | I want to build a plane to escape but I ca n't find the books I need . |
| 27 | When schools ca n't find replacement teachers when staff are absent the anger of parents at the disruption of their children 's education can be severe . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh shit , I ca n't find anything to wear ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ He ca n't find new people at this stage , ’ Irina said , ‘ old ones will have to do . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I ca n't find a thing to wear , you know , ’ she complained . |