Example sentences of "that i [vb mod] find " in BNC.

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1 Dr. Lorrimer told me that I ought to find out all I can and not just look on this job as routine . "
2 I suggested , and then went on to say that I might find a little job .
3 I had some dim idea that I should see what sort of creatures these whores were , so that I might find out what I was .
4 ‘ I mean , ’ Simone said gently , ‘ that I might find him very attractive , despite all your dark and desperate misgivings , but it 's not mutual . ’
5 I was fearful that I might find you down another alley . ’
6 His face is n't cruel , and I 'm relieved to find no attitude there that I might find myself kicking against .
7 I was n't to be allowed to do what Fiona and Tremayne had both foretold , that I would find the truth for Doone .
8 I had gone believing that I would find plenty of eggs and fish from Lake Balaton — apparently a delicacy .
9 I doubted that I would find one in time .
10 I laughed politely , my mind mainly concerned with making sure that I would find all my belongings .
11 I called after her that Jean-Claude was not at home but that I would find him .
12 I had said that I would find it easier on my own and she had been hurt , for normal mothers and daughters went together on this expedition , lunching in a department store and discussing the newly acquired contents of the carrier bags that lay at their feet .
13 ‘ I could not have my revenge on those sub-human creatures who actually killed my father , but I swore to myself that I would find the British Judas who had betrayed him and have revenge . ’
14 Although I hoped that I would find that the church stood at least on one circle , I was not prepared to find that four Circles of Time passed through it !
15 He said and says nothing , just that I 'll find out some day but by then it 'll be too late .
16 My greatest fear - my greatest fear is that I shall find I have to kill him. ,
17 I knew that these might well be the sidh 's last days , and I knew as well that I must find the courage and the strength to send one of you away . ’
18 She said hesitantly , not fully understanding how to frame the words , ‘ Two beliefs war within me : I am convinced that I will find my way back home again .
19 ‘ I give you my word , ’ she said intensely , ‘ that I will find a man who can save Swift for us all , and then I 'll marry him . ’
20 In summer it is not so dense but that I can find the blackbird wherever it sings among its branches and not in Winter so agile but that its changing patterns are conspicuous against the sky , its sound an appreciable susurration using the harp strings of the wind .
21 This naturally depended on the terrain : there is no evidence that I can find to suggest that gliders were used in the Morvan on Operation Houndsworth .
22 The point is that if these things have to be revealed so that I can find my sister then I 'm afraid that 's the way it 's going to be .
23 ‘ I still believe that I can find the great horse of last year , ’ he declared .
24 It is strange that I can find no reference to these beans in Peggy Earl 's " Tales of Islay " because it was she who told me that they were sometimes called " fairy eggs " and that some of the more wealthy people had them set in silver mounts to wear round their necks .
25 It is strange that I can find no reference to these beans in Peggy Earl 's " Tales of Islay " because it was she who told me that they were sometimes called " fairy eggs " and that some of the more wealthy people had them set in silver mounts to wear round their necks .
26 Now I am up to something like State 4 ( ‘ Raises dust and loose paper ’ ) , according to the only reference to the original scale that I can find in Registry , or perhaps 5 ( ‘ Small trees in leaf begin to sway ’ ) it seems to me that States 4 and 5 is where I mostly am .
27 Could you tell me so that I can find the statement .
28 The only drawback that I can find is that if the participation is not 100pc across the population then you still need hard cash .
29 Now , erm , the , even dedicated person though I am , ex-workaholic , erm , there is no way that I can find sixteen uninterrupted hours in one month .
30 An example of the stunning effectiveness of this colour combination can be seen in my design using a very dark background and the brightest red roses that I could find ( see p. 6 ) .
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