Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [adv] find [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may thus find ways to get round the controls . |
| 2 | They may even find time for a sustained effort to win the Premiership , a trophy which has eluded them since 1987 , the only way they can improve on their remarkable exploits of the last two seasons . |
| 3 | ‘ They 'll never find husbands , ’ complained Mary Parkin , ‘ if they 've too much knowledge in them . |
| 4 | No tourist should be without at least 10 times as many pockets as they 'll ever find use for . |
| 5 | He wondered if they 'd ever find husbands or boyfriends who would take them on such a holiday as this and rather doubted it . |
| 6 | Dualists do not in general treat stylistic choices as devoid of significance : if they did , they would scarcely find style worth studying . |
| 7 | Everybody knew when they went to her place they would always find tons to eat . |
| 8 | If the person 's heart was heavy with misdeeds , the Devourer would consume the victim and they would never find peace . |
| 9 | The conclusion drawn in the Malleus Maleficarum , the handbook on witchcraft written in 1486 by two Dominican friars , was that this made tears displeasing to the Devil , and he made it impossible for witches to cry so that they would never find repentance . |
| 10 | And coming back from the sea , laden with fish for their young , they can only find safety in their nest holes . |
| 11 | ‘ We know that if the Conservatives decide that they want to prove something , they can always find instances , ’ said one . |
| 12 | Because of the intimate and informal way in which the system operates , academics can put one another under a good deal of pressure , whereas they can often find ways of coping with or deflecting external demands . |