Example sentences of "could [not/n't] find a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That she could not find a simple solution to the problems of women in marriage can be seen from two poems entitled ‘ Mira to Octavia ’ which advise a young woman who has fallen in love with an unsuitable man . |
| 2 | Occasionally , Mr Landor would accuse her of stealing from him when he had mislaid a silver spoon or could not find a precious paperknife , but she had always treated these accusations with the contempt they deserved . |
| 3 | One would assume that they might but Kurt Benirschke and Margaret Sullivan , while at Dartmouth Medical School in New Hampshire , could not find a single egg in the 47 pairs of mule ovaries that they examined . |
| 4 | Wading through the stream of overwhelmingly affectionate obituaries , I could not find a single phrase to support the view that Mr P ever had the slightest interest in the games that people play . |
| 5 | But she could n't find a good answer to Karen 's question . |
| 6 | I may not always be able to offer a Danby or a Holmes ( Holmes is available as I write ) , but I should be considerably embarrassed if I could n't find a good view of the Gorge for a departing new graduate or a returning old one . |
| 7 | For a relaxing holiday in a quiet setting , yet with easy access of a lovely beach and the amazing nightlife of Palma and Magalluf , you could n't find a better spot to enjoy the best of both worlds . |
| 8 | I took it regularly and pored over it every week for two months , but search and phone as I might , I could n't find a decent barn owl . |
| 9 | He swung into the hospital driveway , and Belinda could n't find a comforting utterance in response to the deep fears he had just tried to voice . |
| 10 | But I could n't find a bloody buyer . ’ ’ |
| 11 | Could n't find a bloody problem ! |
| 12 | Subsequently the council 's own officers told the inquiry that a pedestrian had been killed on Hollyhurst Road because he could n't find a safe place to cross , that ambulances struggle to get down Hollyhurst Road in emergencies , that residents cars are blocked in their drives and that buses have to drop off in the middle of the road . |
| 13 | I 'm sorry it 's been such a long journey , but I could n't find a quicker route . |
| 14 | When the police turned up , they could n't find a single witness — no one wanted to know . |
| 15 | It sounded such a stilted way to put it , but he could n't find a different approach at the moment . |