Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] find " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finding a seat to the back of the church I took a prayer book , and kneeling down began to find the place . |
| 2 | One US daily had found the previous year that claims about Iran 's original Fao offensive were contradictory and that ‘ neither assertion can be confirmed ’ . |
| 3 | So it only remained to find a suitable present . |
| 4 | It is as if the speaker , in a state of semi-consciousness , was first aware of the stimulus , and then , an instant later , suddenly awoke to find himself confronted with the result provoked by this stimulus , without being conscious of the passage from one state to the other . |
| 5 | ‘ Most textile plants are built near a big sewerage plant , not in the middle of the countryside like ours , ’ explained Dai Jones , whose responsibility it soon became to find a means of solving the problem . |
| 6 | Parts were always going wrong , and half the time computers were out of action as technicians laboriously tried to find and remedy faults . |
| 7 | As the long silence lengthened between them Laura desperately tried to find some adequate words to express her disgust at his actions . |
| 8 | He just seemed to find it so infuriatingly easy ! |
| 9 | ‘ I just came to find a book … ’ |
| 10 | I knew the sound that I wanted , in my head , and I just happened to find this old AC30 which belonged to a friend of mine . |
| 11 | He would use her as one used a paper towel , as an object of little worth that one just happened to find useful . |
| 12 | yeah , but he was here the other Sunday and he , he , they were , he , he was reading my paper and he come back and he the following Sunday he said you have n't got last Sunday 's paper mum , I said I do n't know I might , oh I think I threw it out , anyway just happened to find it , it was something he read of some woman that were meddling on the pools and the , the , what she 'd used , you know and the |
| 13 | The operation of these factors would render the results of any study practically useless , as the Board soon began to find . |
| 14 | Catching low tide in the early hours and searching through mud was no particular hardship to Stan and he soon began to find fossil fishes . |
| 15 | He soon learned to find solace on his own out of doors . |
| 16 | Local communities thus had to find more money to fulfil even their admitted obligations under the statute of 1327 , and the regular wearing of military uniform , which began in the 1330s , added to their burden since it too had to be paid for by the community . |
| 17 | At the same time I just had to find something to eat , for me and the patient . |
| 18 | ‘ You just had to find the right path , did n't you , my lass . |
| 19 | Aroused your curiosity till you just had to find out more — ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Interested ? ’ she queried huskily , and , trying desperately to get to grips with herself — he could n't mean ‘ interested ’ interested , could be ? — ‘ You mean , interested in me as a journalist ? ’ she just had to find out more . |
| 21 | There 'd be tonight , now for tomorrow night , the two that was on tonight had to find the next two . |
| 22 | Laura , desperately disappointed , tried to be a polite hostess for as long as required but when she finally retired found Bernard had locked the bedroom door . |
| 23 | ‘ I just wanted to find her , I felt so bad that she may have gone missing because of me . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ She just wanted to find out how her husband died . ’ |
| 25 | Good , good , eh I just wanted to find |
| 26 | A muffled moon could be glimpsed through its broken deck , a pier long closed to those who once sought to find out what it was the butler saw . |
| 27 | As it turned out , we only once failed to find wild cocoa in all the areas we visited throughout the region . |
| 28 | She always expected to find a rival ; but there was no rival , unless you count Emma Bovary . |
| 29 | They always seemed to find him attractive , and were prepared to make excuses for his more glaring defects . ’ |
| 30 | Another of her unattached friends who always seemed to find their way on to the invitation list whenever she was certain he would be at one of her soirees . |