Example sentences of "[pron] find [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now she was six feet tall and to the patients she looked like Boadicea with a bedpan ; none of them found her calming , and the sisters regarded her hair with secret fear . |
| 2 | At the end of that time , each one of them had experienced unpleasant symptoms ; some became hostile and argumentative ; some had panic attacks and nightmares ; all of them found their attention span had grown shorter and they were finding it more difficult to remember things . |
| 3 | Whatever these changes were , many who witnessed them found them worrying and unsettling . |
| 4 | Many of them found it easier to move on to the North American mainland after their indentures had expired . |
| 5 | Both of them found it difficult to express their feelings on the war , except in the third person , so strong were their views . |
| 6 | I think what you 'll do is help me to find them . |
| 7 | The SS man who had told me to find him seemed to be particularly irritated by this information . |
| 8 | Would you like me to find him for you ? |
| 9 | Would you like me to find it ? |
| 10 | He asked me to find you and to offer you his apologies and regrets . |
| 11 | The CO sent me to find you . ’ |
| 12 | When I think of me days of pain and sufferin' here , and how I 've kept cheerful and 'elpful so as not to be a burden , as well as givin' you the benefit of me company so that you could 'ave someone to talk to , well , it 's a shock to me to find you lazin' about with a gypsy woman on your lap . |
| 13 | Do you have any idea how long it 's taken me to find you in this God-forsaken place ? |
| 14 | It is now most unusual for me to find anyone with whom I can have a knowledgeable chat about day and night netting . |
| 15 | When I have asked such questions , I have invariably discovered a signpost from the past , which has enabled me to find my own way forward . |
| 16 | So I have to ask you to leave me to find my peace again . |
| 17 | I waited in the kitchen until it was light enough outside for me to find my way through the deep snow back to Thrushcross Grange . |
| 18 | Sarah 's place at University is now assured along with other classmates , some of whom found it all a bit too much . |
| 19 | Sarah 's place at University is now assured along with other classmates , some of whom found it all a bit too much . |
| 20 | What is needed is an adequate route map to enable everyone to find their way around the system ( Bergen , 1975 ) . |
| 21 | It was on a half-pasted-up Foyer Display on his desk at the theatre — Your Front-of-House Man , Christopher Tomms — Dad must have raged at everyone to find it , but he never thought to ask me . |
| 22 | Everyone found their 's . |
| 23 | Now take the 11 outlined letters and unscramble them to find something else we have at Christmas . |
| 24 | Their fear of the man who had sent them to find her . |
| 25 | He opened them to find her pressing him , by the shoulders . |
| 26 | It helps them to find their centre of balance when working close together and also to counter-balance their weight when necessary . |
| 27 | I expect it 's hard for them to find their feet on these shifting sands . ’ |
| 28 | The obvious advantage is that they provide sack-loads of fun and laughter , and the disadvantage is that you sometimes have to wait three hours for them to find their boots in the morning and finish flossing their teeth . |
| 29 | When this is done , you simply look through the pack for each of them to find their card . |
| 30 | The English porters , who are generally friendly , helped them to find their luggage : brown paper parcels and cardboard boxes and suitcases tied together with string . |