Example sentences of "[pron] find the " in BNC.

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1 The Canadian frequently came to the net , so Petchey had to rely on his passing shots , but not enough of them found the mark .
2 ‘ My guess is that one of them found the other end of the conduit , maybe the Fax machine at Pegasus or evidence of Cawthorne acting on information he should n't have had .
3 Starting with William Morris in the 1870s , a group of them found the medieval setting , craft traditions and stunning landsacapes they wanted in which to work .
4 Could you help me to find the history of my SWB lightweight IIA , chassis number 23600870A ?
5 It was always a shock to me to find the life of the University town going along normally , as though the war was happening somewhere else .
6 Cricket and Empire started life as film research commissioned by David Puttnam for a film on Bodyline that was never made — losing out to the unintentionally funny Australian TV mini-series many readers will remember from the early 1980s : ‘ David wanted me to find the ‘ smoking gun ’ .
7 Erm all he 's been doing here is getting me to find the sides .
8 Could it have been to make up for Cymbeline 's cheating that the Umpire permitted me to find the sacristy so easily ?
9 ‘ It is difficult for me to find the limits of the car yet because I am given only a limited number of laps and I do n't know the circuit . ’
10 I put my hands behind me to find the pillar , found it and pushed myself up , hoping my feet would n't slip on the beer-wet floor .
11 There were those who admired Lewis 's moral courage in being thus prepared to testify for the Christian faith , but not everyone found the spectacle altogether edifying .
12 Then a leading photographer will capture your new look for our April issue , in which we will also publish the results of the two surveys showing how everyone found the experience of using Elancyl .
13 It is hard for them to find the relevance to their lives of the words that are being used .
14 In order for them to find the blood vessels they must have some way of sniffing out nutrition , or fleeing from the products of metabolism .
15 He could double and halve small numbers , decompose the calculation into components and recombine them to find the solution .
16 You start out with good intentions , helping with the homework , making it fun : you lay out the chocolate drops on the giant musical stave and challenge them to find the note ‘ B ’ and eat it : you run supportively alongside the wobbling bicycle , getting your ankles chewed up by sharp pedals .
17 I found the same classificatory system in use with the same unconscious linguistic divisions being applied as I had learned in the mid-1950s .
18 I 've never been a trade union man myself , never saw the point , but in terms of research and analysis I found the field a fascinating one .
19 In the living room I found the usual debris .
20 Going back over previous months ' editions , I found the following :
21 I found the Woodcarver to be an ideal tool for fast removal of waste as well as useful , with care , as a modelling tool .
22 I found the metal of the cutter easy to work as it seems quite soft in comparison to the tool steel of my gouges .
23 As a novice carver I found the MAC650 very useful for controlled shaping of curved pieces with flowing lines .
24 At the risk of seeming ungracious to my hosts , I must record that I found the Stiftungs beer more complex in character and traditional in style .
25 And , after a while , I found the repeated use of the same illustrations from Whymper 's ‘ Scrambles in the Alps ’ irritating .
26 The influence of all three is perceptible in Nicholas Shakespeare 's first novel , though it is not so much the magical flights of Marquez as Greene 's Catholic mysticism which I found the most intriguing .
27 I found the ankle cuff the right height and shape to provide support without restricting my movement .
28 I found the film 's final frenzied violence detestable .
29 When I found the right place it was a real hole .
30 Sometimes I found the odd social worker somewhat racist or maybe so ignorant that he appeared racist .
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