Example sentences of "[coord] find he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Davide , after returning from America , had lost his bump of locality for his native place ; when the plan showed a turning one way , he missed it , or found he wanted to walk back where he had come from , or go in another direction altogether . |
| 2 | We got two Grieg classics — Spring and I Love You — and then the Prokofiev , a delight with its roaming tonalities , its incisive sketches and its shafts of psychological insight ( like the thrilling high speeded-up waltz , with music-box runs all over the place , that played in the duckling 's mind as he looked at his reflection and found he was a swan ) . |
| 3 | He sneaked a look at her , and found he had an excellent view of the back of her head ; she was staring out of the passenger window at the darkening vista of St James 's Park . |
| 4 | ‘ But the neighbours were suspicious and found he had soil in his shoes and a cock 's head under his bonnet . ’ |
| 5 | Endill opened his eyes slowly and found he was standing in a little room made entirely of books . |
| 6 | We called at the cottage at night , and found he was very ill , and it was not till the factor assured him he was joking , and that he had swallowed none other than the best of whiskey , that he rose from bed , and Donald was himself again . |
| 7 | This was the serious business of becoming rich — a fantasy which involved descriptions of the clinic he would open with the proceeds , the disciples he would train , and the short burst of bad temper or glum despair as he checked his coupon and found he had n't won . |
| 8 | OLD salt Sydney Barnes , 83 , turned up for a naval reunion and found he was the only one there . |
| 9 | His scam was discovered when a club manager rang the boy 's company Sky As A Kite and found he had dialled the head of sixth form at the prestigious Leeds Grammar School , West Yorks . |
| 10 | A MAN turned up for Old Bailey jury service yesterday — and found he was due to try his 20-year-old son for burglary . |
| 11 | He 'd come here first and found he could n't get in . |
| 12 | They did a DNA-fingerprint test and found he had a bus-load of people in him , linked it to some guy who was in the toilets under Centre Point the day before hiring rent boys but he did n't want the full business just wanted them to wank into this bottle thank you for your contribution young man every little bit helps going to a good home thank you mind how you go … |
| 13 | She looked at the baby , also drenched in tears , and found he had come back to life . |
| 14 | He tried to imagine what the inside of the Conference Room would look like now , and found he all too easily could . |
| 15 | I kneeled down by Ben in the mud and found he was still unconscious . |
| 16 | Chatted with him and found he 'd missed breakfast . |
| 17 | ‘ Laura 's just an old friend , ’ he said , knowing it was hopeless , that he had blown it or rather that Laura had blown it for him , and found he was speaking to the back of her neck . |
| 18 | ‘ Sarah did n't know he was n't home until she went to call him next morning and found he had n't slept in his bed . |
| 19 | However , when he neared the blank concrete wall , he saw an opening to his right and found he had merely reached a ninety degree turn , round which the tunnel still stretched as far as his torch beam could reach . |
| 20 | And , er , and my father actually looked up the year before and found he knew the S H M , an old school chum , and he sent us a ticket . |
| 21 | ‘ Steve ! ’ she cried in amazement as he let himself into the apartment , grinning all over his silly face as if he 'd just popped out for a paper that morning and found he 'd won the state lottery . |
| 22 | Occasionally , such a player realises this and finds he has the nerve to win the tournament , just as he had the nerve to win the tournament that took him to Augusta in the first place . |
| 23 | You know that story of the man who wakes up and finds he 's turned into a beetle ? |
| 24 | I storm across the board and topple his bishop or something , then turn round and find he 's closed the back door . |
| 25 | ‘ No , ’ he yelled , reaching for the baseball bat he kept by the side of the bed for intruders and finding he could n't move his arm . |
| 26 | The next day he went to work , but found he could not concentrate and returned home without telling anyone . |
| 27 | He gulped again , but found he was unable to answer . |
| 28 | Travel — Holidays On The Move : All aboard the friendship express Christopher Zinn travels through one of the world 's most remote regions , but finds he is never alone |