Example sentences of "[vb past] find the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1810 the legal government of independent Spain ( which had transformed itself from a Central Junta , composed of delegates from the Provincial Juntas , into a Regency ) was cooped up in Cadiz surrounded by a French army ; there it sought to find the sinews of war and to regularize the constitutional position by summoning a Cortes which met on 24 September 1810 . |
| 2 | A final class sought to find the most ‘ humerous . ’ |
| 3 | As already stressed , the National Unemployed Workers ' Movement and , its mentor , the Communist Party of Great Britain , failed to find the revolutionary spirit which they felt was being dampened and re-channelled by the Labour Party . |
| 4 | Because of a sandstorm , the pilot failed to find the landing lights and belly-flopped the Algerian Antonov-26 in the desert . |
| 5 | Their choice to negotiate for them over the property group 's restructuring is the American financier who , after a colourful career in the more maverick corners of the Euromarkets , agreed to buy the Marshalls money-broking business from British & Commonwealth but failed to find the cash . |
| 6 | Time and again women failed to find the words in which to frame their questions , knowing only that the language available to them did not fit . |
| 7 | The 24-year-old local hero failed to find the superb form which saw him win the French Indoor Championships , as he lost his first match to Pete Sampras , 7–6 ( 7–5 ) , 7–6 ( 7–3 ) . |
| 8 | Other researchers failed to find the ‘ less is more ’ effect . |
| 9 | The shops were opening and I browsed for a while in one that sold books as well as newspapers and magazines , but I failed to find the American edition of Rodriguez 's book . |
| 10 | The Inspector failed to find the theology of women 's ministry in the church interesting . |
| 11 | However , Hirsch and Leff 's attempt to replicate this study , also reported in their book ( 1975 ) , failed to find the same degree of gross communication disorder as that claimed by Singer and Wynne . |
| 12 | A full search of the hospital and grounds failed to find the man . |
| 13 | When he finally reached Marseilles , he expected to find the fleet of over a hundred ships which he had commissioned in advance . |
| 14 | Every time I returned home I expected to find the police waiting . |
| 15 | His wife 's grandfather helped found the ILP ( Independent Labour Party ) in 1893 . |
| 16 | Mr Bruce Hepburn , the 24-year-old former student who helped found the Imperial Ventures company which commissioned the survey , said if companies did not improve their image ‘ they will go out of business ’ . |
| 17 | Mr Bruce Hepburn , the 24-year-old former student who helped found the Imperial Ventures company which commissioned the survey , said if companies did not improve their image ‘ they will go out of business ’ . |
| 18 | He also helped found the Celtic Review and was president of the Royal Celtic Society , 1921–6 . |
| 19 | In 1874 she helped found the Women 's Printing Society ; in 1877 the West London Express ; and in 1881 the International Musical , Dramatic , and Literary Association . |
| 20 | She lectured throughout Britain and America and in 1907 helped found the Women 's Guild of Arts . |
| 21 | He escaped to China in 1940 and helped found the Revolutionary League for the Independence of Vietnam ( the Viet Minh ) in the following year . |
| 22 | BORIS BECKER spoke here yesterday of how he tried to find the perfect antidote to New York by taking a week 's holiday in East Germany after winning the United States Open last month . |
| 23 | I was on my knees by the time we unpacked the sandwiches and tried to find the energy to chew , and I recall making small high-pitched squeaking noises in reply to any attempt at a chat . |
| 24 | B. Managers tried to find the best places for iron and steel works , in order to keep transport costs as low as possible . |
| 25 | As soon as the rain stopped they rushed to the old roofleaf beds and tried to find the old roots . |
| 26 | I tried to find the window of my room . |
| 27 | She tried to find the right words to explain but discovered only a great disconnection between her brain and her voice , which ensured her silence . |
| 28 | She tried to find the words to tell him she did n't want to make love , to tell him she was totally opposed to such casual male dominance , but somehow they would n't come . |
| 29 | Jill , charged to find the oldest building in town , located one of the few pre-earthquake buildings in downtown Jackson Square , part of the financial district . |
| 30 | Patients who used the service seemed satisfied , and in a self administered questionnaire 72 of the 85 who responded ( 87% response rate ) reported finding the service helpful or very helpful . |