Example sentences of "[verb] find [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Cecil 's string was struggling to find its form at the time and Rainbow Lake could manage no better than a modest sixth to subsequent Derby fourth Cairo Prince . |
| 2 | She was endeavouring to find her way to the courtyard when , reaching the end of one of the wide corridors , she found herself in a long gallery lined with portraits . |
| 3 | But as she reached him the vision shimmered and disappeared and she was alone , stumbling as she tried to find her way through the shadows of a forest , mist cloaking the branches of the trees . |
| 4 | ‘ That guy seems OK , ’ Nathan said , as he and Ari tried to find their way through the labyrinth of Roirbak 's complex to the canteen . |
| 5 | This urge to preserve the valued and precious non-material things that seem to come inevitably into human life , has found its expression in the setting up of idols in every conceivable form . |
| 6 | While the students looked to the West , China 's hardline leadership has found its inspiration in the pre-glasnost Soviet Union of Stalinist aesthetics - muscular arms , square jaws and stiff poses . |
| 7 | My surprise does not arise from the possibility of a Government defeat over the social chapter but from the fact that it is only now that such a story has found its way onto the front pages . |
| 8 | This fact , plus the ubiquitous veil of secrecy which covers military matters , has fuelled suspicion that the link has never been thoroughly broken and that plutonium produced in civil reactors has found its way into the military stockpiles . |
| 9 | A common grumble is that all the wealth created by the recent growth has found its way into the trousers of the elite . |
| 10 | It is the first time , as far as I can see , that what is in effect an opinion poll has found its way into the autumn statement . |
| 11 | That is critical and I am delighted that it has found its way into the treaty with powerful German support . |
| 12 | And the elaborate sacrificial system has found its fulfilment in the one sacrifice of Christ — the perfect Lamb of God — through whom sins are forgiven and atonement is made for all men for ever ( see Hebrews 10:1–18 ) . |
| 13 | This is a progress which has found its haven in the achievements of Mrs Thatcher , and the Patrick of the Eighties will have to deal with that . |
| 14 | It might well prove to be all they could do to find their way across the heather to some quiet field or copse-bank like those they had been used to . |
| 15 | Expressed in this way , ‘ A Plan for Britain' was symptomatic of a mood of collectivist enthusiasm which seemed to find its opportunity in the shared perils and challenges of the early years of the war . |
| 16 | While ‘ planning ’ in these various guises seemed to find its moment in the Second World War , it also drew upon a long evolution of social and political thought which stretched back to before the Great War . |
| 17 | While looking good with the bat , he has struggled to find his form with the ball , but has worked hard in the nets and earned his reward yesterday . |
| 18 | Did you really expect to find your mother on the first day ? |
| 19 | At 25 he 'd found his way into the hearts — and often the beds — of every foxy fraulein in the fatherland . |
| 20 | Fiona told us on the way to the races that the police had phoned Harry to say they 'd found his car in the station car park at Reading . |
| 21 | Her book is not a comprehensive history of English garden design , but a much chancier , though equally delightful narrative depending for its emphasis on what happened to find its way into the collection . |
| 22 | However , from 1934 claims for poetry 's transcendence of science begin to find their way into the review sections ( for example , science is seen as limited to " the analytic faculty " , while poetry involves the " instinctive apprehension of the whole " ) . |
| 23 | To realise this , it is necessary , that Comrade Winnie Mandela is helped to find her way into the structures and discipline of the Mass Democratic Movement . |
| 24 | You should also by now know how you are going to find your part of the cost . |
| 25 | We were just in our early twenties by the time I left The Pistols , beginning to find our way in the world , starting to get more confidence . |
| 26 | At some stage Christian symbols , especially in the form of crosses adorned with elaborate convolutions , began to find their way into the carvings , with a striking similarity to designs known in the Anglo-Saxon monasteries of Northumbria . |
| 27 | With Pilger out of the way , Sutton began to find his way around the organization on his own . |
| 28 | I can imagine that there will be those who fill find his rendering of the main theme 's final return somewhat cloying , but by this time I was already far to engrossed to worry unduly . |
| 29 | Seemingly everything Brooks has ever developed finds its way into the shoe . |
| 30 | She was thankful for the moonlight for , without it , she knew she would never have found her way to the cab rank . |