Example sentences of "[noun] to find [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He gave me twelve months to find him a bigger place , ’ recalled Thomas . |
| 2 | Even Hun Sen , the Prime Minister , has asked the province committee to find him a village in Kep , according to Mr Sok Hay . |
| 3 | ‘ Her business to find me a pretty and agreeable companion , that 's what she said . ’ |
| 4 | In 1829 , as the lad approached the age of 14 , decision time was coming ; if Benjamin had any yearning to go to sea like his brother , he seems to have kept it quiet , but there was every need to find him a safe and secure job with prospects . |
| 5 | ‘ It would have been terribly unfair to him and any possible new owners to find him a new home when he was in such a terrible state . |
| 6 | Darlington borough councillor Paul Geldart last night revealed how Mr O'Hare had begged the authority to find him a new home . |
| 7 | But Wilson had been immeasurably kind to him , found a place for a very square peg in his government and , in 1967 , when he no longer had room in his government for Wigg , created him a peer and was at pains to find him a suitable job as chairman of the Horserace Betting Levy Board . |
| 8 | One night as he waited for a young man to find him a cab , I saw my chance . |
| 9 | Hungary has appealed to foreign zoos to find them a home . |
| 10 | I was treated like a servant so I asked Freddie to find me a place of my own . |
| 11 | Still reluctant to abandon her , he placed advertisements in the local paper in an effort to find her a job . |
| 12 | ‘ He claims that I employed him as an assistant in order to find him a real job . ’ |