Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] not find " in BNC.
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| 1 | Searches of the Genbank , EMBL , and PIR data bases with the AD1 nucleotide and protein sequences did not find an identical match . |
| 2 | Multiple regression analysis suggests that readers did not find the highbrow press significantly more useful than the lowbrow press for any purpose : reading a highbrow paper had no influence in the multiple regressions for newspaper ‘ usefulness ’ ( Table 6.10 ) . |
| 3 | And her fellow taxpayers did n't find their sovereign queueing at a cubby-hole for her £17.40 first-class ticket . |
| 4 | Even the most conscientious writers did not find it easy to part with the picturesque view . |
| 5 | Yet in competition with them the Bournonville ballets did not find favour with the sophisticated Viennese public . |
| 6 | While Merrick ( 1987 ) found evidence of strong ‘ causality ’ for index futures , the studies for a wide range of other futures did not find strong ‘ causality ’ in either direction between volume and volatility . |
| 7 | If the police did n't find him first he would eventually wake and wander away . |
| 8 | The Partnerships did not find themselves suddenly in receipt of substantial resources deflected from other local-authority budgets . |
| 9 | Ancient travellers did not find it easy to go into the interior of countries . |
| 10 | The others did not find it necessary , in reaching their decision that Reg. v. Guest , Ex parte Anthony and Reg. v. Gore Justices , Ex parte N. ( An Infant ) had been wrongly decided , to pronounce upon the correctness or otherwise of the decisions in Rex v. Sheridan and Rex v. Grant . |
| 11 | Mosley resigned in May 1930 , when these schemes did not find favour in government circles . |
| 12 | There 's a whole school of psycho- history mainly in the United States , not many followers here , and er , I must admit , I , I used to have er a class on psycho-history on this course , and I dropped it , and the reason was , I think students did n't find it very satisfactory , and the literature was of such poor quality . |
| 13 | Yet this lone , beautiful , and sensitive actress who openly espoused Ibsen and portrayed his bold , modern women did not find it easy living in late Victorian Britain . |
| 14 | ‘ Strange , ’ Benjamin commented , watching me closely , ‘ the murderers did not find that . ’ |