Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv] find " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I 'd best find a master-mason . |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose I 'd better find another garage , ’ he said rather hopelessly . |
| 3 | They 're still a bit wobbly , you know , and when the bombing got rough I thought I 'd better find us all somewhere to go . |
| 4 | Well I No I thought I 'd better find it cos otherwise I 'd walk off without it and then you 'd get my pen , and I |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I 'd better find the boats for Venice , ’ she sighed , resigned to the fact that no one had come to meet her . |
| 6 | I 'd better find Rob . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd better find a builder , then , and ask him to take a look . ’ |
| 8 | I did not find , however , among my colleagues many who were conceivably poets , heroes , or exceptionally free men in their holidays and spare time … . |
| 9 | I did not find it light-hearted at all . |
| 10 | ‘ I did not find it the most co-operative of neighbourhoods , ’ Morton said wryly . |
| 11 | Even excluding the admittedly ‘ popular ’ works included in what is a random list , many of the volumes I did not find were by authors who were represented by other titles . |
| 12 | More importantly , I did not find the sections on taxonomy and evolution wholly satisfactory . |
| 13 | However , I did not find the professional ambience all that conducive , but I knew I had to do something with my voice . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't , ’ he replied sternly , ‘ and I did not find the incident last night entertaining or acceptable ! ’ |
| 15 | And by the way , Steven , I did not find your views about Pakistanis very humorous . |
| 16 | I did not find out how much she sold the garments for because she left me standing outside , but she always looked pleased when she emerged from these visits . |
| 17 | I managed the skirt and made a start on the top , I did not find it easy with holding , four colours to change and the pattern to cope with . |
| 18 | Having made two journeys to India and stayed with Indian friends there , I did not find the quote at all out of order , and to me the emphasis naturally fell on the words ‘ now that their lives have been ruined ’ rather than the five preceding words . |
| 19 | I did not find any improvement in actual dollars spent on maintenance when I compared an object-oriented system written in 350,000 lines of C++ with a comparably complex product written in 1.25 million lines of C code . |
| 20 | And I did not find this revelation consoling . |
| 21 | Since the point has now been taken that in my judgment in that case I did not support that particular passage from the Master of the Rolls ' judgment , I should state that the reason was because I did not find it necessary to do so in the particular circumstances of that case . |
| 22 | While they provide a context in which to appraise the changes made by the Act of 1935 , which was I think the purpose for which Mr. Whitaker cited them , I did not find them of direct assistance . |
| 23 | I did not find them in Giffen . |
| 24 | I did not find that any of the people to whom I talked in Delhi , either formally or informally , took that view . |
| 25 | I did not find the CIEFL 's supposed ‘ elitist ’ image reflected in the attitudes of its staff , who were without exception friendly , and who entered into discussions with me in a spirit of lively and good-humoured controversy . |
| 26 | Even after sitting and playing it for quite a while , I did n't find myself warming to it , and believe me , I wanted to . |
| 27 | ‘ I did n't find it daunting , but maybe I was over-confident . |
| 28 | Needless to say , I did n't find this remark helpful , however well-intentioned it might have been . |
| 29 | But I did n't find it at all difficult to come out to my student friends . |
| 30 | So erm I did n't find out anything about the weddings . |