Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [modal v] find " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I promised I 'd find the right man to save Swift and then marry him . ’ |
| 2 | She had remembered somewhere else from long ago , doubted she could find it but dared . |
| 3 | On the fourth day we moved our camp a few miles to the east , where our trackers maintained we should find the nyala more numerous ; this proved to be the case . |
| 4 | And , ’ he insisted threateningly , when it seemed she might find her voice to make some vigorous protest , ‘ if you value your job , which I 'm sure you do , you wo n't breathe a word to him that it 's all a put-up affair . ’ |
| 5 | In future , she would not go looking for love , or trying to manufacture it out of other lesser emotions , but she still believed it would find her one day . |
| 6 | First , an increasing gap opened up between the new scientific understanding of the universe as developed by men like Copernicus , Galileo and Newton , and the picture which orthodoxy generally believed it could find in the Bible , especially in the accounts of creation in the first two chapters of Genesis . |
| 7 | When spring came he 'd find plenty to do in the garden . |
| 8 | In almost anything that happened I could find guilt and apply it to myself . |
| 9 | What should have been a simple review looked like it was about to turn into techno-confusion when the owner 's manual stated I could find a hook-up diagram on page 42 , and it was n't there . |
| 10 | He just said he 'd met his solicitor friend who reckoned he could find out the details of the will . |
| 11 | she sensed she might find meaning , |
| 12 | Also enclosed you will find a programme and booking form for this year 's FECMA Conference . |
| 13 | Maybe somebody in the pentagon figured they could find out how ill he was just by listening to it . |
| 14 | Seb determined he would find time to have a long talk with her when his present hectic spell of work came to an end . |
| 15 | Also , once we started I 'd find it very hard to stop , and you may perhaps have forgotten I was due to race today ? ’ |
| 16 | Waiting for the explosion , for it all to start up over again , terrified she would find out . ’ |
| 17 | But even if Fen had gone ten miles , she swore she would find him . |
| 18 | They erm wa when we to we , we were staying at the Claremont and I do n't , oh , I think we just decided we 'd find a cup of coffee . |
| 19 | I never dreamed I 'd find an American beauty in the heart of Rome . ’ |
| 20 | I knew I could find all the Playgroups in the area easily ( apart from stopping wrecking branch libraries ! ) because all Playgroups must register with the Social Services and Social Service Resource Directories for each ward are kept in their local branch library . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought I might find them laughing at poor Daddy , ’ Rose said , allowing her own shock and fear to ease out in the nervous laughter , but Maggie 's face remained pale and serious . |
| 22 | But , by exploring the aspirations and motivations of groups of blacks who were highly charged and who brought extraordinary energy to their chosen tasks , I thought I might find some clues as to the kinds of things which move black kids : what makes them tick . |
| 23 | I thought I might find some reasonable woman who would understand my case and accept me . ’ |
| 24 | She thought I might find it … helpful . |
| 25 | I thought I might find something to show I was not . ’ |
| 26 | If there was any popular support for Saddam Hussein anywhere in Iraq after the disasters of the war , I thought I 'd find it in the Sunni Moslem towns on the Tigris north of Baghdad . |
| 27 | Sophie sat down at Pascoe 's table and said , ‘ I thought I 'd find you here . ’ |
| 28 | I thought I 'd find out how you got on . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Thought I 'd find you here , Nurse Avery . |
| 30 | We did n't know that , but I thought I could find her . |