Example sentences of "find [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That morning , as usual , he found nothing to complain of , so instead he wheeled on me to demand whether the boat 's electronic instruments were functioning properly . |
| 2 | She found nothing to say about the yearlings and shrank quite sensibly from their forward advances , staying silent and watchful while Nicandra talked and lifted solemn grey eyes to Andrew 's , sure of his entire attention . |
| 3 | She looked through the drawers of his desk and found nothing to indicate the financial problems her cousin had spoken of . |
| 4 | It had taken her virtually the rest of the afternoon to find someone to take her . |
| 5 | How , I wondered , was I going to find someone to judge the merit of this work objectively ? |
| 6 | For these young people at the Parklands Children 's Home in Whitminster , it 's often hard to find someone to talk to . |
| 7 | Hugh , himself I think he is completing his work and there , in , in a few months time and I know there have attempts made to find someone to replace him . |
| 8 | Suzy called a couple of friends , hoping to find someone to rescue her . |
| 9 | Bernadette 's lack of vetting will be condemned by many as the blueprint of how not to find someone to care for your child . |
| 10 | ‘ Leaving them with the fear of not being able to find someone to share their emotional overload , their physical disablement and ultimately their death . |
| 11 | I wanted to find someone to help Mrs Hobbs but as I went to the desk , she was already being carried through the door . |
| 12 | Human beings need to find someone to blame both for their misery and for their guilt . |
| 13 | Was it because everything that had been precious to him had been torn from him that he had to find someone to blame for his losses , someone to take advantage of , someone from whom he could derive consolation ? |
| 14 | By the time Kathleen had sorted the patient out and found someone to give his wife a cup of tea and explain what was happening , Jack was back in Theatre , clad from head to toe in green theatre pyjamas , with a J-cloth hat and a mask . |
| 15 | Sacha reveals : ‘ It was only a year ago that I found somebody to teach me how to sing . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , some people say he died in the town , always trying to make a broom that would last ; others say he just gave up and wasted away , others that he got somebody else to make the brooms and found somebody to provide better twigs , and got people to sell the brooms in other towns and cities , and hired more people to make more brooms , and built a broom-making factory , and made lots of money and had a splendid house made … |
| 17 | England found nobody to do what the Pakistan quickies — Wasim Akram in particular — had done to them . |
| 18 | ‘ Lustig ’ is the quality missing here but , having said that , I found plenty to enjoy in this seldom aired repertory . |
| 19 | Jack made the best of his bad luck at being captured and found plenty to occupy his time . |
| 20 | should have to find somebody to go would n't they ? |
| 21 | so we 'll have to find somebody to help us . |
| 22 | His colleagues , relieved to find something to talk about , began questioning him about the case . |
| 23 | Well I went to erm Exeter three times to try to find something to wear . |
| 24 | Well , the way she was feeling right now , she 'd have to find something to dull the edges of the pain , and to let her sleep . |
| 25 | The pilots sorted themselves out , and tried to find something to hang on to . |
| 26 | " You 're just a nuisance and I 've got to find something to do with you , horse-thief though you be . " |
| 27 | I have to find something to do to keep me out of trouble . |
| 28 | If this was any indication as to how she would be spending her time in London then she would have to find something to do , and quick . |
| 29 | He would have to find something to do . |
| 30 | PS Stoke just won thier first game under Joe Jordan … so what ? well I was watching it on telly , had to come to work , & had to find something to do ! |