Example sentences of "find [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He undertook the huge task of searching into Coleridge 's past and trying to find where the images of his poetry came from . |
| 2 | And now the quarrel was under its own impetus , and once again a trial seemed to be in progress , with both of them as accusers , but both figuring also as investigators of the lowest description , wretched hirelings , turning over the stones to find where the filth lay buried . |
| 3 | To find where the blockage is ( unless it is simply the gully itself which is blocked ) , you will have to lift the inspection chamber manhole covers starting at the house and working outwards . |
| 4 | We phoned the chemist to find where the nearest and best doctor was when we moved to Preston . |
| 5 | Would you believe that he said I 've got to work on the aeroplane this week , I 've got the week off , I 've got to work on the aeroplane , I , you know , I shall be alright , down the airfield , er on the Wednesday he arrived to see how we were getting on , complaining like made because he had n't been able to find where the cottage was , I said but I 'd left you a detailed map , |
| 6 | Poor old Beatrice began by wanting to show how self-denying and supportive Ellen Ash was and she messed around looking up every recipe for gooseberry jam and every jaunt to Broadstairs for twenty-five years , can you believe it , and woke up to find that no one wanted self-denial and dedication any more , they wanted proof that Ellen was raging with rebellion and pain and untapped talent . |
| 7 | Some of the most exciting events have occurred in this imaginary place , and I am always disappointed when I visit Wood Green to find that no school , no schoolhouse , no children and , above all , no Miss Watson or Miss Fogerty are to be seen . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , if a creditor , with grounds for suspecting that a company is in financial difficulties , makes a search he is all too likely to find that no recent annual returns or accounts have been filed . |
| 9 | ’ . It should come as no surprise , therefore , to find that a well-disciplined human body with clearly defined parameters of correctness will provide a symbolic mirror of the preferred police social formation in which the human condition can be enacted . |
| 10 | I was pleased to find that a number of pamphlets on the town had been published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by a keen amateur local historian . |
| 11 | There are many tales of naturalists who have gone to some place in search of a rare species , only to find that a member of that very species floats down out of the trees on gentle wings to besport itself before his amazed eyes , or appear in whatever appropriate manner to his appreciative gaze . |
| 12 | When we question the actual extent of lifetime employment it is not surprising to find that a fluid labour market requires that only a quarter of employees can expect such guarantees . |
| 13 | The easiest thing to do is stop reading , to find that a whole year has passed without even a glimpse of a business book . |
| 14 | The carrack was brought to anchor in the Bay of Cascais two evenings later , and after an uncomfortable night rolling about in the confused waters of that harbour , Sara rose early and went on deck to find that a thick mist had descended . |
| 15 | Losers instantly have their spur leg amputated with a machete , and we were shocked to find that a cock which even for a moment turns and runs has instantly lost . |
| 16 | He was horrified to find that a British grocery family , close relatives of the Jews who had taken over his lands , had title to the property . |
| 17 | You will be amazed to find that a sentence which at first sounded terribly long and difficult , now seems much shorter , once you have conquered and mastered it bit by bit . |
| 18 | I turned to find that a girl had joined me at the bar . |
| 19 | It is therefore possible , in theory at least , for a court to find that a trader has complied with the code but that such compliance nevertheless involved giving a misleading indication . |
| 20 | Jessamy was horrified to find that a wave of pure jealousy was beginning to sweep through her . |
| 21 | Inevitably , the save and sometimes the print facility has been turned off , and it 's not uncommon to find that a limit on file size ( in memory ) is also applied . |
| 22 | Currently it is usual to find that a contract cleaning company may be used to look after the offices and toilets , but production areas are generally ‘ out of bounds ’ , because they are considered too sensitive . |
| 23 | Despite being very close to an agreement with NALGO it was disappointing for the Special Finance Committee held on the 7 October 1992 to learn that the latest package offer had been rejected and to find that a number of employees had taken industrial action to lobby the meeting . |
| 24 | The courts will generally be reluctant to find that a natural event breaks the chain of causation as the plaintiff has no-one else to sue if the defendant is exonerated . |
| 25 | I then tell them a story which they act out : one day the children all set off home only to find that a great big hole has opened up in the playground . |
| 26 | She turned to find that a tall black-haired man , slimly built except for wide shoulders , had entered silently and was standing watching her . |
| 27 | Luce opened her eyes to find that a burly stranger in workmen 's overalls was at the wheel , and she was lying cradled against Michele 's chest , her head on his shoulder . |
| 28 | That is to say it might be possible , as an example , to find that a particular non-US bank held deposits in a NOSTRO account in the US to the value of $1m . |
| 29 | Yeah well he used to find that a lo |
| 30 | As a non-philosopher I always used to find that a slightly depressing statement , that of Ayer 's about beauty , and it seemed to me that one could perhaps immediately follow that by saying ‘ Just because there 's a word for it maybe , you have it because you like it and you want to use it and is n't that self- validating in a sense ? ’ |