Example sentences of "i [verb] to find the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shops were opening and I browsed for a while in one that sold books as well as newspapers and magazines , but I failed to find the American edition of Rodriguez 's book . |
| 2 | Every time I returned home I expected to find the police waiting . |
| 3 | I tried to find the window of my room . |
| 4 | I want to find the answers to certain whys and wherefores which have puzzled me all my life . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I want to find the killer . |
| 6 | ‘ I want to find the man who killed her , ’ he said . |
| 7 | I arrived to find the house empty . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , how else am I going to find the money ? |
| 9 | I turned to find the young Mr Cardinal beaming happily at me . |
| 10 | But I can not accept mysteries and I like to find the reason behind them . |
| 11 | It sounded fascinating so I decided to find the book to write this essay . |
| 12 | ‘ However , the good news is that I managed to find the switch for the air-conditioning . |
| 13 | First I went to find the boy 's father and told him , ‘ There 's nothing you can do by staying here . |
| 14 | I had to find the money somewhere . |
| 15 | ‘ I need to find the Doctor , ’ Bernice said . |
| 16 | If the , if only my with the er the resolution , I would like to compliment Mr with the handle of work and I think really it work and I need to find the problems in saying in what needs to be done , er County 's work in this department . |
| 17 | But I 'm the one who has to stand up out there and do it , and so while I take his point I have to find the right levels for myself . |
| 18 | Although I ca n't afford it , I have to find the money somehow . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I have to find the money myself and they told me that the wackier the ideas , the better the response so I am hoping that my ideas come off . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm essentially a social historian , although I sometimes think that if I wanted to find the right adjective , and I 've never been too much worried about adjectives , I would say I 'm really a cultural historian . |