Example sentences of "never be [adj] to find " in BNC.
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1 | The technology for these new industries was always backward by world standards , and it has never been possible to find secure markets outside the Soviet bloc . |
2 | I have never been able to find out its origin . ) |
3 | We lived for a year in a cottage attached to a remote farm — so remote that I have never been able to find it again . |
4 | Never been able to find out where the smell comes from . ’ |
5 | She could remember the bra , it had been rather a good black lace wired Kayser Bondor , of a line that appeared to have been discontinued , as she 'd never been able to find another . |
6 | Mrs Ainsworth appeared at my elbow , " That 's something we 've never been able to find out . " |
7 | I 've heard that there 's another door in the park somewhere , but I 've never been able to find it . |
8 | Whether these were John 's family or whether there was another brother or sister I do not know , but I have never been able to find out anything about who they were or where they went to . |
9 | I 've never been able to find out what goes on at the ceremony , but , from what I 've heard , there is more to it than rolling up your trouser-leg . |
10 | But as I say , I 've never seen anything , and I 've never been able to find anybody who can provide that answer for me . |
11 | Carol looked to right and left to try and keep in mind the way they were going , but all the lanes looked exactly alike in the snow , and she knew she would never be able to find the route back to Threlkeld by herself . |
12 | If she travels east we 'll never be able to find her . |
13 | A QUICK SNIP HERE & THERE , SHE 'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO FIND IT ! |
14 | ‘ She will be off at once and I shall never be able to find her ! ’ |