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 ! ’
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