Example sentences of "[pron] find a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They got down to forty-five-second intervals , and I asked Gabrielle if she 'd mind not giving birth until the end of the episode , but she told me to find a nurse — fast . |
| 2 | This poem helped me to find a way back into my own poetry . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , ’ the Doctor began , ‘ first I 've got your General Fakrid barking at me to find a way to polish off these eight twelves . |
| 4 | Turning to his sister , he instructed , ‘ Let me know if you need me to find a dressmaker . ’ |
| 5 | In the Shropshire parish of Myddle between 1541 and 1701 nearly everyone found a husband or wife within a 10-mile radius of his or her dwelling and most partners came from within the neighbourhood that was centred upon the market towns of Shrewsbury , Ellesmere and Wem ; only the gentry sought wives or husbands from a slightly wider area . |
| 6 | Highlander staff wanted to get back to somewhere near where they started from ; that is , working with struggling communities in the mountains , helping them to find a voice , to articulate their problems clearly , and in realising the nature of their problems , to take positive action to solve them . |
| 7 | ‘ In the case of others , having this qualification might help them to find a job . ’ |
| 8 | In the eyes of good practitioners self-control allows them to find a path around conflict . |
| 9 | Juliet could have asked someone to find a phone for her , to get a taxi , but she was aware that she was trembling , near to tears , and she did n't want people to ask questions . |
| 10 | ‘ If a bank manager saw fit to show me round a vault containing safe deposits and I found a gold bracelet on the floor , I should have no doubt that the bank had a better title than I , and the reason is the manifest intention to exercise a very high degree of control . |
| 11 | A footbridge across a thundering ring road , and over it I found a shopping centre just like at home . |
| 12 | Fat fish in laburnum ( above ) ‘ I have always made things , ’ says Ned , ‘ and while on a boating holiday on the Thames about 15 years ago I found a branch of very dark wood lying on the ground . |
| 13 | Well , what I found a bit erm remarkable really , in the book |
| 14 | Eventually , I found a song on a scrap of paper by his bed . |
| 15 | Where the fields began , a stream led into the River Suck , and here I found a row of tinker caravans . |
| 16 | I found a pineapple once . |
| 17 | Among his papers I found a newspaper cutting , but with no indication of its source : |
| 18 | I was debating whether to try to stop the bleeding first or to leave him in his uncertain state while I found a way out , trusting he would n't totally pass out , when I heard the main door creak open directly above our heads ; the way Harry and I had come in . |
| 19 | Mind you , I found a way round that : never clean the fingerboards … ’ |
| 20 | I had such a horrific adolescence and childhood , it 's not surprising I found a way out , an escape from the pain . |
| 21 | I confided in him and we worked at it together and I found a way to have an orgasm . |
| 22 | A lot of these were books written by moralistic females ; books which erm reflected various kinds of Victorian ideas , and much later on when I did some research in Oxford on Victorian literature I found a way of putting these two sorts of things together . |
| 23 | I found a friend from Fulham Church , a qualified Chemist who had been allowed to keep his shop because of its value to the community , and the fact that he had an invalid wife . |
| 24 | Soon I found a hut , which seemed to be empty , but when I entered I saw a pretty young woman asleep on the floor . |
| 25 | Ash and I found a space over near the piano . |
| 26 | Feeling remanded on bail rather than acquitted , I found a call box and rang Seddon . |
| 27 | Luckily I found a window seat , as passengers with bags were struggling in . |
| 28 | But I did n't know who that man was — until I found a portrait she had painted of you . ’ |
| 29 | When I moved the body , I found a cheque book of yours . ’ |
| 30 | I found a spelling mistake in our editorial this morning . |