Example sentences of "[noun sg] find some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An inspection found some wards were overcrowded , and some toilets and bathrooms were dirty . |
| 2 | As she ran to her bedroom to find some clothes , her Dad 's dressing-gown , flapping round her legs , slowed her down . |
| 3 | Bryan Wilson ( 1970 ) has contributed some very useful sub-divisions of the sect category and various sociologists have tried to classify the new religions that have emerged during the second half of the present century in an attempt to find some order in the enormous variety of beliefs , practices and organisations that are manifested in these movements ( eg Beckford , 1985 ; Wallis , 1983 ) . |
| 4 | There were few dramatic new developments during October in the Gulf crisis as such , the continuing build-up of the United States-dominated military response taking place against a background of diplomatic activity , of which the most notable feature was an apparently unsuccessful Soviet attempt to find some basis for a peace initiative . |
| 5 | Melissa 's attempt to find some words of comfort was interrupted by the sharp sound of metal on stone as the scissors slipped from Eleanor 's hand . |
| 6 | The type found some favour with civilian operators , mostly in the oil support business . |
| 7 | Our post found some bunting , and George and I dressed as tin soldiers . |
| 8 | One was its desire to find some way not simply to get through the current hard times , but also to protect themselves from the financial ups and downs that make up every economic cycle . |
| 9 | I was acutely aware of the urgent need to find some work to do , so I combed the national and local newspapers to see what was on offer . |
| 10 | I would expect the causes to be physical and psychological ; overwork , the ennui of middle age , or a need to find some meaning to existence . |
| 11 | More important , it could ( if prescrip-tive ) provide an effective way of harnessing sentencing policy to the broader aims of penal policy , including the urgent need to find some method of rationing the ‘ expensive commodity of penal punishment ’ ( Wilkins , 1997 : 19 ) . |
| 12 | Given the ball by Jamie Redknapp , Walters moved in from the left flank , used his famous double shuffle to find some space and then beat Hooper with a thunderous drive . |
| 13 | Cross at being caught out , she moved over to the dressing-table to find some paper , then wrote down the number of her London flat . |
| 14 | Anyway , everybody rushed out into the kitchen and cook found some ice and wrapped it up in white cloth and then this woman picked up the toad and put it back in the garden but with the ice in her hands . |
| 15 | The French Second Empire style found some favour in the 1880s , as did Richardson 's neo-Romanesque . |
| 16 | The Taylor report found some responsibility for the tragedy lay with the stadium 's management , some with the fans and some with the South Yorkshire police , and suggested that senior officers had been dubious witnesses . |
| 17 | Our job is to listen to everybody , and in the end find some formulation of some policy which the Council can adopt to deal with the problem . |
| 18 | Bank finds some hope for jobless |
| 19 | I want you and the company to find some way to get me out of this mess I 've been landed in . |
| 20 | Now that I had this label — ‘ partially sighted ’ — and it was clear that my disability would become more acute , the teachers and girls at school found some semblance of the tolerance and understanding that they had previously lacked , and I slowly began to edge my way up the academic ladder . |
| 21 | The school found some support for their interpretation of Mrs Peel 's behaviour from a community nurse who tried to work with the family : ‘ She thinks there 's evidence of sexual abuse ; soiling , language and sexually overt behaviour . ’ |
| 22 | They 're desperate for help from the public to find some answers . |
| 23 | And me mam found some gear and burnt foil and that was it . |
| 24 | Knowing my shortcomings , Mum had taken charge of making curtains for George 's house and a week before the wedding she went to the market to find some fabric for the last pair . |
| 25 | The Environmental Forum found some support amongst professionals in the water industry and in medicine , people who had known about the problems for years but kept quiet about them . |