Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] find [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few minutes later , installed in the office , a small room looking out on to the quarantine quarters , Sophie tried to find a topic of conversation that would keep things on a professional basis . |
| 2 | Finally , Ghatak tried to find a way between popular melodrama and the avant-garde . |
| 3 | Wark struggled to find a club when released by Boro last summer , before he rejoined Ipswich on a weekly contract . |
| 4 | But Paddington did find a note on the door step asking for two extra pints and things . |
| 5 | In order to win West Bank allegiance in the face of Israeli and Jordanian competition , the PLO had to find a local partner . |
| 6 | Angalo had found a pebble that was almost the right shape to attach to a twig with strips torn off his coat ; he 'd never seen a stone axe in his life , but he had a definite feeling that there were useful things that could be done with a stone tied to the end of a stick . |
| 7 | That ‘ Mr Lavoisier had found a method of making inflammable air ( hydrogen ) for a halfpenny per cubic foot ’ , a fifth of the usual price , attracted Priestley 's attention . |
| 8 | That particular snap prompted the memory , the afternoon returning as she stared at it — the sandwiches had been of marmite , Edward had found a hawk-moth caterpillar . |
| 9 | ‘ Our Frankie had found a new friend ; guess who ? ’ |
| 10 | On a few occasions Frankie had found the courage to scale the perimeter wall to look for rats in the mouth of the tunnel . |
| 11 | Within a month , Mr K had found a buyer for the lease . |
| 12 | After a night-long blizzard the villagers of Munding woke to find the water-meadows glittering and still , the ford across the lane crusted over . |
| 13 | As Ruth tried to find an answer , a faint lost crying sounded far above , like seagulls . |
| 14 | Sandison turned to find the only other customer in the bar now standing next to him . |
| 15 | However , a strong cup tradition backed up by five Monmouthshire titles in seven years and 18 Ben Francis Cup wins counted for nothing as Blaina struggled to find the consistency necessary to mount a successful promotion campaign . |
| 16 | There we crawled into a well camouflaged position and Reg managed to find a disused well which was covered by a wooden lid with metal hinges . |
| 17 | ‘ He fled in that terror , ’ said Cadfael , ‘ and the next he heard was that Tutilo had found the man dead , and so reported him . |
| 18 | Tina had found a home with her parent , her father having died when she was fifteen , on every occasion when other roofs had failed her . |
| 19 | At last Katherine had found a subject . |
| 20 | But this year , she thought with satisfaction , she was well-prepared ; and Rodney had found a much larger place than usual and invited all and sundry to join them . |
| 21 | Sharpe orders , so , when Sharpe had found the dog in peacetime , he had decided to return the compliment . |
| 22 | Dr Dobelle had found the whole experience so extraordinary that he had issued a press release ( no less ) recounting the adventure , and had sent copies to William from his office in Farmington , New York . |
| 23 | Richmann had found a couple of his men in one of the city 's bars , and dragged them out to take up position around a junction in the northern poor quarter . |
| 24 | Nigel had found the pass book , but Gina tore it from his hands before he could see how much was in her account . |
| 25 | The letters of the machine used for it had been brushed clean and the worn ribbon replaced at some time after the letter was typed , but all the other characteristics including misalignment of the ‘ d ’ and the unreliable shift control — had shown up in the enlargement and eventually confirmed that Wickham had found the machine he was seeking . |
| 26 | ‘ According to the ancient Greeks , when Zeus wanted to find the centre of the earth , he released one eagle to fly eastwards and another westwards . |
| 27 | Just once or twice , when he remembered , Busacher wondered how Willi managed to find the time to do all these things , and be Burgermeister , and put in a least a modicum of hours on his farm . |
| 28 | After his death Mona had found the keys on the floor in the secretary 's room and given them to Maureen . |
| 29 | The Black Arks made landfall in the bleak north of the New World , near where Malekith had found the Circlet of Iron . |
| 30 | Unable to pump in compressed air to equalise the water pressure — the air pressure required would have exceeded legal limits — Fairclough and Thames had to find a machine that could operate under such conditions . |