Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] find the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was on my knees by the time we unpacked the sandwiches and tried to find the energy to chew , and I recall making small high-pitched squeaking noises in reply to any attempt at a chat . |
| 2 | As soon as the rain stopped they rushed to the old roofleaf beds and tried to find the old roots . |
| 3 | He escaped to China in 1940 and helped found the Revolutionary League for the Independence of Vietnam ( the Viet Minh ) in the following year . |
| 4 | I slept and woke to find the house quiet , settled from the anger that had shaken it . |
| 5 | And woke to find The |
| 6 | In the first attack , he 'd just popped into a shop in the Lake District — and returned to find the panels of his £52,000 BMW 750i all kicked in . |
| 7 | To determine whether there has been an infringement , the specification and , in particular , the claims for the patent must be looked at and interpreted to find the limits of the patent . |
| 8 | I left the hostel at about 9 am and went to find the office . |
| 9 | I left him , and went to find the old servant , Joseph . |
| 10 | Then he left the room and went to find the nurse who had been the unworthy recipient of his evil temper . |
| 11 | The farmer whose land they had been riding on had looked up his old racing programmes and had found the Newbury card listing the horse he said Bones reminded him of . |
| 12 | Alas , many others had already made their judgment on the flimsy evidence of that supposed phone call … and had found the next King guilty . |
| 13 | The Thing had been listening to radio and television and had found the place the going-straight-up Shuttles went from . |
| 14 | A few days after the murder , the police had searched the house and had found the gold chain in Justine 's coat pocket . |
| 15 | Andrew Clarkson , prosecuting , said Siddle told the police he had bought the video from a man in a pub and had found the jewellery and just not handed it in . |
| 16 | From these impressions , I naively expected and hoped to find the horsedrawn carriages on the streets of London . |
| 17 | From these impressions , I naively expected and hoped to find the horsedrawn carriages on the streets of London . |
| 18 | Freud , however , did not hold this view and hoped to find the true root of his patients ' hysteria . |
| 19 | We spent a pleasant evening with Bob at the Springfield Hotel , the most northerly pub , in the British Isles where , amongst other anecdotes , we were told about the customs officer from Lerwick who was staying on Unst one very wet and stormy night , and awoke to find the roof of his bedroom had blown off . |
| 20 | Their choice to negotiate for them over the property group 's restructuring is the American financier who , after a colourful career in the more maverick corners of the Euromarkets , agreed to buy the Marshalls money-broking business from British & Commonwealth but failed to find the cash . |
| 21 | But back in Cuzco I had to fight to recall the strength I had found ; force myself to remember I had been lost in a sixty-million-year-old forest but had found the still centre . |