Example sentences of "[verb] find [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As part of this , MI5 has made a bid to adopt a more proactive intelligence-gathering role in dealing with the IRA ( now the cold war is over , it has to find something else to do ) . |
| 2 | She promised to find something else to sell me , and said that she would give me a ring . |
| 3 | ‘ No , but after what you told me I have a suspicion you kissed me that night at Ib 's Club deliberately in an effort to convince her you 'd found someone else to replace her in your heart and in your bed . ’ |
| 4 | so you 've got to find something else to do . |
| 5 | ‘ Hopefully tomorrow , unless you manage to find something else to complain about in our department . ’ |
| 6 | Nor , however , did you see the river , and Willis would have to find something else to fill the great gap which would be left in his life when it was no longer possible to see the river traffic , passing and repassing . |
| 7 | If he did want to mount an exhibition of his work — and she was starting to believe that that too had been a lie , just part of some overall strategy — then he 'd have to find someone else to organise it . |
| 8 | ‘ Kathleen may have found me somewhere to live . ’ |
| 9 | We 're out to pass you really , but we we wo n't unless it 's worth it , but erm the emphasis is on trying to find something there to give a mark to sort of thing rather than the other way around . |
| 10 | It took ages to dawn on me that I had to find something else to do with my time other than music . |
| 11 | When the classic car market collapsed , he had to find something else to do with the vehicles awaiting restoration : |
| 12 | When the classic car market collapsed , he had to find something else to do with the vehicles awaiting restoration : |
| 13 | We 've found it best to glue the wheels onto the axles with superglue and wait until they are dry before the pin is added . |
| 14 | And he had found her somewhere to live . |