Example sentences of "[vb mod] not find [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , a pattern , of course we may not find it at once — ’ |
| 2 | Often someone who wishes to use the toilet may not find it within easy reach or be able to get out of their chair in time . |
| 3 | Next time you might not find me in such a good temper . ’ |
| 4 | Often they could not find them at all . |
| 5 | Yet if he , just a man , could not find it in his heart to condemn his brother or the boy who had used his brother 's weaknesses to lure him to his death , how could this God of love of his childhood destroy so savagely and so arbitrarily ? |
| 6 | A proliferation of pentecostal and evangelical sects , and the success of the Salvation Army ( founded in 1878 ) seemed to show that though the masses could still be moved by religious fervour , they could not find it in the established churches . |
| 7 | Much as he wanted to , and much as he had been moved by her tears , he could not find it in him to forgive her . |
| 8 | Yet Seb could not find it in his heart to dislike Nahum Plunkett . |
| 9 | I should not wish the young King to know about it or see , for he would not find it to his liking ; but I fear , so white is the stone , that he can not fail to see it from Mathefelon . |
| 10 | The examiner is not looking for technical perfection and certainly would not find it in many candidates ' answers to this question . |
| 11 | To his grief , Donny 's widow would not find it in her heart to speak to him again . |
| 12 | ‘ You will not find him in Russia . |
| 13 | Although 14 polytechnics will become universities this autumn under the new Higher Education Act , potential recruits will not find them in the university entrants ' handbook for 1993 . |
| 14 | Similarly , the newly recruited engineer who six months previously was poring over the computer printout of a great new turbo-jet test run trying to find out why there was a short-fall in the power output will not find it at all easy if his first job is with a little four cylinder piston engine . |
| 15 | That is why I can not find it within me to sympathise with the poor punters who once besieged the offices of the Daily Mail demanding their £35,000 in prize money only to find that when the music stopped there were more winners than chairs for them to sit upon . |
| 16 | Guide those who are working to bring practical care in our city and our land , and we pray that you will bring peace to those who can not find it in our society . |
| 17 | And then — since you can not find it in your heart to love me — we will go our separate ways , for ever and ever , never to meet more . |