Example sentences of "he could find " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first they assumed that he could find a place among the steep woods behind Camserney and be supplied by their good friends Donald and Aileen Gillies at the mill . |
| 2 | He could find his way back to New York somehow . |
| 3 | If he could find convincing words to say it in one striking and memorable phrase , he might be truly on his way . |
| 4 | As an anxious new father , Belinda 's partner , Jem , read everything he could find about Down 's syndrome because he wanted to know what he could expect from the future . |
| 5 | He dedicated this formidable intellect to eradicating nonsense from the world , especially nonsense in divinity , which was a world where in those days he could find plenty of targets for his scorn . |
| 6 | When his father died he burnt all the letters he could find . |
| 7 | He wondered where he could find a chance of quieter work . |
| 8 | Emerson wrote that he could find ‘ the primeval world … in myself , but his thinking self is seen as confident master of that world . |
| 9 | His fascination with these systematic orderings of society by kinship was such that he undertook a massive comparison and classification of as many systems of kinship terms as he could find from around the world , terms such as ‘ cousin ’ , ‘ uncle ’ , etc . |
| 10 | It was the most exciting , extraordinary experience he had ever had , and for a long time afterwards he would bend any ear he could find on the subject . |
| 11 | Although Korda was now more of a financier than an active producer , it was his suggestion that led Graham Greene to visit Austria to see if he could find the background in the four-power occupation of Vienna which would inspire him to extend his one-line story : ‘ I had paid my last farewell to Harry less than a week ago , when his coffin was lowered in the frozen February ground , so that it was with incredulity that I saw him pass by , without a sign of recognition , among the host of strangers in the Strand . ’ |
| 12 | Fergie would probably spend a few pounds on it — if he could find it . |
| 13 | Dr Colman , of Fadmoor , north Yorkshire , sought GMC permission to place a factual , non-promotional advertisement in a local paper because he could find no other way to tell prospective patients of his services . |
| 14 | Dr Colman , of Fadmoor , north Yorkshire , sought GMC permission to place a factual , non-promotional advertisement in a local paper because he could find no other way to tell prospective patients of his services . |
| 15 | He is at his best on soft ground and would be a danger to all off his present mark if he could find his best form . |
| 16 | He joined the Kennedy Administration direct from the board of the Ford Motor Company and began sweeping away waste wherever he could find it . |
| 17 | If only he could find the switch to throw or the knob to turn that would liberate the real potential of communism . |
| 18 | He wrapped this and the fat-soaked bread in sheets of clean newspaper taken from the bathroom , then climbed back on to the stool to see what else he could find . |
| 19 | In this place he could find Roy Rogers , Gene Autry , the Lone Ranger and Tonto . |
| 20 | Dreadful nightmares , when I finally got off to sleep , of men attacking me — like that man who had to cut women on their arms before he could find them desirable . |
| 21 | Charles swept the land twice with his armies , burning and killing wherever he could find victims , but the Saxons held out in the impenetrable forests and marshes , closing in behind the Frankish military movements . |
| 22 | Luckily he had fallen asleep again before he could find out who was responsible . |
| 23 | He strode through the school and gathered up all the boys he could find , telling them there would be no food until the creature was caught . |
| 24 | Later I even appealed to the Member of Parliament for South Edinburgh , then the redoubtable Sir Will Y. Darling , who always made much of his rôle as an old soldier , to use his position to find out what he could ; but he could find nothing . |
| 25 | If he could find this sordid media circus amusing , he was a changed man . |
| 26 | If he could find one thing to put his heart into , it would solve everything . ’ |
| 27 | It is essentially peaceful and when some rather fussy penitent told his father confessor that he could find nowhere in London where he could meditate in quiet and peace , he was astonished to hear the caustic answer : ‘ Have you tried Marylebone , my son ? ’ |
| 28 | His explanation was that he could find no suitable homes for the other puppies . |
| 29 | Herbert agreed to pay his passage and give him an allowance until he could find work . |
| 30 | He bent over , kissed the least precipitous bit of her chin that he could find and went downstairs to find his daughter . |