Example sentences of "not [pron] find " in BNC.

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1 And why could n't I find another Steve Adorable ?
2 ‘ Why did n't I find your house ? ’
3 No wonder that John , in his later Stuttgart years living with Dieter Gräfe and Reid Anderson , would say enviously , ‘ It 's easy for you — why ca n't I find somebody ? ’
4 Why should n't I find it interesting to work with fuels ?
5 But I ca n't I find it hard to explain why the after such a good performance against West Ham , But you know , it 's just all over , be saying that about his side second half now wo n't he , because they 've just put one point about a nine , and they 're a good side .
6 ‘ Might n't she find it boring , too ? ’
7 But Travis had been marvellously patient for months and months now — could n't she find a way to put him out of the private hell he was in ?
8 Why do n't you find someone else ? ’
9 ‘ You keep saying so , why ca n't you find it ! ’
10 Ca n't you find anyone else to play with ? ’
11 Do n't you find that depressing ?
12 Ca n't you find your dad ? ’
13 Martin , who represented Fulham in the Conservative interest , lived in some style at the Albany in Piccadilly and liked to remark that ‘ every passing year — do n't you find , dear boy — is just more fun than the last ? ’
14 To my right was still a morass of broken glass , brickbats and son-of-metal-pipe ( good things always happen in pairs do n't you find ? ) , all under three inches of water .
15 I said , ‘ Would n't you find exactly the same problems Niki did ? ’
16 Do n't you find ‘ some place ’ has too much of an American flavour ? ’
17 ‘ Ca n't you find the quarry if you go up high enough ? ’ said Angalo .
18 Do n't you find them terribly provincial after London ?
19 Do n't you find it dark ?
20 ‘ Why do n't you find a nice girl ? ’
21 Do n't you find that rather magnificent ?
22 And Oliver suits me , do n't you find ?
23 ‘ Whatever her failings may or may not be , I found her a most agreeable and willing chambermaid — very attractive for that occupation — far more attractive than the common run of girls , did n't you find ? ’
24 ‘ Well , as we 're in the presence of two students — postgraduate students — I daresay you 'll take me to be sucking up , but the times are rather interesting , do n't you find ?
25 Emily said over him , ’ as long as one knows where things are going , do n't you find ? ’
26 ‘ Ca n't you find an excuse for us to be alone together , Harry ? ’ she asked .
27 Do n't you find these figures at all disturbing ? ’
28 Do n't you find , about five o'clock each day , that you 've got a polite smile permanently creased into your face , like rigor mortis ? ’
29 ‘ Do n't you find it awfully cold in winter ? ’
30 Provincial life is very demanding , do n't you find ?
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