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 ? |