Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] n't find [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put that er I could n't find that cheque book for love nor money . |
| 2 | ‘ I could n't find that letter , ’ she said . |
| 3 | Yes , I could n't find that figure where you were |
| 4 | ‘ I could n't find any water but I 've rubbed my plate with a cloth , and my knife and fork . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I could n't find any food here or in the other huts . ’ |
| 6 | By this time I was convinced that nothing could work and that I would have to spend the rest of my life obsessed with food , hating my body , eating every day to the point of pain , and desperately frightened if I could n't find any laxatives or make myself sick . |
| 7 | Even though I ca n't find that button to take the other ones off . |
| 8 | ‘ I ca n't find enough words to thank you . ’ |
| 9 | Mum I ca n't find any mats ! |
| 10 | Eh , I do n't know , hold on , cos I ca n't find any carb , here are , there 's the baking powder |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't find any fault at all in Sandie . ’ |
| 12 | Knowing exactly what was coming next , and her heart aching for poor Phena , Ellie said softly , ‘ And she could n't find any record of a David Anthony Kent having been born , having even existed — and so knew that her mother had lied . ’ |
| 13 | You ca n't find these deadwood cells . |
| 14 | ‘ He has been outstanding for several weeks now — and he 's got real pace , which you ca n't find these days , never mind buy it . |
| 15 | He was supposedly an actor , you ca n't find any record of him as an actor , er he was apparently a dependable country bumpkin who became fairly important in managing the money , er Shakespeare was someone whom the theatre people could count on , a simple as that . |
| 16 | Give him a new head if you ca n't find any legs to fit . |
| 17 | you ca n't find those holes by saying find it you know the holes ce certain |
| 18 | If you are using Windows then this scheme is particularly easy because all you have to do is click your way down through the duplicate directories in the File Manager until you ca n't find another copy of the directory and then drag the current version into the final old copy . |
| 19 | If you ca n't find ten men . |
| 20 | But despite almost doubling that fortune she ca n't find another Mr Right . |
| 21 | If you 've worked your way conscientiously through all the preceding chapters , sorted out the roof over your head , sussed out the teaching staff , discovered your way round the library and begun to develop good study habits , you may well be forgiven for thinking you wo n't find much time or space or energy left for anything like sex or love . |
| 22 | We 'd even go so far as throwing modesty to the wind , and say you wo n't find better value for money holidays or flights anywhere else . |
| 23 | You wo n't find many companies with a more impressive list . |
| 24 | I , I said the truth is that everybody stop work at twelve and we do our paperwork and and we 're normally finished by two o'clock , and if you come to the factory by twelve o'clock you wo n't find any machines working , and if you come at two o'clock you wo n't find any storeman working so that is the truth . |
| 25 | I , I said the truth is that everybody stop work at twelve and we do our paperwork and and we 're normally finished by two o'clock , and if you come to the factory by twelve o'clock you wo n't find any machines working , and if you come at two o'clock you wo n't find any storeman working so that is the truth . |
| 26 | But you wo n't find Daily Mirror readers among their ranks . |
| 27 | Unlike many of the other traditional houses in the Lake District , there 's no English country house furniture here , and you wo n't find heavy damask fabrics or faded silks . |
| 28 | Before continuing we slaked thirsts with warm water from our own bottles — we could n't find any streams . |
| 29 | And since it looks as if we 're all goin' to the same place , why do n't we take our kit to the left luggage then see if we ca n't find that canteen ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We 've had a flurry of enquiries lately but we ca n't find any file on why the village was evacuated . ’ |