Example sentences of "unable to find the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mark Thomas then did well on the left , going past five defenders , but his colleagues were unable to find the net from his cross . |
| 2 | When she was dressing to go out Sally was invariably unable to find the belt she wanted , one shoe had gone missing or one stocking developed a ladder . |
| 3 | Women have a hard enough time — being a ‘ house-husband ’ in most circumstances would be a struggle as the majority of men would be unable to find the support that women get amongst their peer group . |
| 4 | A moment later she fell down them , unable to find the rope against the wall which might have saved her . |
| 5 | He had ascertained during daylight that the lavatory was diagonally across the passage from his room door , and , as the passage was now unlit and he was unable to find the light switch , he crossed the passage in the dark and , by feeling his way , came to a door which he believed to be that of the lavatory , but which was in fact a door leading to the basement . |
| 6 | The gallery light was out — not unreasonable at this hour — and he had been unable to find the switch . |
| 7 | If you look at the general secretary report under the regional sections there is an invisible service you 'll be unable to find the health and safety side . |
| 8 | His mother , unable to find the strength to battle against him , wrote to the school and asked for him to be excused . |
| 9 | They had been unable to find the target , but had dropped and had become widely scattered . |
| 10 | But the use of a food-reinforced procedure is not in itself enough — Peck and Bouton 's ( 1990 ) result was not replicated by Bouton and Peck ( 1989 ) ; and Kaye and Mackintosh ( 1990 ) who , apart from giving very prolonged initial training , used procedures similar to those of Hall and Honey ( 1989a ) , were unable to find the effect . |
| 11 | Uncle Eugenio would get mad with frustration , utterly unable to find the words to refute the fact that illusions might provoke real tears . |