Example sentences of "were [verb] find a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The TRACE is a record of which rules were applied to find a goal . |
| 2 | Ideas were sought to find a solution . |
| 3 | Various attempts were made to find a solution , in 1487 , 1488 , 1490 and 1491 . |
| 4 | oh I came , came to several conclusions , erm , one , one of the problems that the article faced me with , if it had been a simple outburst , if , if the , the Daily Telegraph had simply taken an advert out as opposed to maybe editorials then I may of had less a problem , because the problem with editorials is that they are believed , companies adverts are n't believed , well they 're partially believed , but an editorial carries a lot more weight and therefore when it 's written like that it tends to strike home much harder , therefore that , my immediate thoughts were that if were going to react , if we were going to find a way of cantering the problems we felt this had created , then we would not have to follow any normal course of action , we simply could n't put an advert out because nobody would have believed it , we would have to look at it a different way of actually cantering and that 's part of the reason for the time taking to think it through . |
| 5 | " Oh , I understood you to say that you were going to find a place on shore . " |
| 6 | The cluster co-ordinators were beginning to find a role here , drawing on their experience of secondary/tertiary links . |
| 7 | If you were expecting to find a neck something akin to a telegraph pole with one side levelled off , you 'd be pleasantly surprised — this is an extremely comfortable and well-shaped laminate of mainly flamed maple . |
| 8 | Smurfit Paribas carried out a privatisation study and made significant borrowings available ; Smurfit Printing secured the lucrative telephone directory printing contract ; Smurfit architect Brian O'Halloran secured the commission for the controversial corporate headquarters ; business associates Padraic Hasset and John Finnegan were asked to find a site for Telecom headquarters ; Finnegan gave advice on the purchase of the Ballsbridge site ( he also apparently gave advice on its sale to UPH ) and finally Dermot Desmond was commissioned to carry out another privatisation study . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought you were trying to find a cottage for Marcus , but Irina says you 're not . ’ |
| 10 | I heard from that she and you were trying to find a copy of the Style Sheet for the Quirk volume for . |
| 11 | So they do n't come along and say , please catch me , and if you were trying to if you were trying to find a fox or a badger , what would be the- what would be the difficulty ? |