Example sentences of "we had find a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | First we had to find a new propeller and this was delivered by Sam , an engineer from Technical Branch , who made a record marathon run in his tiny van from Southampton to join us at Oban . |
2 | We had to find a proper bin to chuck it in . |
3 | The low headroom on the staircase meant that we had to find a sensible height for the border by doing a ‘ dry ’ run without cutting any material from the roll ( an assistant is invaluable for this ) . |
4 | John Rhead arrived and , after only a few minutes , we knew we had found a genuine birder . |
5 | We had found a vital step along the route from synapse to nucleus . |