Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] [vb mod] find " in BNC.
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| 1 | We spend a great deal of time arguing and going against these very simple instructions , but through practice we will find how much care and love is behind these messages . |
| 2 | All that was changing when Diane Keaton appeared in Annie Hall , looking no more than passably pleasant and sporting the sort of garb you could find in any Oxfam shop . |
| 3 | If you play professional tennis , then it is even more important to have good technique because I am always saying that in a draw of 64 or 128 people , they are all watching how you play and of course they will find out what is happening with your game . |
| 4 | Of course we 'll find one that you like — that we all like . |
| 5 | There are several methods you can use and of course you must find the one which suits you best but , as a starting-point , here is a simple and effective one : Lie on your bed or sit in a chair with a back which is high enough to support your neck and head . |
| 6 | But unfortunately , again , we 're goi , going back history-wise , the civils and the mechanicals and electricals , and you 've only got ta go to London and see what palatial places they got just virtually adjacent to the Houses of Parliament you 'll find mechanical engineers , and also the civil engineers in Bird Cage Walk . |
| 7 | A random sample of herds might indicate that 40% of them are grazing on marginal land ; but if animals were the unit of study we might find only 20% of animals to be on marginal grazing , i.e. the 40% of herds are the smaller ones accounting for only 20% of the cattle . |
| 8 | And while he was on the film set or wherever he was you know , away from home for the week , he 'd be playing around with every bit of skirt he could find . |
| 9 | ‘ I am not going to get into what kind of therapy she might find herself in , but clearly she would need all the help she could get from whatever source was available . |
| 10 | Count how many different types of butterfly you can find . |
| 11 | With so much of interest to discover and such a wealth of magnificent coast and countryside to explore , within even an hour or two of home you could find yourself in a beautiful new world . |
| 12 | Then we wrapped ourselves in every bit of clothing we could find and lay down on the ground to get some sleep . |
| 13 | She had a burning desire to pack her case and leave on the first mode of transport she could find — she would even settle for a donkey if there was one . |
| 14 | Yes , that 's , that 's the kind of place you would find it . |
| 15 | ‘ On the other hand , ’ amended Constance , who had just voiced this thought , ‘ it 's the sort of place you might find nuns walking , telling their beads and saying their hours and stuff . |
| 16 | If you 've got no choice but to get out and walk then you are gon na have to do that , and that 's all very well being a day like today , where it 's not pouring down with rain er , you 're not walking in a pitch black area , but if you do suddenly change that and you put it into those sort of , well that sort of scenario you 'll find it 's very , very , frightening . |
| 17 | Many of course die , but those who survive eventually lose most of the colour and are left speckled , rather than with the definite lines of colour you will find in shop tanks . |
| 18 | Within each level of government we may find competing tensions inherent in the relationships between the different sectors . |
| 19 | When your most familiar role models are those of a compliant woman or the ‘ strong , silent type ’ of man you may find it difficult to reconcile these influences with the aggressive determination you feel as a female , or the sensitivity and intuition you experience as a man . |
| 20 | In the ancient village of Mulchelney you will find the second oldest monastery in the county , with buildings surviving from the 16th century . |
| 21 | She could picture Pete reading the letter on the end of a hard bed covered with a scratchy red blanket , the kind of bed you might find in a hospital , or in the army . |
| 22 | A few kilometres inland in the foothills of the Ronda mountains , nestling below the spectacular white village of Gaucin you will find — FINCA LAS LIMAS . |
| 23 | When we arrived at King 's Cross I was told for the sake of reality I must find my own way to the Savoy Hotel , although the film crew would be close by in case of emergency . |
| 24 | It 's the sort of thing you 'll find |
| 25 | I ca n't quantify these , I ca n't tell you how many there 'll be , but there will be questions on motivation but before that there 'll be some questions on the basics of of kind of y'know studying , work , psychology , the sort of thing you 'll find in an introductory chapter er not only of the Arnold book but in other books as well . |
| 26 | But if you are prepared to spare the time , settle down in an armchair and explore among the oldies in a good descriptive catalogue like David Austin 's Handbook of Roses ( see Bibliography ) , who knows what nuggets of gold you might find to fit into your garden ? |
| 27 | Now of that hundred and twenty five thousand revenue spending which would be coming out of County Council to match what is likely to happen in the five B programme , most of that , most of that is on economic development activities , now the kind of way we can find that money without going to the authorities and asking for growth funding , because this Committee has not asked for any and that is not common in all the committees in the Council , is actually by finding it out of things like our monies , and other projects , actually funding it yourself as a Committee , funding the ability to draw in European money into Shropshire . |
| 28 | We will begin by looking at intonation in the shortest piece of speech we can find — the single syllable . |
| 29 | There is now peat underfoot , and in places on this stretch of track you can find butterwort pinguicula vulgaris — it 's impossible not to tread on it , especially around the green-topped post marked No 1 . |
| 30 | This illustrates , too , the other key point about demonstration : it does not have to be done every time by the sort of presenter you can find selling vegetable slicers in Selfridges ' basement , as a straight , face-to-the-camera spiel . |