Example sentences of "[pers pn] to find a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It enables them to find a suitable assistant and agree with them the hours , times and tasks required .
2 Some are combatants and others work in agriculture , They describe their music as giving culture back to the people , allowing them to find a new identity and respect for their collective cultural history .
3 Morgan Kidwelly , the duke 's attorney , seems to be in this category ; he was in Gloucester 's service by August 1471 and stayed there until Bosworth forced him to find a new master .
4 Morgan Kidwelly , the duke 's attorney , seems to be in this category ; he was in Gloucester 's service by August 1471 and stayed there until Bosworth forced him to find a new master .
5 He increased his speed until he was running flat out , buying a few seconds of precious time to allow him to find a good defence position .
6 It is one thing to trust a middle-management appointment to an executive search consultant within a small firm ; it is quite another to trust him or her to find a new group chief executive .
7 They made a dazzling bouquet , not without charm , but the bunch which was presented each May Day by Mrs Curdle in person to the doctor was of such gargantuan proportions that Mrs Bailey was hard put to it to find a suitable place for it .
8 Then it is time for it to find a suitable spot to turn into a chrysalis .
9 His Wisdom closed transfer system ( CTS ) has gone on the market for £560 and he expects it to find a ready market amongst arable farmers and growers .
10 You can use it to find a particular place in a text if you know a word used there , or as a way of following up a particular theme , metaphor or symbol .
11 Myra gave her a gaily wrapped parcel , and Claudia opened it to find a beautiful silk scarf printed with white and pink roses on a jade-green background .
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