Example sentences of "[adv] to find the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A thorough prior scrutiny of guidebook descriptions and diagrams can help greatly to find the general line of such descents . |
| 2 | If you search the site again , you might be lucky enough to find the missing bar . |
| 3 | Supporting her with his right arm , his left hand strayed from her breasts to her thigh , and from there slowly completed the journey to the mouth of the Cave of Sweet Mysteries , lingering long enough to find the little temple of Min and arouse him as she began to gasp for breath , her tongue making passionate sallies into his ear . |
| 4 | A punch would be delivered and Ricky , thinking this had ended the row would take himself off to bed only to find the next minute that Minton was emptying a bottle of water over him . |
| 5 | More than once Lina arranged the time and place of an interview , booked the plane , agreed the meals , models , set stylists and hairdressers only to find the whole thing suddenly cancelled . |
| 6 | When my mother got off the train we walked across the road to the bus stop , only to find the same man jumping on the Kirkby bus . |
| 7 | Then the trouble would disappear and Robyn would heave a sigh of relief and smile at her luck , only to find the same thing happening a couple of miles down the road , and always after she 'd passed a garage or a phone box . |
| 8 | Right , so to find the average speed what you gon na do ? |
| 9 | We might do better to find the hired assassin and let him lead us to McCloy . ’ |
| 10 | Not just to show that the girls and boys he photographs are sexually attractive , but somehow to find the greater truth about the nature and variety of sexual attraction as a positive force in us all . |
| 11 | Many then prefer to sail together — especially if their navigation is shaky — just to find the right destination ! |
| 12 | In the morning , the Whig mayor , John Eyles , arrived at St Mary 's at 10 a.m. to find the Tory mayor , Richard Bundy Franklin , had turned up two hours early and was installed in the mayor 's pew . |
| 13 | You may move up , down or horizontally to find the next letter but not diagonally . |
| 14 | He caught a train from Paddington to Reading , arrived there to find the last train to Goring and Streatley had gone , and , after a considerable wait , got a minicab . |
| 15 | Since a youthful Murray had n't moved to London primarily to find the bass player 's Eldorado , how had he become involved in the live music scene ? |
| 16 | All the signs pointed to an Ian Ferguson thunderbolt but as the defensive wall braced itself , Hateley stepped forward to find the far corner of the net . |