Example sentences of "but [vb mod] find [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are saying that I will not ride there , or open a hollowing , or step down through a cave , but must find the threshold to a journey inwards . |
| 2 | From then on she discovered many things about the human race , but could find no explanations for them . |
| 3 | He had sifted through Judi 's memory , had scooped into Anne 's mind , but could find no traces of Ariadne . |
| 4 | Under the chairmanship of Sir Douglas Black , a former president of the Royal College of Surgeons , this accepted the statistics but could find no scientific logic to the link with the reprocessing plant . |
| 5 | Roland copied out this passage and read on , but could find no further reference to Miss LaMotte , though Ash was a fairly frequent host and guest . |
| 6 | We examined the lining of these air sinuses , but could find no damage caused by the worms , and there was no sign of worms in any of the passages of the lungs . |
| 7 | A woman in the UA baggage claims department checked on the computer , but could find no record of me . |
| 8 | Desperately she wanted to reassure him , but could find no words . |
| 9 | He knew it was a decoy , but could find no other . |
| 10 | He searched his pockets but could find no key . |
| 11 | Cursing , Cardiff fumbled at the mechanism but could find no locking-catch . |
| 12 | Sir Percival Sharp fought for the AEC mainly on the first issue — but could find no support — so that the second , the potential extension of the power of central government , went largely unchallenged . |
| 13 | British rail tested it exhaustively but could find no way of making it fail . |
| 14 | Despite Rayners Lane 's lowly position , they were not afraid to come forward in the opening fifteen minutes , but could find no way past a resolute Milton defence . |
| 15 | The real value of regression therapy is demonstrated when the patient is aware of how he or she acts in certain circumstances but can find no reason for it at all . |
| 16 | I have purchased two 7cm long Osphronemus gouramis , but can find no reference to them in my books . |
| 17 | I have looked through the minute books from 1991 but can find no record of a Wales YFC representative having attended . |
| 18 | I seem to have taken it about as far as I can but can find no reason for the existence of the two command files in conventional memory as shown on the enclosed printout . |
| 19 | It recognises that the injured person is entitled to compensation , but can find no logical basis upon which to evaluate that compensation . |
| 20 | How does any society protect itself against this kind of comprehensive assault , which does not even need the charcoal , sulphur and saltpetre to make the gunpowder but can find the materials for the application of its marvellous discovery anywhere in the world and in any circumstances ? |