Example sentences of "find [indef pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must have managed to purloin a copy of the house key from somewhere and was obviously astounded to find someone already scouring the house , especially her . |
| 2 | Just for a second longer she hovered uncertainly in the doorway , fighting against the urge to beg him to find someone else to teach him before she spun round and ran from the room . |
| 3 | Holly was bubbling with the story of him arriving at work to find someone else installed in his office and his personal possessions in a heap in the corridor . |
| 4 | Residents complained that sometimes they 'd come home to find someone else sleeping in their bed . |
| 5 | If he did want to mount an exhibition of his work — and she was starting to believe that that too had been a lie , just part of some overall strategy — then he 'd have to find someone else to organise it . |
| 6 | And with that he wanders off , to find somebody else to wind up . |
| 7 | She promised to find something else to sell me , and said that she would give me a ring . |
| 8 | Nor , however , did you see the river , and Willis would have to find something else to fill the great gap which would be left in his life when it was no longer possible to see the river traffic , passing and repassing . |
| 9 | It took ages to dawn on me that I had to find something else to do with my time other than music . |
| 10 | As part of this , MI5 has made a bid to adopt a more proactive intelligence-gathering role in dealing with the IRA ( now the cold war is over , it has to find something else to do ) . |
| 11 | so you 've got to find something else to do . |
| 12 | When the classic car market collapsed , he had to find something else to do with the vehicles awaiting restoration : |
| 13 | When the classic car market collapsed , he had to find something else to do with the vehicles awaiting restoration : |
| 14 | ‘ Hopefully tomorrow , unless you manage to find something else to complain about in our department . ’ |
| 15 | We 're out to pass you really , but we we wo n't unless it 's worth it , but erm the emphasis is on trying to find something there to give a mark to sort of thing rather than the other way around . |
| 16 | In 1847 , during the famine in Ireland , Sutton sent over seeds of turnips , cabbages , and other vegetables to be used as possible alternatives to the diseased potatoes , and he experimented with new varieties of potato to find one better suited to cold , damp climates . |
| 17 | ‘ Find someone else to skipper the charter , ’ I said . |
| 18 | Go and find someone else to feed your ego , because I 've had enough of dealing with men who need to bully women to feel good ! ’ |
| 19 | Find someone else to share with you ? ’ |
| 20 | And seeing that someone had joined them in the chapel , he pinched Caterina 's cheek , and lightly slapping her shoulder , said aloud , ‘ Away with you , find someone else to pester . ’ |
| 21 | You might mean well , but find someone else to experiment on ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ No , but after what you told me I have a suspicion you kissed me that night at Ib 's Club deliberately in an effort to convince her you 'd found someone else to replace her in your heart and in your bed . ’ |
| 23 | The other one could not play on alone or find somebody else to play , and if the games could not be played and ended , the riddle could not be answered . |
| 24 | And , you know he said I 'm sure Paddy Ashdown would think that you could of found something else to use the other |
| 25 | He watches the boxing and I find something else to do . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll stop , take myself out of tennis and find something else to do with my life . |
| 27 | Let me take the dress to Donna while you find something else to put on . ’ |
| 28 | Find something else to put it in . |
| 29 | If you see your small child trying to hurt a playmate , pull her away firmly without slapping and find something else to interest her . |
| 30 | Nowhere inside our brains or eyes has any neuroscientist ever found anything remotely resembling our constant everyday experience of light . |