Example sentences of "find [pn reflx] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | possible that Paul has had a already had a reply from the Destiny people , you know , the ap at my urging Paul joins these people to find himself another girl because I 'm so sick of hearing about Karen who 's treated him made a fool of him totally |
| 2 | Benjamin , who had been walking for a month , found himself less welcome in his mother 's room and followed Ruth around the house like a pet lamb . |
| 3 | " I had n't intended to stay away long , of course ; certainly not long enough for you to find yourself another wife . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , say I then took Fiona off him and maybe I told him to go find himself another filly and the next thing was he got a pincer-hold on my ear and was bopping me one on the nose and there I was bleeding fit to fill the Frenchy furrows so naturally I gave him one back . ’ |
| 5 | She had given up work to have the children and she 'd seen them through to school age , when she 'd gone out and found herself another job . |
| 6 | ‘ She says not to worry , she 's found herself some work . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Either take Fatima back or find yourself another woman . ’ |
| 8 | That and finding herself another man . |
| 9 | For if so , you can be finding yourself another shipmaster , for it 's not me that will stand responsible for your mistakes ! |
| 10 | Now when interest charges fall , the person who is buying the house benefits from the reduction in interest charges , but the person who is renting a house in local authority and then in this case nobody , nobody else in Harlow to rent it from , is faced with , not with a decreased monthly rental , but with an ever increasing one because as more and more Council houses are sold the cost of maintaining that there , the superstructure of the town , the cost of maintaining Council houses goes on increasing and so the burden is laid on the tenants and the tenant can find , will find himself that pound for pound increasing his rent while the house owner is decreasing his mortgage charges and at the end of the day the tenant is paying increased rent , increased rate and with nothing to show for it , erm , I 've always been in favour of a sale , of , of property er owner occupiers , but not at the expense of the people who can not afford to be owner occupiers , ah , to my mind , the present housing system is designed to maintain the existing class structure because even with the large discounts that one gets and nobody 's ever yet convinced me that why you should get a discount because you buy a Council house , but if you buy one privately owned you ca n't get a discount and it , there 's , this , this is so utter nonsense , but it is throwing a much heavier burden every time a house is sold on the remaining houses which are for rent , and so you that , although the idea is to make it a classless this society with more and more people owning their own properties the mo the mere fact that the majority of people in the town can not afford to buy even the reduced priced Council house , is an example that the , the system , the class system a division by income still exists . |
| 11 | And come to think of it why did n't he find himself another caddie after the first round ? ’ |
| 12 | He had an idea that he would find himself another flat , and he actually called at a number of agencies in the Bayswater area and asked for their lists . |
| 13 | They lost at home again yesterday they shall find themselves some trouble if they do n't buck their ideas up whether they 're lacking or not |
| 14 | ‘ But I still used to pose on the bike for publicity purposes , ’ she 'd say archly over her tea and Eccles cakes , ‘ until the varicose veins started to show through me silver tights and Flaherty said I 'd better call it a day and let them find themselves another pin-up girl . ’ |
| 15 | Helen said , ‘ I think I should find myself another solicitor . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If you bastards do n't believe me , you can find yourselves another shithouse ! , |