Example sentences of "you could [not/n't] find " in BNC.

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1 I could n't help but notice that you could not find an appropriate country for Brian Mulroney , Canada 's prime minister .
2 It will then follow you in as you enter saying you could not find it .
3 I 'm sorry , I just wanted to make a couple of points in response to erm things that people have said in relation to my opening statement , erm Mr Brook er mentioned the fact that er none of the employe none of the new settlement proposals of which he was aware , erm included an employment element , erm I just wanted to place on record the fact that our suggested reworking of policy H two does provide for an explicit land er amount of land for employment purposes , erm as part of the new settlement location , I wanted to say that because I , I 'm not invited to appear on your employment day , and I do feel that this is an important component of the the H two strategy , and clearly that employment component will be drawn from the Greater York allocation , the second point , Mr Sexton erm I believe said that in his view you could not find a site for a larger new settlement er within the or outside the Greater York er greenbelt , erm which would not result in physical coalescence with the existing villages in the area , now I 'm not sure whether he was referring to any particular size of larger new settlement , but I invite you to look at the er land range at one to fifty thousand er map of the area , and you will see that the area outside the greenbelt is characterized by erm a very rural area with sporadic villages , and my believe is that there are erm sites available within that area which could accommodate a larger new settlement , the planning point is of course the larger the new settlement becomes , I think the less that that the reduced number of sites you will have available to accommodate erm that proposal , because of its scale , and the third aspect I want to comment on Mr Cunnane and Mr Thomas erm said that Barton Willmore had not made a need argument for the new settlement , well if I 'm not mistaken that 's what we spent most of this morning discussing under policy H one , and I do n't erm I do n't wish , and I do n't suppose that I 'd be invited to repeat the comments made by Mr Grigson this morning , I do n't think there 's any need for that , but that establishes in our mind very clearly there is a need for a new settlement in the range of two thousand to two thousand five hundred dwellings , erm in the period up to two thousand and six , and I wo n't say anything more on that .
4 You could n't find your way round this city any more ( and here is a strange thought ) than you have got the practical hang of the little fortress prison at Omsk by the end of The House of the Dead .
5 You could n't find him ? ’
6 Established to tackle thorny problems , it was hardly surprising that , in the words of Lord Shawcross , ‘ if you could n't find a solution which commanded general support , then at least you 'd find a way which would enable the whole matter to be put on the back shelf . ’
7 For a relaxing holiday in a quiet setting , yet with easy access of a lovely beach and the amazing nightlife of Palma and Magalluf , you could n't find a better spot to enjoy the best of both worlds .
8 You 'd ring her if you could n't find your socks where you thought they should be . ’
9 Maggie started to laugh , saying , ; ‘ If you could n't find him among the five hundred there 's less chance you 'll find him among the fifty . ’
10 But you could n't find any to say he should stay in the Government .
11 But you could n't find Connie either . ’
12 Then I said to them , " Its a pity you could n't find me foster parents " , and the social worker said , " What a brilliant idea ! "
13 You could n't find a more ordinary chap than me . ’
14 And you could n't find anyone more down-to-earth than Orrie . ’
15 Well , er , if you did , then if you were looking for something , you could n't find where it was , you know , you 'd have to delve in , and you take ages to find whatever you 're looking for .
16 I think that given that you were er , you could n't find the basic book that you were expected to read , I thought you , you gave an excellent account of it , I mean , if you had n't told us that you had n't got the book , I do n't think we would have guessed , would we ?
17 You could n't find that one , could you ?
18 And if you look at , er in para six , arrangements for staff transfers , you could n't find staff transferring en bloc .
19 Well you could n't find them the other day , you said they were n't there did n't you ?
20 For example my dad 's brother Omega which you could n't find in Switzerland
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