Example sentences of "they had find [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Very well , ’ sighed Isabel , obeying only because she knew they had to find shelter , and there was none where they stood . |
| 2 | One widow and four unmarried people were sharing the little house , and still they had to find room for the customers who wanted an ounce of tobacco or a portion of snuff . |
| 3 | The case was reported in the Washington Post of Jan. 11 as one of the most closely watched of the judicial term because it tested the authority of federal judges , once they had found discrimination , to ensure that it was remedied . |
| 4 | Some of them had found making love an enjoyable experience but others talked about how they had found sex an anti-climax , especially the first time . |
| 5 | In mid-1990 researchers from the National Science Foundation in the USA said that they had found evidence that ultraviolet light penetrating the seasonally thinner ozone layer protecting the earth from the sun 's harmful ultraviolet rays was damaging marine life in the oceans around Antarctica . |
| 6 | In superfluity , it now became apparent , they had found satisfaction . |
| 7 | After four years of service they could return home for a holiday with the family or bring out their wives and children , providing they had found accommodation for them . |
| 8 | In the week after the election we asked our panel to look back Over the whole campaign and tell us how useful they had found television , the press , and other sources for : ( 1 ) helping decide what party leaders and personalities were really like ; ( 2 ) keeping them informed about the issues ; and ( 3 ) helping them decide how to vote . |
| 9 | In 864 , the Edict of Pîtres ordered that peasants who had fled because of the Vikings should not be oppressed by counts or others in the places in which they had found refuge : they were to return home to their original lordships but they should be allowed to keep their earnings from working in the vineyards ; on the other hand , if they had married and fathered offspring while resident in others ' lordships , the wives and children were to remain with those lords . |
| 10 | But Letitia stayed in touch , and together , sadly as it turned out , they had found family member Number Three . |