Example sentences of "had find a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , thinking the process through sensibly , I realised I needed to write an essay before winning the £200 , hence I had to find a suitable topic . |
| 2 | First we had to find a new propeller and this was delivered by Sam , an engineer from Technical Branch , who made a record marathon run in his tiny van from Southampton to join us at Oban . |
| 3 | Industrialized countries , however , felt that with international economic arrangements increasingly being negotiated through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) , the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) , UNCTAD had to find a new purpose . |
| 4 | ‘ Had to find a quiet corner . |
| 5 | The low headroom on the staircase meant that we had to find a sensible height for the border by doing a ‘ dry ’ run without cutting any material from the roll ( an assistant is invaluable for this ) . |
| 6 | In fact once submerged they had to find a red rod and drag themselves along it to the other side of the stage ; more than one mother screamed in fear when she saw the show . |
| 7 | Its pressure paid off , but Whitehall had to find a face-saving formula to cover its miscalculation . |
| 8 | In order to win West Bank allegiance in the face of Israeli and Jordanian competition , the PLO had to find a local partner . |
| 9 | Our first problem was one the water was quite cold and so everyone had to find a wet suit to fit them , which caused a slight problem . |
| 10 | We had to find a proper bin to chuck it in . |
| 11 | And yet Charles Henstock had found a great deal of happiness in later life since his marriage to Dimity . |
| 12 | Slightly surprised at a mess sergeant who did n't know all about every officer , Maxim was about to deny it when he realised that , by chance , he had found a great cover story . |
| 13 | John Rhead arrived and , after only a few minutes , we knew we had found a genuine birder . |
| 14 | Then Kerry began to realise that she had found a strange kind of relief amid the disappointment that knocked her sideways when she first saw Panos . |
| 15 | Within 10 minutes I had found a suitable love-nest at the Glasgow Green , some 200 yards from the High Court . |
| 16 | ‘ I would consider it my duty to remain at the salon until you had found a suitable replacement for me , ’ she said primly . |
| 17 | They drove towards Ashdown Forest , and even before they had found a suitable place to stop , Charlotte had begun to recount the events of the past week in such detail that it was obvious she was holding nothing back . |
| 18 | Another day I observed the antics of a sea bird who had found a small crab in one of those rock pools on the beach below the house . |
| 19 | They had found a small restaurant away from the theatre circuit where there was no chance of bumping into Gesner . |
| 20 | They had found a small table tucked in between three long ones , and had already been given a jug of iced water , a long loaf , a pot of butter and a plate of olives . |
| 21 | She had found a traditional-style establishment , full of oak beams and dried flowers , which specialised in meat grilled on an open fire in the restaurant itself . |
| 22 | The tsar , however , believed he had found a better way to knit his territories together than any conceived by his predecessors . |
| 23 | The sting of this question was to some extent drawn for Schleiermacher himself by the fact that he so closely identified immediate self-consciousness with God-consciousness as to believe that he had found a real and solid bridge between the two sides of the matter . |
| 24 | About three weeks ago , I was told by a voluntary worker for the homeless how she had found a 15-year-old girl , five months pregnant , sleeping on the concrete steps of a doorway in Charing Cross . |
| 25 | As before , he was concerned to hear that we had enjoyed a good flight to his native city , had found a good hotel and that we were managing to survive the bitter cold , the snow and the ice of a Canadian winter . |
| 26 | He believed he had found a good humoured gentleman in Holland who would send him plants , but was critical of him for overheating his stoves . |
| 27 | She had found a good quick way of conveying the fact that something had arisen suddenly at her end that must claim her immediate attention ; a summons to go to the boss s office , the arrival of someone with whom she had an appointment , or letters to be signed to catch the afternoon post . |
| 28 | The client concerned wanted both a finance director and a managing director ; the headhunter had found a good candidate with an accountancy background to be MD , before deciding that the same man would be better in the finance director position . |
| 29 | Perhaps he had found a new temporary partner by now . |
| 30 | S&N , not for the first time , enjoyed a heady ferment as , once again , the market was gripped by the story that the Elders ' 23.7 per cent shareholding had found a new home . |