Example sentences of "could not find him " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stepped back to avoid the overpowering closeness of his face and a little man on the inner circle of the crowd startled me with a friendly smile , but I could not find him again when I looked for him . |
| 2 | Escaped to a comforting , numbing succession of thanks and farewells , for the party was beginning to break up : ‘ Happy New Year , ’ echoed again and again , as Liz searched vaguely for Charles but could not find him , Happy New Year , see you soon , goodbye , say goodbye to Charles for me , goodbye . |
| 3 | I could not find him , and I began to hope that he had not followed us to the hotel . |
| 4 | We searched the edge of the lake , but we could not find him . |
| 5 | I explained we had searched for Horne but could not find him . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I could n't find him last night . |
| 7 | ‘ You could n't find him ? ’ |
| 8 | When I could n't find him , I was worried he might be there , pinching her money . |
| 9 | I then went to the Grosvenor Hotel where they said Frank was , but still could n't find him so returned to the BAAB . |
| 10 | Where was Arbuthnot hiding , that half the police in Ireland and the IRA could n't find him , and Claire could ? |
| 11 | The child was emphatic , ‘ but he just went away , we looked for him but could n't find him ’ . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | His dad was with him at the race , but he could n't find him and gave the grenade to a marshal . |
| 14 | The driver could n't find him at first as only the top of his helmet was visible . |
| 15 | She looked for him once or twice ; even went one day to the tiny public library which was in a room with stained glass windows at the back of the Town Hall , but she could n't find him . |
| 16 | He looked round for Huw Pritchard , but could n't find him . |
| 17 | They could n't find him . ’ |
| 18 | We all began to search for him , but we could n't find him . |
| 19 | At first she could n't find him anywhere but finally she tracked him down to the big barn . |
| 20 | Posters on every lamp post promised a personal appearance of Peter the Panda , representing the Darlington and Stockton Times , but we could n't find him either . |
| 21 | And I put father all the time and I could n't find him . |
| 22 | And er I went to look for him once and I could n't f Could n't find him anywhere . |
| 23 | And erm so she used And then sh I used to take lunch for father and I could n't find him . |
| 24 | Could n't find him . |
| 25 | And I could n't find him once and I shouted , Father , father . |
| 26 | But he sat there three hours on the motorway waiting for the bloody A A man to find him and , apparently he did n't find it , could n't find him sa cos he rang back he said , look there 's no one come yet ! |