Example sentences of "he [modal v] find [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's difficult to know who 's the bigger dreamer , Franco Sbarro or Willy Koenig , who is convinced he 'll find 30 buyers for his 236mph , £700,000 C62 Porsche-engined , Porsche 926 race-car clone . |
| 2 | He might have sexual desires , he might find certain people attractive . |
| 3 | I ventured on one or two occasions to suggest that he might find some way of dispensing with her services . |
| 4 | If he could find one thing to put his heart into , it would solve everything . ’ |
| 5 | If he could find convincing words to say it in one striking and memorable phrase , he might be truly on his way . |
| 6 | If he could find this gate , he reckoned that there would be a paved road leading to the temple . |
| 7 | Surely , if he could find this source then he might find a lot more ? |
| 8 | She knew perfectly well that if she gave him any warning he 'd find some excuse to refuse to see her , so , having dumped her own things in her flat , she went straight round to his , hoping to catch him before he went out . |
| 9 | And she knew she was expendable ; one word out of place and he would find another Sunday partner . |
| 10 | ‘ When I argued , he said if I lost my licence he would find another job for me in the organisation . ’ |
| 11 | In Paris , if he strolled into the Dôme or the Rotonde , he would find interesting types , émigrés , intellectuals , beauties or bohemians , or Zbo could hire models for him . |
| 12 | Zbo had been impressed , when he convalesced in the south in 1916 , by the rich residents there and he believed , somewhat naïvely , that he would find important clients to buy his paintings . |
| 13 | He would find this man , help this man . |
| 14 | If that dreadful mid-Atlantic ‘ celebrity ’ who rummages through other people 's houses in the appalling ‘ Through the Keyhole ’ TV programme delved through the house of Australia rugby , he would find any amount of shimmering silverware — the World Cup itself , the Bledisloe Cup , and so on — but the contents would tell you nothing about the true greatness of the inhabitants . |
| 15 | When he is truly King , he will find other favourites , and no reason to keep you or me at his side . |
| 16 | And he will find all sorts of possible explanations for the choice of godparents who are friends of the non-Christian couple , equally non-religious and yet quite happy to vow that they will , in the name of the child , renounce the devil and all his works , the vain pomp and glory of the world , with all covetous desires of the same , and the carnal desires of the flesh , so that they will not follow , nor be led by them . |
| 17 | Before he makes wild aspersions about other people , he should visit the school in his constituency , where he will find excellent education going on . |
| 18 | These sort of facts are hardly likely to give Graham any festive cheer , but he can find some solace by taking a swift glance at last season 's results . |
| 19 | He can find another job . |
| 20 | He has ruled out any keel or mast changes in the four days left before the final trials but hopes he can find more speed by using new sails . |