Example sentences of "can n't find the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are making the chances but we ca n't find the back of the net . |
| 2 | Just ca n't find the way to put things . |
| 3 | Christ , and I ca n't find the money to buy my kids new shoes ! |
| 4 | Not being covered by state-run health insurance has been a major worry because ‘ sometimes I get very sick and I ca n't find the money to go to the doctor , ’ says Rita . |
| 5 | Either it ca n't find the address or they 're checking the place out . |
| 6 | ca n't find the joint . |
| 7 | ‘ We ca n't find the caretaker to open the locker-room door , ’ replied the assistant . |
| 8 | Oh I ca n't find the cream ! |
| 9 | They are trying to get as many people affected to come forward to do something , the main stumbling block is they ca n't find the company . ’ |
| 10 | She ca n't find the stereo Oh lovely . |
| 11 | ‘ We ca n't find the lady 's handbag . |
| 12 | You ca n't find the treasure without the map . |
| 13 | If you ca n't find the pattern you want in a vinyl , you can protect paper wallcoverings with a polyurethane varnish , but it may yellow the pattern slightly . |
| 14 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
| 15 | I ca n't find the car keys . |
| 16 | Maybe they ca n't find the book . |
| 17 | I ca n't find the model . |
| 18 | Di , Di did n't have but the one but he come up , he said said he wants a spirit level and he wants a tape measure he 'd got the spirit level he said I ca n't find the tape measure he said , said it was on top of the bag . |
| 19 | Ca n't find the button that opens the door … let's try this one … . ’ |
| 20 | I would but it 's locked and we ca n't find the key … |
| 21 | Right if you have n't if you ca n't find the dictionary you could look in the paper see what time Neighbours is on . |
| 22 | You say to yourself , ‘ What 's with these dumbos — they ca n't find the street ? |
| 23 | ‘ We wonder why it happened to our Danny and right now we just ca n't find the answer to that . |
| 24 | Bashful , I ca n't find the letter B |
| 25 | It is hardly fair to expect a widow , for instance , to sell at a discount because you ca n't find the cash to meet a fair valuation . |