Example sentences of "to see if [pers pn] [vb mod] find " in BNC.
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| 1 | Planners will today be told to see if they can find a way to close a vital Nottingham City Centre link road without causing major traffic problems . |
| 2 | " They came round again to see if they could find any more clues , " Sara said , " but so far a blank ; and also , I don think anything was stolen , thanks to you . |
| 3 | The children looked all along the bank to see if they could find a boat . |
| 4 | rush over to see if we can find the pot of gold . |
| 5 | Although Korda was now more of a financier than an active producer , it was his suggestion that led Graham Greene to visit Austria to see if he could find the background in the four-power occupation of Vienna which would inspire him to extend his one-line story : ‘ I had paid my last farewell to Harry less than a week ago , when his coffin was lowered in the frozen February ground , so that it was with incredulity that I saw him pass by , without a sign of recognition , among the host of strangers in the Strand . ’ |
| 6 | You want me to see if I can find Mick do n't you ? |
| 7 | As it was soon to be finally and completely demolished , I took the first opportunity of looking round and about the old shed to see if I could find something , anything , of interest relating to the depot to add to my growing collection of ‘ Railwayana ’ . |
| 8 | Accordingly , one winter 's day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place in America , I decided to see if I could find him . |
| 9 | ‘ You remember you asked me to see if I could find out who it was that had sent that news item about Leila in to Al-Liwa . ’ |
| 10 | Select a strong healthy stem that has borne a good bloom , or is still carrying one that has gone over the top , and look at the stem lower down — to see if you can find nice plump axillary buds or eyes in the leaf axils — these are latent growth buds , and they are going to become your new roses ! |
| 11 | And Billy Smallbury , she wants you to go to Casterbridge , to see if you can find the young soldier who 's been courting Fanny . ’ |
| 12 | She could n't understand what had gone wrong : she thought , at first , of joining that little knot of onlookers to see if she could find out more . |
| 13 | She moved her mouth about a bit to see if she could find her tongue . |
| 14 | She searched the hazy , unfocused faces to see if she could find Johnny amongst them , but she could not be sure . |
| 15 | His wife Mary will fly to Nepal tomorrow to see if she can find any of the manuscripts . |