Example sentences of "[pron] find " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Canadian frequently came to the net , so Petchey had to rely on his passing shots , but not enough of them found the mark . |
| 2 | At the end of that time , each one of them had experienced unpleasant symptoms ; some became hostile and argumentative ; some had panic attacks and nightmares ; all of them found their attention span had grown shorter and they were finding it more difficult to remember things . |
| 3 | He bought a quantity believing they were Ecstasy , but when he tried them found that they were another drug altogether . |
| 4 | Whatever these changes were , many who witnessed them found them worrying and unsettling . |
| 5 | Many of them found it easier to move on to the North American mainland after their indentures had expired . |
| 6 | Both of them found it difficult to express their feelings on the war , except in the third person , so strong were their views . |
| 7 | If one of them found lice it must be a tragedy for all of them … they must comb each other 's hair , help each other when they were sick , live as a community , in short . |
| 8 | Constitutions there have certain essential characteristics , none of them found in Britain . |
| 9 | By now she was six feet tall and to the patients she looked like Boadicea with a bedpan ; none of them found her calming , and the sisters regarded her hair with secret fear . |
| 10 | J. F. Campbell tells of sticks with sharpened ends which had been burnt and hardened in a fire and said he had seen one of them found in a moss , and writes " They used to throw them from them , and could aim exceedingly with them , and they could drive through a man . |
| 11 | He was an Edinburgh solicitor who had two houses , two cars and had commuted between two women before one of them found out about the other . |
| 12 | Most of them found additional useful material , but found it difficult to understand " their location in relation to the original search " ( Figure 5.7 ) . |
| 13 | Perhaps Isabelle had n't wanted them found at all , had intended her secret , whatever it was , to die with her . |
| 14 | ‘ My guess is that one of them found the other end of the conduit , maybe the Fax machine at Pegasus or evidence of Cawthorne acting on information he should n't have had . |
| 15 | Economists were being involved in the process of economic decision making in a manner which had been unknown previously , and most of them found this admission to the counsels of the influential and powerful to be very congenial . |
| 16 | Starting with William Morris in the 1870s , a group of them found the medieval setting , craft traditions and stunning landsacapes they wanted in which to work . |
| 17 | About 300 of them found work at either Stephenson 's or the North Road Works . |
| 18 | Around 250 responses were received last year commenting on the group 's initial consultation paper , and 140 of them found fault . |
| 19 | He asked me to find you and to offer you his apologies and regrets . |
| 20 | This poem helped me to find a way back into my own poetry . |
| 21 | Later , habit was to help me to find Aunt Louise with the assurance of a homing pigeon ; now , hesitant of asking the way ( being unable to read on the faces of those I encountered whether they were patients or helpers ) , I had great difficulty in finding the right building ; and then — up ill-lit stone staircases and along corridors — in finding the ward to which I had been directed . |
| 22 | ‘ He used me to find out about Madge , about Mr Bishop and you as well . |
| 23 | The CO sent me to find you . ’ |
| 24 | Could you help me to find the history of my SWB lightweight IIA , chassis number 23600870A ? |
| 25 | Can you please help me to find some waterproof seat covers . |
| 26 | You have run after me to find out this thing as if it were just an answer to a riddle , or a joke which you remembered half of . |
| 27 | I know that these things too are real , and yet I know that they too have helped me to find beauty . |
| 28 | It was always a shock to me to find the life of the University town going along normally , as though the war was happening somewhere else . |
| 29 | It is now most unusual for me to find anyone with whom I can have a knowledgeable chat about day and night netting . |
| 30 | ‘ I always felt it was difficult for me to find films . |