Example sentences of "[adv] to find [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smells are employed most widely to find food , but they also help many animals and plants to avoid being eaten . |
| 2 | He landed on 10 July ( English style ) and went on to find Paris en fête celebrating the supposed death of William III ; sadly , James knew better . |
| 3 | At the next crossroads turn right to find Everdon Stubbs . |
| 4 | We all must work together to find Transport alternatives to be rid of the present traffic-hells of Oxford and other cities , and this is urgent . |
| 5 | It emphasises that airlines should get together to find ways of combating terrorism . |
| 6 | He glanced in to find Nadine Cunningham smiling at him from the driver 's seat . |
| 7 | As she was taken away , other officers moved in to find Pringle , 24 , slumped in the first floor bedroom with injuries to his neck and face . |
| 8 | Now some archaeologists dig down to find things , others study things that are above ground . |
| 9 | The prouder and more articulate seaman had seen his pay and status in continuous decline from 1815 when , at the , end of the Napoleonic wars , " the government , without the least consideration for those who had battled on the ocean in defence of their king and country , disbanded the Fleets and cast adrift some thousands of Seamen suddenly to find employment in the merchant service " . |
| 10 | You may find yourself writing detailed advertisements for an insurance company specific enough to find favour with their actuaries , or inventing a reason for people to buy a particular chocolate bar . |
| 11 | We were also lucky enough to find Goutama , whom I remembered as a young syce in the Legation stables when I was a boy ; he had accompanied my father on his long trek to Nairobi in 1914 . |
| 12 | The Henstocks were lucky enough to find lodgings in the village while they awaited a new home . |
| 13 | I 'd never met anyone like you , and the fact that there was a rumour that you were newly in mourning for your father just added to the mystique , because I was young enough to find tragedy romantic . ’ |
| 14 | I know of one pub where an ‘ old timer ’ will grudgingly show you a fine piece of ‘ gold ore ’ that he was lucky enough to find years ago . |
| 15 | To achieve that abroad , they need not only to find suppliers willing to work in their way , but also to build a commercial relationship in which each is dependent on the other . |
| 16 | If , however , he were to arrive only to find Madeleine promised to someone else , he would have to suffer again those bitter pangs of regret he 'd endured before he came out to Blue Ash Farm . |
| 17 | North once offered Calero a bullet-proof vest — ‘ the same sort the President wears ’ — Only to find Calero shocked at the implication that he ought to be looking danger in the face . |
| 18 | I whipped the key out and turned to run through the Square only to find Shifty-Eyes standing blocking the pavement . |
| 19 | In Martin Luther 's words , just as a mother goes to the cradle only to find the baby , we go to the Bible only to find Christ . |
| 20 | Middlesbrough showed more controlled football against a side that was booed off at half-time by the home crowd but which stepped up pressure after the break , only to find Boro 's defence holding firm . |
| 21 | Keighley went into the Fixture Exchange Pool to find an opponent , only to find Hymerians in the pool too . |
| 22 | He could have continued placidly with the life he had chosen , and would have excelled ; but telegrams of a peremptory nature , saying his mother 's illness had taken a turn for the worse and he must come , kept arriving from Colonel Carteret , and Paul had to leave his work , abandon lectures , and make the weary journey to London time and again , only to find Sophia weak but resigned , and reproachful for his having come at all . |
| 23 | They had the most horrendous ten days waiting for the tests , only to find Richard had n't got it . |
| 24 | The Wallabies had an early morning departure so Ofahengaue returned to the hotel at 4.30a.m. — only to find St George officials waiting in a car in the hotel car park looking for Ofahengaue to return . |
| 25 | Even in July or August it is possible not only to find accommodation but to pay very little for it . |
| 26 | He washed and dressed quietly and stole into the kitchen , only to find Zelah making coffee . |
| 27 | It is clearly necessary to find a unified and consistent explanation of all these phenomena and by doing so to find ways of doing better in the future on all three points . |
| 28 | The population is diminishing due to the advancement of the machine on the farm , so very few men are needed on the land , and many of the young folk have to go elsewhere to find work . |
| 29 | ‘ He might go elsewhere to find food . |
| 30 | They went indoors to find Donald splitting wood to start the fire . |