Example sentences of "[vb past] find [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never did find Higon Cussi . |
| 2 | They never did find Nisodemus again , even though a party of strong-stomached nomes went back much later and searched through the ruts and the mud . |
| 3 | Reagan 's anti-Communism did find sympathy in Europe , from Britain 's Margaret Thatcher and , after 1982 , from the new German Chancellor , Helmut Kohl . |
| 4 | But he did find sodium absorption in a star 1100 light years from the Sun , and in stars that were more distant than this . |
| 5 | ‘ We have no idea who the murderer is or how he or she gained access to Sir Ralph , though we did find Sir Fulke 's buckle . ’ |
| 6 | We did find time for some work at Orkney which even produced a few seizures , but we were a little early for the oil traffic which was only just beginning to affect the island . |
| 7 | I NEVER did find Mr Wright although , following the instructions I received at my briefing , I spent some time looking for him . |
| 8 | But a number of older women did find ways of earning , especially after they were widowed : as a midwife , nursing , or doing ‘ a little bit of needlework to keep herself going ’ , or baking cakes for sale . |
| 9 | The next day she had the whole thing in perspective again , especially after she did find Louise at lunch and told her as much of the story as she could without mentioning Tom Russell . |