find the lady
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It takes the rest of the evening to find the lady and make her confess.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wondering what all this could mean, he turned to find the lady standing at his side, silently regarding him in a wrapt manner.
From The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton by Curtis, Wardon Allan
At an hour when she was sure to find the lady alone, she went and solicited alms, weeping and bemoaning her sad fate at being a lonely old woman whose husband was long since dead.
From Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales by Adler, Cyrus
"You would not—" "They will not find the lady."
From Charred Wood by Shepherd, J. Clinton
"And this morning," remarked the man of aliases, with a smile, "I was Miss Du Plessis or Martha Baggs, so Rawdon will have hard work to find the lady of his affections."
From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John
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