find you driving through town on the back of a Harley
Hi! I'm watching an American TV show where two sisters write down what kind of man they would like to have. The first sister reads: "You want the sexy silent type that finds you driving through town on the back of a Harley at 3:00 in the morning. A man who appreciates scented candles, body oils and Italian sheets. He's about hunger and lust and danger."
I wonder if you could tell me what "finds you driving through town on the back of a Harley" means here. Is the man on the same bike as the woman? Or is it more like "as the man (she wants to have) was walking along the street, he saw her with some other man driving though town on the back of a Harley"?
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If we look at it literally: "driving through town on the back of a Harley at 3:00 in the morning" modifies "you", and "you" refers to the woman. This would mean the woman is the person on the Harley.
But English can sometimes be vague and drop conjunction words that clarify meaning. I think the phrase actually means this: The sexy silent type, driving through town on the back of a Harley at 3 am, finds you. The topic of the sentence is a sexy silent type, and there isn't any purpose to describe "you" (the woman) in this context.
The speaker (woman) wants a man, sexy and silent, and fantasizes about the man finding her while the man is riding a motorcycle late at night/early in the morning.
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