Example sentences of "[conj] find [conj] it [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the opening decades of the 19th century Glasgow woke up and found that it was no longer an ancient market place reached by tree-lined avenues . |
| 2 | He tore it open and found that it was n't empty , just that the fine powder inside took up so little space . |
| 3 | Jonathan looked upon all that he had made and found that it was very good . |
| 4 | Darwin had himself studied some of these plants , verifying that they do actually consume the flies which land in their pitchers or on their leaves and get caught there , and finding that it was apparently to nitrogenous compounds that the plants responded . |
| 5 | She could wake up and find that it was still the night of their parents ' wedding , that only that afternoon she and Stephen had been on the train . |
| 6 | But to this day I have nightmares in which I have to go back to school , and I 'm so relieved to wake up and find that it was only a dream . |
| 7 | After an arduous approach march they reached Heraklion airfield , but found that it was well guarded . |