Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] learn [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tremayne bore the jokes with reasonable fortitude , cheered by the absence of enquiry or even remarks from the Jockey Club , not even strictures about ‘ bringing racing into disrepute ’ , which I 'd learned was the yardstick for in-house punishment . |
| 2 | Maureen 's skill lay in basic first-aid and tender loving care , so I did n't learn about diseases or complicated injuries — but what I did learn was vital to my future work . |
| 3 | The turbine had arrived from the works , and also the alternator , which by now I had learned was merely another name for a generator , though of a fancier kind as it made AC whereas a generator made only DC . |
| 4 | The first thing I had to learn was that my parents ' use of guilt was not for my benefit but for theirs . |
| 5 | The hardest and most necessary lesson I had to learn was how to say goodbye . |
| 6 | In fact , the weeds were the most notable feature at first glance — more than waist-high in places , and Nigel soon disappeared among them , heading uphill to check the height of the fall of water , which I had learnt was described as ‘ the head ’ . |
| 7 | And the temptation to try out all she 'd learned was suddenly overwhelming . |
| 8 | All she had learned was that he was a man whose wife thought him the apple of her eye and who had tastes in Italian painting that were remarkably similar to her own . |
| 9 | One thing she had learned was , never take a bet with Mandy . |
| 10 | From there she returned to her room until , leaving herself plenty of time to spare , and dressed in her best suit , a leaf-green wool affair with a rounded neck and long-line jacket , she ran a final comb through her shining pale gold hair and left the hotel for an address which she had learned was actually on the outskirts of Mariánské Láznë . |
| 11 | The study skills she had learnt were certainly of value — six weeks before she went on her first overseas assignment her company put her through a crash course in Greek ! |
| 12 | He said the first verb he 'd learned was ‘ to love ’ and the first noun ‘ a table ’ , bizarre beginnings to a vocabulary with no connection between the parts . |
| 13 | What he did learn was the coffee machine . |
| 14 | A union would have to issue written warnings to all those members it had learned were threatening an unofficial stoppage telling them that they risked dismissal without compensation if the strike continued . |
| 15 | But one thing he was sure he had learnt was that Marriage was no part of any conspiracy , had indeed no useful friends left . |