Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] find [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | So we thought , ‘ We 'll get the National Trust to take it , ’ and we were flabbergasted when we found out that the Trust could n't afford to take it without an endowment . |
2 | Unfortunately , they rolled them up again quick when they found out that Moz was after 40 grand for the privilege . |
3 | Make sure that you find out where you can get real help . |
4 | ‘ Look , I may have been angry when I found out but … ’ |
5 | But the baby — Steve would be shocked when he found out and perhaps Fernando was right , he did need her support . |
6 | It certainly seemed that a chapter of my life was closing , and I felt even more disgruntled when I found out that the other girls had all managed to get postings near their homes for their final few months in the Service . |
7 | ‘ A ’ comes round quite a lot to get her eyebrows done and she was quite hurt when she found out that she was n't my type — ‘ what 's the matter with me ? ’ |
8 | Young Victor , a Romantic from birth , was excited when the family was given free seats for the theatre for every night of its stay , less excited when he found out that the programme never changed , so that it meant sitting through the same melodrama every night for a month . |
9 | We were very upset when we found out that a dual carriageway might be built in the fields past the wild duck pond behind our home . |