Example sentences of "[verb] and find that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is perhaps surprising that he did not count and find that he had double the actual number present , but he , too , has departed . |
| 2 | He gave up looking and found that he was on his own . |
| 3 | Jonathan looked upon all that he had made and found that it was very good . |
| 4 | As Ariel 's voice reached through the darkness that had walled up Sycorax in pain , she tried to recall some of the things she had once known ; she murmured and found that when she did so Ariel stopped singing , so she tried not to remember out loud , but to save the retrieved pieces inside her so that the low , scraping voice of the girl she loved would not be interrupted . |
| 5 | He would sometimes open his notes in the pulpit when ready to preach and find that they had been decorated with James ' latest drawings of animals . |
| 6 | He ran to help and found that , instead of repairing it , men were thrusting what they could into carts , still under its netting . |
| 7 | You may like you may have a try and find that you do n't particularly en er like like it after all . |
| 8 | Parents may be confronting their children repeatedly demanding them to do what is asked and find that this produces immense negative emotional reactions : temper tantrums or complete refusal to co-operate are common . |
| 9 | ‘ Gene , let's go and find that lost radio room . |
| 10 | Well , the police have been involved , and I suppose he 's been cautioned now because they 've investigated and found that thi that it was scaring the sheep and that , yes i , he was right to do what he did he quite within his rights and whatever . |
| 11 | But then I finally stopped resisting and found that there 's a life in the land beyond the life of any one person , Thomas ; the lives of the people only stand in the way . ’ |
| 12 | Unix Expo had an independent survey taken and found that its 1992 attendees represent a hefty $10,000m in purchasing power for Unix and open systems : networking is the strategic focus at the exhibition . |
| 13 | Unix Expo had an independent survey taken and found that its 1992 attendees represent a hefty $10 billion in purchasing power for Unix and open systems . |
| 14 | Despite being very close to an agreement with NALGO it was disappointing for the Special Finance Committee held on the 7 October 1992 to learn that the latest package offer had been rejected and to find that a number of employees had taken industrial action to lobby the meeting . |
| 15 | Marks must have retired long since but he might still be around and , on the principle that half an hour 's chat over a beer is worth a whole file of police gobbledegook , Kersey decided to enquire and found that Marks was still extant , sharing a bungalow with his sister and her husband in Newlyn . |