Example sentences of "but find [that] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Country Diary : OXFORDSHIRE : When , during the October gales , the ground beneath my Sturmer Pippin was strewn with windfalls , I attempted to harvest the remnant , but found that they were still firmly affixed to their spurs , and that those which had fallen had been wrenched off , spurs and all . |
| 2 | She tried to pin her thoughts elsewhere , but found that they always boomeranged back . |
| 3 | It is the place which our neighbours find so fascinating that , in spite of our invitation to enter the living room , they say , ‘ I wo n't stay a moment ’ , but find that they stay thirty minutes ! |
| 4 | What happens very often here is that participants are inspired by the social and professional intensity of the event but find that they have little to carry home with them except a heady sense of general enlightenment which is often quickly dispersed on its contact with reality . |
| 5 | Commuters read paperbacks as they sit in trains , but find that they may need to rest from this activity more frequently than when they are reading in a comfortable and well-lit place at home . |