Example sentences of "had learn to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She might be proud , but she had learned to be provident ! |
| 2 | He had learned to be content . |
| 3 | Frankie had learned to be wary of that place . |
| 4 | Your mother had learned to be independent in Paris — her own woman . |
| 5 | The nomes had learned to be worried by things with flashing blue lights on top . |
| 6 | Wordsworth had to learn to be simple . |
| 7 | As a younger son he had learnt to be content with small advantages when greater ones were not to be had ; yet he had not lost the capacity for large designs or for rapid action when need arose . |
| 8 | When St Paul told the Christians in Philippi that he had learnt to be content , he did n't mean that he was smug ; it did n't mean that he had been well fed and could put his feet up . |
| 9 | Sad to say , I had learnt to be suspicious of good-looking young men who for no particular reason seemed to take a sudden interest in me . |