Example sentences of "[pron] found that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He bought a quantity believing they were Ecstasy , but when he tried them found that they were another drug altogether . |
| 2 | However , I found that in many instances this slipping action makes the disc useless , as it is unable to cut to any depth before it stops rotating . |
| 3 | Careful thought had to be given to assembly and I found that the easiest way was to join all the inner to the outer legs first , making eight rectangular frames . |
| 4 | I found that Max Beerbohm , having once met Ezra , declined to enlarge their acquaintance . |
| 5 | ‘ In some ways , ’ he said yesterday , ‘ Python does look very old-fashioned now , yet when I arranged a compilation of all 45 shows for the BBC I found that we had on the Not The Nine O ’ Clock News unintentionally pinched a number of things , putting the signature in the middle of the programme , parodying famous TV interviews . |
| 6 | I found that if I did this , I felt much better and had the feeling that everything would be all right . |
| 7 | I used to have a file , but I found that , as with so many files one opens , I was putting so much in it that it ceased to be useful . |
| 8 | And I found that he was universally right — by which I mean that I was answerable in my body and in my heart for what was done to my brother . |
| 9 | Then I had no excuse not to audition for plays , and when I did I found that I enjoyed it . |
| 10 | When I came back to Scotland I found that generally the standard of club rugby was lower . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I had always thought that its grip on me was purely personal , ’ wrote Amanda , ‘ — I loved it simply because it was my home — but then I found that it caught other people in its web too . ’ |
| 12 | In fact I took her out a couple of times myself when I found that Angela was occupied with someone else . |
| 13 | On a recent visit to Warsaw I found that many of the street names had been changed during the past year . |
| 14 | Travelling back to London by train after the programme , I found that Rodney Bickerstaffe was a fellow passenger . |
| 15 | Even so , I found that a curious structure remained at the service 's centre . |
| 16 | My babies had become thorny bully boys , and I found that my garden was not so large after all . |
| 17 | When I arrived ten minutes before her at one stop ( advance means a few minutes ahead as well as two months ) I found that two ladies in wheelchairs had positioned themselves at the foot of the stairs and were pleading with everyone to let them stay and shake hands with Mrs Thatcher . |
| 18 | When I investigated , I found that the long microphone lines across the stage were picking up BBC Radio 2 . |
| 19 | I found that Mrs Knelle regarded the Ascendancy as comic dodos , and took for granted that they were all opposed to Home Rule . |
| 20 | After that I found that if I iver was in trouble far from home there 'd always be a Sligo man somewhere to help me . ’ |
| 21 | Try me , ’ I said , and I found that I was . |
| 22 | Stunned , I wobbled outside , where fortunately I found that the rain had stopped falling . |
| 23 | Having changed from sweat-sodden clothes , I found that , as the hotel had been taken over for the evening by a wedding party , I and an English couple had a dining-room to ourselves . |
| 24 | I found that it was easy to read and well organised in eight chapters . |
| 25 | I found that ordinary narrow masking tape was the answer . |
| 26 | Pangs of conscience , and ache of loneliness apart , I found that I was stimulated by the challenge of finding my way about this great and beautiful city , and by having to communicate — to try to speak French quickly enough to make actual conversation possible . |
| 27 | I found that weaver species could be sorted into six different types of population dispersion , varying from the solitary to very sociable . |
| 28 | Despite staying for a week , spent mostly looking after of course , I found that the close bond I experienced having witnessed 's birth took a lot longer to develop with . |
| 29 | After first working my times on my Bühlmann decompression work sheet , I found that the Aladin Pro complemented the SAA tables when diving defensively , though I must stress , I used the instrument as a backup to assist the previously worked out dive profiles . |
| 30 | I found that out when I 'd pressed the bell and no one came . |