Example sentences of "to learn that [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were senior captains from the flagship of Everard 's coasting fleet and they were somewhat surprised to learn that we had a flagship too . |
| 2 | Cecil would not be best pleased to learn that we have agreed . |
| 3 | We were , therefore , astonished to learn that they had rejected the offer of the lease of this Council-owned three-mile stretch . |
| 4 | Owen himself rather enjoyed the views but he had been a little surprised to learn that they had also drawn the Prince . |
| 5 | The Australians magnificently took revenge for their defeat last time when they had the bronze medal taken away from them , but England were happy to learn that they have a last-eight encounter today with Sweden . |
| 6 | No doubt the jury would have been interested to hear that the victim had convictions for offences of dishonesty , and conceivably even more impressed ( though in law they would be wrong to be ) to learn that she had in the past tried to stab a policeman . |
| 7 | On the morning she was expected in the office for the signing ceremony , Stephen Navin , Virgin 's lawyer , telephoned the singer 's lawyers , only to learn that she had actually signed for a larger sum to CBS the day before . |
| 8 | He looked about him , for once strangely ill at ease , disconcerted to learn that she had ridden off ahead of him . |
| 9 | No doubt he exaggerated ( such was his wont where his conscience was concerned ) ; yet the only news she had received from Em herself had not been happy ; and now — to learn that she had suffered a miscarriage in that desert place at such a time of year , and that she had not felt able to share the grief of it with her own affectionate sister … |
| 10 | How chagrined he would be to learn that she had n't sought the interview in the first place ; that had been just another of the wrong conclusions that he had drawn about her ! |
| 11 | Why did it hurt to learn that it had been the machinations of others that had brought them together this time ? |
| 12 | A single fallen leaf can smother a wide area of seedlings and it is perhaps no surprise then to learn that it has such a large seed , which could not only penetrate this mass but have enough stores to supply a seedling as it grew up through it . |
| 13 | ‘ A Bit of a Smash in Madras ’ , told in the words of an English employee of a company in the east , had all the best qualities of his prose : pace , realism ( Connolly was amazed to learn that he had never been in India ) , exact rendering of the spoken word . |
| 14 | It had been a blow to learn that he had gone away to spend Christmas with ‘ friends in the country ’ , and she imagined him surrounded by fascinating girls all more attractive than herself . |
| 15 | I telephoned that prison only to learn that he had been transferred to Risley . |
| 16 | After several years , therefore , when the illness recurred , Margaret sent after Richard only to learn that he had died at the hour she was afflicted . |
| 17 | I was sorry to learn that you 'd left . ’ |
| 18 | It was good to learn that you had managed to sell the dozen copies of the book which you took with you . |
| 19 | ‘ It might interest you to learn that I 've changed my opinion on that matter , ’ he admitted drily . |
| 20 | Readers may be surprised to learn that I have never owned anything larger than a 48″ × 18″ × 18″ , though at one point many years ago a 72″ × 18″ ( angle iron , with a divided front like the windscreen in very old Morris Minors ) nearly came to live with me . |
| 21 | Dept. , Convocation and alumni to learn that I have been elected Vice-President of the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education . |
| 22 | ‘ Then you 'll doubtless be delighted to learn that I have n't cried since the day I decided to go boating on the duck pond at home , only to find when I was halfway across that my rowing-boat was holed . |