Example sentences of "and find [conj] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the opening decades of the 19th century Glasgow woke up and found that it was no longer an ancient market place reached by tree-lined avenues . |
| 2 | He tore it open and found that it was n't empty , just that the fine powder inside took up so little space . |
| 3 | The fish snaps at these enticingly offered morsels and finds that it is comparatively easy to bite one off . |
| 4 | Jonathan looked upon all that he had made and found that it was very good . |
| 5 | What should you do if you do n't live in London , and find that it is financially difficult to pay for such courses ? |
| 6 | Darwin had himself studied some of these plants , verifying that they do actually consume the flies which land in their pitchers or on their leaves and get caught there , and finding that it was apparently to nitrogenous compounds that the plants responded . |
| 7 | She could wake up and find that it was still the night of their parents ' wedding , that only that afternoon she and Stephen had been on the train . |
| 8 | But to this day I have nightmares in which I have to go back to school , and I 'm so relieved to wake up and find that it was only a dream . |