Example sentences of "[conj] i find [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't until The Byrds ’ ‘ Untitled ’ double album came out with the liner notes explaining all about the string-bender that I found out what a fool I 'd been … |
| 2 | Oh , well that the money that I found out my pocket and the payment granny gave me . |
| 3 | It was n't until I was much older still that I found out she 'd committed suicide . ’ |
| 4 | And I found out I can artex alright now , so I 'm gon na do it . |
| 5 | And I found out he was n't difficult at all . |
| 6 | If I find out I 'll give it you back . |
| 7 | Said he ai n't going no more , if I find out it 's a ladies team that 's it he 'll be banned . |
| 8 | I was already enough of an expert to recognise it — people had begun to give me books about birds of prey , so the first time I heard this sorrowful sound I searched through my books until I found out what it was . |
| 9 | As I do not really wish to purchase a new knitting machine until I have a ‘ practise ’ run I was really pleased , that was until I found out it was no longer available . |
| 10 | Ann Smith , who was at junior school in Haltwhistle , Northumberland , remembers : ‘ I know I felt really sad but the thought of a Coronation cheered me up a little bit until I found out it would not be held until the following year . |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't say what I 'll do until I find out what it all means , ’ one official said . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not going anywhere until I find out what happened , Joe , ’ she warned him , but he was already nodding in agreement . |
| 13 | But I found out his real secret a long time ago . |
| 14 | I wanted a pay rise because I found out I was way behind most of the first-team lads and barely on much more than the apprentices ' wages . |
| 15 | ‘ I could n't give my own name , till I found out what that fellow was up to . |
| 16 | because I 'd chase people round to find , till I found out what I wanted to know . |
| 17 | Along with a dining room full of others , I have been accused of stealing an extra jam sponge in Yorkshire ( ‘ There 's bin someone 'ere 'as 'ad more'n one pudding , and I sha n't rest till I find out 'oo … ’ ) . |
| 18 | The only answer was to run — in the hope that I can escape being apprehended while I find out what 's happening to the project I was working on . |
| 19 | I felt sickly occasionally but I felt really happy throughout my pregnancy.I used to be quite shy but since I found out I was pregnant I felt very confident in myself . |
| 20 | I would never try on something revealing like a swimming costume in a communal changing room , because when I was bigger I 'd be thinking everyone would be looking at the bulgy bits thinking how fat I was ( well , this is what I thought after I found out what my friends had been saying ) , and now I would feel too self-conscious because other girls would be thinking how skinny I look . |
| 21 | I 'd taken a year off just before I found out I was pregnant , because I 'd badly needed a break and then I could n't work looking fat . |
| 22 | Perhaps I wo n't like it when I find out who I am . ’ |
| 23 | Well when I find out who it was I shall wring their necks . |
| 24 | This , of course , is very unfair : it is just not reasonable for me to flounce about in the bathroom for hours and then make a man feel inadequate when I catch him using my dental floss. or to bellow in disgust when I find out he blow-dries his hair . |
| 25 | ‘ When I found out they were still alive I was over the moon . ’ |
| 26 | As I did when I found out what he 'd done . ’ |
| 27 | When I found out what was going on I persuaded the colonel to go for a little holiday — and then , ’ he continued angrily when Hilary snorted derisively again , ‘ when I did meet you , I could n't believe my eyes . |
| 28 | it has n't really been erm all that eventful but at least by staying put rather than going off at , I , I 'd , I 'd thought about , at one time , erm emigrating to New Zealand but er erm when I found out what the conditions were like out there I decided to stay and er |
| 29 | The crunch came when I found out she was sleeping with a couple of other boyfriends , and I discovered I did n't actually care . |
| 30 | I used to talk to her and when I found out she was murdered it was a shock , because you expected to see her in here |