Example sentences of "that i learned [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It was with much regret that I learned of the sad passing of Jack Golder ( Shergold guitars ) on 9th April ‘ 92 , via the obituary published in your June issue .
2 It was proof of a homosexual community and it was through porn that I learned of its existence . '
3 It was from the late Sir Harry Luke , author of that delightful and civilized book The Tenth Muse ( Putnam , 1954 , and revised edition 1962 ) that I learned of the beauty of mulberry ices .
4 He also taught us music and it was through him that I learned of its expressive nature .
5 And on the very morning that I learned of Elise 's death you 'll remember that Rob walked into the office , back from his holiday .
6 It was to be many years later that I learned of the strictures Tata had accepted once he had proposed marriage to my mother , a Roman Catholic .
7 Everything that I learned during my childhood in my village has remained sharply in my mind .
8 She got out as soon as she could , and found work in the weaving sheds — " she was a good weaver ; six looms under her by the time she was sixteen " — marry , produce nine children , eight of whom emigrated to the cotton mills of Massachusetts before the First World War , managed , " never went before the Guardians " .1 It was much , much later that I learned from One Hand Tied Behind Us that four was the usual number of looms for a Lancashire weaver ; Burnley weavers were not well organised , and my great-grandmother had six not because she was a good weaver but because she was exploited . "
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