Example sentences of "i find [adv] what " in BNC.
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1 | Nether Wyresdale Parish Council has asked me to find out what consultation there will be with Parish Councils and other bodies on this matter . |
2 | The cleaner upstairs , she asked me to find out what kind of cakes everybody liked cos she 's buying every single person an individual , like you know , a single cake for everybody . |
3 | Years later , after my mother 's death , I found out what had caused that first attack and precipitated the fatal one . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 … |
6 | ‘ My first reaction was ‘ meals on wheels ’ , ’ he laughs , ‘ but then I found out what a big organisation it was and that what they did appealed to me . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | ‘ I could n't give my own name , till I found out what that fellow was up to . |
9 | Later , I found out what it was all about . |
10 | The next morning I tried again , I found out what his name was ( vile coincidence ! ) , |
11 | I found out what made him tick . ’ |
12 | As I did when I found out what he 'd done . ’ |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 |
15 | That 's the one I found out what mine was . |
16 | I 'm glad I found out what that is . |
17 | And basically they ha and the other thing , right , I found out what they had for dinner the other night right ? |
18 | because I 'd chase people round to find , till I found out what I wanted to know . |
19 | ‘ I ca n't say what I 'll do until I find out what it all means , ’ one official said . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | ‘ I 'm not going anywhere until I find out what happened , Joe , ’ she warned him , but he was already nodding in agreement . |
22 | ‘ How could I find out what he was doing between 1980 and 1982 ? ’ he asked . |
23 | And erm so er er if people do that And er this this businessman , this week , he he rang and he he was sending messages via the secretary , instead of getting on the phone to me and and me finding out what there was , he finally he s he said There 'll be about an hour 's work . |