Example sentences of "find that [indef pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At times like that you do your initial planning only to find that everything has changed and you have to fly by the seat of your pants . |
| 2 | I turned to find that somebody had capsized in the shallowest part of the river . |
| 3 | What one hopes , of course , is to find that one comes to the same conclusions from using the neuropsychological method as from using psychological methods of investigation : and , as we will show in Chapter 9 , such agreements between conclusions do actually occur . |
| 4 | Let us not have pious words about timetabling Bills every time that there is a debate on a guillotine motion , only to find that nothing happens . |
| 5 | She was disappointed to find that nothing came immediately to mind . |
| 6 | At the beginning of October , Kathy , who had again been invited for supper , arrived at Clare 's apartment to find that nothing had been cooked . |
| 7 | Shortly after the First World War the firm had occasion to make a loan of £27,000 — for the crew of a cruiser that sailed into Portsmouth Harbour with paying-off pennant flying , only to find that someone had forgotten to order the cash . |
| 8 | After contacting the police , a heartbroken Dorothy returned home to find that someone had pushed the wallet , with the £400 inside , through her letter box . |
| 9 | Imagine my amazement when , on my first day in the new set-up , I found that everyone fought for attention by dramatizing every event . |
| 10 | Two or three days after Miss Bedwelty 's visit the team found that nobody pressed them to practise anything , nothing was said about another riding lesson and life was refreshingly peaceful . |
| 11 | ‘ … found that someone has tampered with the wiring of the mower . |
| 12 | In her study of 61 white mothers conducted in London in 1983–4 , Wilson ( 1987 ) found that none relied upon their children 's grandparents to carry the main burden of child care while they themselves went out to work , but most regarded grandmothers as support which they could use on a more casual basis for babysitting , and as help in emergencies . |
| 13 | He treats the offer jokingly , but finds that something seems to be working to bring him and his wife good fortune . |
| 14 | I have found that one gets told nothing at all . |
| 15 | Unfortunately you find that no-one has ever bothered to produce the graphics before because they take too long to print out on the current office printer ! |
| 16 | Parents will shout , hit , nag , and lose their tempers in order to gain control of their children but find that nothing works . |
| 17 | Will the forgotten peasants suddenly find that someone has remembered them ? |
| 18 | I knew what I was going out to and I was only concerned that there might be some hitch or delay , that I might get there and find that someone had made a mistake and I was n't due out for another six months — such was my anxiety to be released . |