Example sentences of "discovered that i have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I dared to go to the scales I discovered that I had lost a further ten pounds in five days . |
| 2 | As the years passed I discovered that I had developed a special school ‘ personality ’ which was a distortion of myself . |
| 3 | I discovered that I had become a ‘ character ’ and was fast becoming a caricature of myself . |
| 4 | Pleased , that is , until I discovered that I had forgotten to bring the tea bags — the subsequent ‘ Well , why did n't you bring them then 's , ‘ Why is it always my fault 's reminded me of the Quentin Crisp line that marriage was impossible for him because he could not have tolerated an endless succession of mornings when the first words he heard were , ‘ And another thing ’ — and that there were no birds . |
| 5 | My ex-wife would go around telling extraordinary stories about me to people , and I discovered that I 'd lost a lot of friends . |