Example sentences of "learn a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I got by on brute force and ignorance till I learnt a bit . ’ |
| 2 | The company also insisted that he learnt a bit about the business he would soon be running , sending him to work in the busy Birmingham store for a month . |
| 3 | ‘ I suppose we got a few more names on a few more files learnt a bit about Moscow 's accountancy procedures . |
| 4 | She learnt a look and a posture and a set of adjectives which passed for being hip in the Village . |
| 5 | As a schoolboy in the 1940s I learnt a folk song with the verse : |
| 6 | If Italy provided Ramsay with the polish of sophistication and a kind of classical elegance , it was from the French that he learnt a quality he was to make quite his own : gracefulness . |
| 7 | Rather than attempting to repeat and surpass the exalted projects of Sartre or Althusser in a new guise , later writers such as Foucault or Derrida learnt a lesson from history , and stopped to ask why such comprehensive theories , like so many of those which preceded them , could not hold together . |
| 8 | At that instant I learnt a lesson I have never forgotten : never , ever use a camera that you have not tested , ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I think Harry learnt a lesson there and I could teach him a few more before he goes … |
| 10 | A nagging little voice reminded her how reticent her father had been about his past , always changing the subject abruptly so that she never learnt a thing about him . |
| 11 | Bear in mind that all dogs are individuals , and just because a previous dog learnt a command quickly , this does not mean that every individual has the same capacity . |
| 12 | He thought that he learnt a lot about preaching from this experience . |
| 13 | Later in life Ramsey believed that he learnt a lot from his short time at Liverpool . |
| 14 | Later he knew that he learnt a lot . |
| 15 | ‘ I learnt a lot that night and think I 'm a better fighter for it . ’ |
| 16 | I learnt a lot from this . |
| 17 | ‘ I learnt a lot on the positive side about myself , even though that sounds trite , ’ he says . |
| 18 | ‘ In fact , we actually learnt a lot recording the album the way we did because first and foremost Chris and Tina are band people , they know how to work it live . |
| 19 | I learnt a lot about myself . |
| 20 | ‘ I learnt a lot about how to keep traction from riding trials . |
| 21 | " You learnt a lot " , according to one woman who had worked on the Encyclopaedia Britannica , which was her most vivid memory , as well it might be . |
| 22 | Through COPPES I learnt a lot about the political situation of our country and understood the need for an armed struggle against our dictatorship . |
| 23 | I mean , at times yo , I can , looking back now I can say that I learnt a lot . |
| 24 | He was very supportive and we learnt a lot from each other . ’ |
| 25 | Mother had a lot of good words too , I must say , but er it was him we learnt a lot of wor And granny especially you learned a lot of words of hers . |
| 26 | On her first day at the factory Karen learnt a lot . |
| 27 | ‘ We learnt a lot during this first phase , which involved giving detailed presentations to technical experts — and our competitors ’ , he added . |
| 28 | ‘ We learnt a lot about operations and costs , ’ said exploration manager Ron Pattinson . |
| 29 | I learnt a lot . |
| 30 | But I learnt a lot on that job . |