Example sentences of "[adv] find [adv prt] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went to the bookies to put a bet on it , only to find out that the odds had shortened to 14–1 . |
| 2 | It was a cold winter , and he soon found out that the theatre was centrally heated and the heating in his dressing-room was on throughout the day and night , so he moved in . |
| 3 | The officers came several other times to check and finally found out that the smell came from two local garbage mountains . |
| 4 | So the rabbi ran after the man and said : ‘ I have just found out that the jewel I gave you is more precious than I thought — do n't sell it for too little . ’ |
| 5 | She later found out that the bosses of the two companies had got together to work out which one of the couple would be the cheapest to sack . |
| 6 | I later found out that the school had enquired at the house after the girl 's continued absence and been given some plausible excuse for it by the father . |
| 7 | ‘ We later found out that the university had hired ten people in New York to raise funds to re-build the Beirut campus . |