Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] find that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say a Supertravel ad for a ridiculously cheap week and phoned to find that the price applied not to St Anton , Val d'Isere , Verbier or any of the top resorts I considered worthy of my attention , but to a place called Argentiere which had only seven lifts . |
| 2 | The year 1887 was a good one for Hardy : he and Emma paid a long-awaited visit to Italy which left him ‘ much illuminated ’ , and returned to find that The Woodlanders , with its intensely magical evocation of ‘ one of those sequestered spots outside the gates of the world ’ , had become a popular success . |
| 3 | For years , he and Hank had exchanged only a few words , but now they began to talk , drawn together by the magic of money ; and Hank was surprised and flattered to find that the elder man was entranced by his sudden success . |
| 4 | Yet when her salary cheque arrived she opened the envelope with trembling , hopeful fingers , and wept to find that the only other enclosure was a formal compliments slip from the accounts department . |
| 5 | Perhaps Caroline did n't actually have a business manager , but had found that the mention of one proved effective . |