Example sentences of "when i find out " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , of course , is very unfair : it is just not reasonable for me to flounce about in the bathroom for hours and then make a man feel inadequate when I catch him using my dental floss. or to bellow in disgust when I find out he blow-dries his hair . |
| 2 | ‘ When I find out , ’ Culley assured him , ‘ you 'll be the first to know . |
| 3 | Perhaps I wo n't like it when I find out who I am . ’ |
| 4 | Well when I find out who it was I shall wring their necks . |
| 5 | It was no particular shock when I found out ; I had expected the test to be positive . |
| 6 | When some boys at the school put excrement under the headmaster 's chair , he contrasted the culprits unfavourably with true school sportsmen : ‘ Last Friday I was feeling pretty low when I found out about this lot … but then I went to football on Saturday , there were several lads and teachers there , playing their hearts out or giving up their time just for the school , and then I thought , ‘ Perhaps , it 's not so bad after all . ’ |
| 7 | When I found out that we had been placed next to each other in class with all my friends around I went , ‘ Oh no , I 'm sitting next to Grant ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Anyway , when I found out how well-known he was , I made sure the first spot was very organised . |
| 9 | I kept this news to myself when I found out . |
| 10 | Imagine my horror when I found out that the fire had now spread to this building , where my father worked . |
| 11 | It certainly seemed that a chapter of my life was closing , and I felt even more disgruntled when I found out that the other girls had all managed to get postings near their homes for their final few months in the Service . |
| 12 | ‘ I remember the first thing that I said when I found out was ‘ Right , I 'm never getting married ’ , ’ says Christien . |
| 13 | ‘ But when I found out about his background , I just had to blow it out of the water . |
| 14 | And when I found out after a bit of dressing-room chat what the other lads were on I had to make a point . |
| 15 | When I found out I really kicked up . |
| 16 | Before I got pregnant it was taken for granted I 'd be in the sixth form , then when I found out , I thought I had two months to tell everybody I wo n't be back and they 're going to say , " How come ? " , so I was saying , " Oh God , I 'm going to fail my 0-levels , you wont see me back here again " . |
| 17 | As I did when I found out what he 'd done . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Look , I may have been angry when I found out but … ’ |
| 19 | To tell you the truth I was a bit miffed when I found out , but now I 'm beginning to see it from their point of view . |
| 20 | When I found out that his idea |
| 21 | She says : ‘ I felt immense relief when I found out I was pregnant , mainly because I 'd had this secret panic that I would n't be able to conceive . ’ |
| 22 | And when I found out my Friday meeting was being moved forward and I would n't be seeing you after all I asked your Miss Philimore to cancel it . |
| 23 | ‘ When I found out you 'd been sacked by Mallender Marine , I thought you might be able to supply the proof I need . |
| 24 | When I found out what was going on I persuaded the colonel to go for a little holiday — and then , ’ he continued angrily when Hilary snorted derisively again , ‘ when I did meet you , I could n't believe my eyes . |
| 25 | I asked him to meet me when I found out proof that he — ’ |
| 26 | My violin teacher had recommended it for chamber music , and when I found out that on one of the weeks the famous violinist , Ruggiero Ricci , would be there , I was certain that I would go . |
| 27 | When I found out the times I would be working things started to look better . |
| 28 | And when I found out the lady was English , it did seem as though something might come of it . ’ |
| 29 | it has n't really been erm all that eventful but at least by staying put rather than going off at , I , I 'd , I 'd thought about , at one time , erm emigrating to New Zealand but er erm when I found out what the conditions were like out there I decided to stay and er |
| 30 | And then you thought that when I found out — which I did n't , I hasten to add — I came to blackmail you , for money — or acceptance . |