Example Sentences

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Maksim, eight, lists everything he has learnt in his patriotic education lessons: about great Russian poets and painters, about friendship and how not to quarrel.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

A suspected rapist awaiting trial has been mistakenly set free from prison and has left the country, the BBC has learnt.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

The public inquiry into the Covid pandemic has cost the government more than £100m to respond to so far, the BBC has learnt.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

That has made it difficult to know how to divide her time between researching and looking for a new variety, though she has learnt the hard way that the urgency "is always to save it".

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

By the time he is bald he has learnt better, and he's a party man, but he has lost time in the meanwhile.

From Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary