Example sentences of "people [modal v] know " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a man for whom Catholicity was reduced to its Evangelical essentials — the love of God , a burning desire that people should know and love his Saviour , and a great belief in the power of prayer . |
| 2 | ‘ Watch your lip Gatesey , ’ he said in a quiet voice , which held more menace then a shout ‘ You of all people should know there is always an angle for a bit of profit , like salmon poaching for instance . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But people should know monkeys are rounded up year after year and sold — all in the name of profit . ’ |
| 4 | In some societies the former is thought more admirable ; people should know if they have done well without public assessment . |
| 5 | ‘ People should know more about devils . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ He of all people should know , being what he is . |
| 7 | People have been known to say things they do n't mean when they 're angry — you of all people should know by now that I 'm no exception to that rule . ’ |
| 8 | He is right that parents as well as young people should know the dangers , and I will refer my hon. Friend 's suggestions to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department . |
| 9 | Mentioning the white chromosome reminds me of another thing I wanted to say , because erm another variant of this incorrect criticism that people made of Darwin about blending , and you still hear this today , and people should know better , especially the social sciences , is , oh , single genes can not influence behaviour . |
| 10 | They 're very keen that people should know what they 're doing . |
| 11 | All she was concerned about was that people should know the truth and that justice should be served . |
| 12 | You of all people should know that . ’ |
| 13 | It will go through the House of Commons and people should know about it before |
| 14 | People should know exactly how to vote for animal rights in the election and that is for one of the parties that unanimously supported this Bill . |
| 15 | She said : ‘ There are already support groups in Barnard Castle and Shildon and I feel people should know that people of Richmondshire are able to benefit from the Darlington hospice . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ People should know we are the body responsible for checking MOT test facilities in private garages and if they think something is wrong at a garage they should get in touch . ’ |
| 17 | Really , Fay Weldon of all people should know better . |
| 18 | In a pointed reference to criticism of his refusal to rule out voting with the Government in the future , he said : ‘ Jim of all people should know that there are occasions when Labour as well as the Tories can act against the Scottish interest and therefore must be opposed . ’ |
| 19 | Bodies often float to the surface , but you of all people must know that those who drown in the Thames can disappear altogether and are probably taken by undercurrents down through London and out to sea . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ If you submitted plans to the local council a great many people must know about them . ’ |
| 21 | Move over Wilf NOT a lot of people might know this , but a Newcastle United player has come closer to an Olympic medal than poor old wobbling Wilf O'Reilly . |
| 22 | ‘ And none of these people shall know . ’ |
| 23 | Betsy Wilson asked if a breakdown of the figures could be given in community magazine so that people would know what was happening to their money . |
| 24 | People would know that I could do the job . |
| 25 | And people would know what you meant even if you did n't spell it right . |
| 26 | If I were a teacher of French , I would be worried that 50 million French people would know ‘ my ’ subject better than I do ; as it is I have no such fears . |
| 27 | ‘ No , but then other people would know . |
| 28 | Yeah but again people who are n't here Too many people would know that it |
| 29 | People would know exactly where they stood then and we would n't have to go keep going to the courts to develop the theory of Trust Law . |
| 30 | If she really did meet him , how many people would know about it ? |