Example sentences of "[noun sg] knew the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For only I and one other person in that courtroom knew the truth , knew that the hand which had dispatched William had been neither a female hand nor a male one , but the hand of a terrible neuter thing ! |
| 2 | Even though the defendant knew the names and addresses of all customers , the quality of contact was not of the degree required in order to establish that he was ever regarded as " being the business " or even had any influence over the customers . |
| 3 | If only the adviser knew the answer . |
| 4 | It stated that he had seen an advertisement in the papers asking for designs for the redevelopment of the whole area between Downing Street and Great George Street , yet Hall knew the Cabinet had decided against this large scheme and that only the purchase of the Fludyer Street area would be completed . |
| 5 | Tonight Craig Cook 's parents said the council knew the wall was unsafe but did nothing about it . |
| 6 | Because she had spent much of that day watching her mother supervise preparations for the traditional Gio ceremony observed by the family on each anniversary of her great-grandfather 's death , Lan knew the altar held all the favourite foods and beverages that the high-ranking courtier had enjoyed during his lifetime . |
| 7 | The Englishman knew the form . |
| 8 | ‘ I knew the words to Little Eva 's ‘ The Locomotion ’ , the backing was simple and the band knew the song , so we raced out and did an impromptu performance , ’ she added . |
| 9 | Holly knew the man who had climbed the wire would be dead before the concert was finished . |
| 10 | Holly knew the standing of the man . |
| 11 | Before he cleaned himself with old newspaper , Holly knew the germ of his idea . |
| 12 | Now every goddamned taxi-cab driver in town knew the building was a CIA administration centre . |
| 13 | Two , the thief knew the number of his unlisted private line . |
| 14 | ‘ One , the thief knew the layout of his house and exactly what to take . |
| 15 | However , by the conclusion of the course over three-quarters of the sample knew the beer equivalent to the legal limit ( 77 per cent ) ; the correct detoxification time ( 78 per cent ) ; and the fact that there is no effective way to accelerate the detoxification process ( 79 per cent ) — including a cold shower or a cup of strong coffee ! |
| 16 | Any potential recruit knew the score . |
| 17 | If it can be proved that the pillion passenger knew the driver was only a learner the passenger would most likely commit the offence of aiding and abetting the learner to carry an unlicensed passenger . |
| 18 | The decision is that the heir should , especially in the event that ( i ) the testator knew the land was pledged or ( ii ) he would have left something else had he known . |
| 19 | The chief inspector knew the answer before he spoke it . |
| 20 | But it gave her a patina of respectability , and , as far as I know , only my father knew the truth , because she told him . |
| 21 | His father knew the Bishop . ’ |
| 22 | The writer knew the author ( still not named ) of the plan ( which was publicly available ) and had occasionally acted as his interpreter . |
| 23 | CIA officers at the air base knew the aircraft were not theirs . |
| 24 | Next though to one of the top seeds , Korean Bang Soo-Hyun ; before the match Central South 's first lady of badminton knew the challenge ahead . |
| 25 | Next though to one of the top seeds , Korean Bang Soo-Hyun ; before the match Central South 's first lady of badminton knew the challenge ahead . |
| 26 | He claimed the shoemaker knew the truth , and the shoemaker was guilty . ’ |
| 27 | They were acquitted at the Old Bailey of making illegal exports , after saying the Government knew the company was doing business with Saddam Hussein . |
| 28 | Since those relations were daily growing in importance with the increase in trade , it was becoming more and more essential that all should try and give life to that necessary fiction of government that every man knew the laws of his country . |
| 29 | About 80 percent of the total descriptions could be unambiguously assigned to one of the 40 junctions , either because the subject knew the road names or described the junction or events in sufficient detail for the description to be uniquely associated with one situation on their video . |
| 30 | In fact technically I ought to have someone else here as well , but I thought that as the sergeant knew the facts of the enquiry ( in fact he was instrumental in getting the information we 'd like to question you about ) , it would keep it in the family so to speak if he acted as my amanuensis , that 's the word , is n't it , Sergeant Pascoe ? ’ |