Example sentences of "[adv] knew the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been looking for you for years , but I only knew the name that she used to call you — Prince Charming . |
| 2 | I only knew the name ! |
| 3 | But the bees not only knew the voice of their owner but also his particular smell : one bee-keeper told the writer : ‘ Whenever I go to the barber 's I 've always to tell him : ‘ Nothing on , thank you . ’ |
| 4 | They were all the same , all noise and sparrow shit , and if the man only knew the idiot scene he cut … |
| 5 | I only knew the fear was gone . |
| 6 | Heaven knows who we used to see at the Fitzroy Street parties : we did n't know half the people that were there : we only knew the family . |
| 7 | He alone had the key to each quarter : he and his faithful servant Robert alone knew the key to his secret . |
| 8 | She had a lovely sweet voice , and always had to sing without piano accompaniment , for she alone knew the songs . |
| 9 | For this search I teamed up with two young friends , both experienced detector users , who had been searching a nearby farm and thus knew the area well . |
| 10 | , no she did , she I did n't even say who I was , she just knew the way I spoke she said you 're from T N T are n't you ? |
| 11 | Then Prentice took the seat next to me in the corridor and I just knew the day would n't get any better whatever the weather forecast . |
| 12 | And we just , he knew a lot of the , he was interested in si singing and he just knew the words and and just sang round about the house . |
| 13 | During this time Alcock had begun the long process of memorising the night sky ; by 1932 he already knew the position of most stars that can be seen by the naked eye . |
| 14 | Where the claim which the Sailors and Firemen had made to shipowners in the previous July was concerned , Havelock Wilson already knew the Federation 's response . |
| 15 | He already knew the moves , having unsuccessfully spent 15 days working it in 1990 , only to be thwarted by bad weather — it was too hot ! |
| 16 | Albert as chairman asked me a number of questions to which he already knew the answers for the good reason that we had already gone over them in Fulham . |
| 17 | Sometimes he wondered why the superintendent asked him to research questions to which she already knew the answers . |
| 18 | ‘ Not at all , ’ Leith laughed lightly , then found that his aunt , without meaning to pry , she was sure , was asking questions which she must have assumed that Naylor already knew the answers to anyway . |
| 19 | On the very day after his arrival in the Tolbooth , the Lord Advocate 's officers already knew the name , the trade , and the movements of several people ( the Duke , Iain Logan , young Donald McCulloch ) . |
| 20 | The Independent already knew the name of the girl concerned . |
| 21 | By thirteen , I had become his eyes and ears as I already knew the name of every worthwhile trader of fruit and vegetables in Covent Garden . |
| 22 | Next summer mum was told she would have to go back into hospital for a long time , and because I already knew the place , I agreed to go back to the Cheshire Home for this period . |
| 23 | In 1980 , Jack already knew the family secret but he had never known his real father , not even his name , and since June was no longer around to confirm Donald Rose 's story , having died of cancer in 1965 , his version of events remains a mere matter of record . |
| 24 | This was not ‘ plausible deniability ’ , the provision of a believable cover for someone who already knew the facts ; it was , Poindexter agreed , ‘ absolute ’ deniability , ‘ the ability of the President to deny knowing anything about it , and be very truthful in that process . |
| 25 | After the cremation , while the few mourners were looking gloomily at the flowers , his uncle 's solicitor , a partner in the Ipswich practice , spoke to Lewis simply to say that he believed he already knew the contents of the will . |
| 26 | He already knew the answer . |
| 27 | He already knew the answer — knew that Tina was only going to repeat what Derek had told him . |
| 28 | But even as he asked the question , D'Arcy already knew the answer . |
| 29 | He already knew the answer . |
| 30 | ‘ Where shall we go ? ’ said Bobbie , although she already knew the answer . |