Example sentences of "[coord] knew the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a friend of Arthur Young [ q.v. ] and knew the leaders of progressive agricultural opinion in Scotland . |
| 2 | Ruth heard her words die away into silence , and knew the Women had been conquered . |
| 3 | I think just the fact that my wife knew what was going on , and knew the problems exactly you know , they had their own meetings and the food parcels that they could organize , you know I would n't have a clue how to go about it , the fact that various shops refused to have collection points inside , and they wrote off to the management of these shops and got that changed . |
| 4 | He 'd worked in the building for five years , and knew the names of most of the occupants ' visitors . |
| 5 | My brother Rollo and I had a consuming interest in cricket and knew the names and performances of all first-class cricketers from about 1946 onwards . |
| 6 | Possibly because some of them might 've been councillors and knew the ways that sort of er things went on and how to get things done officially and above board . |
| 7 | He had served directly under two popes , Pius XI and Pius XII , and knew the stresses and strains he would have to face . |