Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] we knew " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If only we knew why , we 'd do something about it . |
| 2 | ‘ If only we knew why , we 'd do something about it . |
| 3 | ‘ If only we knew who was behind all this , ’ Monica mused . |
| 4 | If only we knew as much about John Major 's schooldays . |
| 5 | ‘ If only we knew the sort of people she was mixing with . |
| 6 | ‘ If only we knew what was happening , ’ women said to each other as news came that Holland had been flooded and then that Rotterdam had been blitzed and the Dutch had surrendered . |
| 7 | If only we knew where they took them , what spectacular finds we might make ! |
| 8 | If only we knew ! |
| 9 | Laplace suggested that there should be a set of scientific laws that would allow us to predict everything that would happen in the universe , if only we knew the complete state of the universe at one time . |
| 10 | Morse looked dubious : ‘ If only we knew when Kemp was murdered ! |
| 11 | If only we knew which genes to tinker with , which bits of chromosome to duplicate , invert or delete . |