Example sentences of "know for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we did n't know for a long time was that this book is his revenge on his parents . |
| 2 | ‘ We wo n't know for a couple of days but everything points to her having used large amounts of cocaine , ’ a senior detective told TODAY . |
| 3 | I ca n't say it 's been marvellously successful but I do know for a fact that the conditions of the working class was improved tremendously by organizations in the thing which has come to be described as trade-unionism . |
| 4 | God , do you think I 'd come near you , talk to you about it , touch you , if I did n't know for a certainty that you want me as badly as I do you ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But I do n't think people in business are that open to contacting a firm they do n't know for a health check . ’ |
| 6 | So stealing being a quick resort , you 'd I 'd f I I know for a fact I 'd find myself turning to it firstly and not lastly . |
| 7 | And how do you know for a fact that they intend to bring these sorts of techniques in to Britain ? |
| 8 | And he seems to think I may not get any worse , but we sha n't know for a couple of weeks . ’ |
| 9 | I do n't know for a minute wait a minute |
| 10 | However I know for a fact that is has done much more than just promote real draught ale . |
| 11 | I know for a fact she 's had her eye on my mother 's matinée jacket collection for years and when I once , in passing , said I wondered what happened to those old prosthetic devices in the estates of deceased senior citizens , Madge let it slip that she knew a way of turning a Zimmer frame into an attractive lamp ! ’ |
| 12 | I know for a fact David confided in Keith when we split up and told him everything . |
| 13 | ‘ We know for a fact that Fintan Butler is an IRB courier , ’ the Major continued . |
| 14 | I know for a fact that he did not , unless he walked a couple blocks afterwards . |
| 15 | Johnson , who has presided over eight matches since Cambridge dismissed controversial manager John Beck , said : ‘ I know for a fact the players and the fans are behind me . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , I know for a fact that Graham Greene is a very boring writer and that The Quiet American is his most boring book . ’ |
| 17 | His hat remained in the hall ; his photograph in the silver-plated frame , polished twice a week , presided over the sitting room ; his memory was invoked , especially during Peter 's teens , in sentences that began with the ominous words , ‘ I know for a fact that your father would n't have wanted you to … . ’ |
| 18 | Orr Ewing said ‘ We know for a fact that 20 thieves come here regularly from the north of England , but it is not easy to catch them . |
| 19 | erm and he was released and he came to Harlow and we meet him and that was , that was very good , erm , but we have n't had one like that , you know for a long time . |
| 20 | You know for a part time worker on on low earnings . |
| 21 | I do n't recall , well in fact I 'm being sarcastic because I know for a , we know that it was n't in the manifesto for nineteen ninety two . |
| 22 | ‘ I know for a fact that you were as close as anyone to what was going on between us , the Americans and Poland during the Cold War . |
| 23 | And of course sterilizing er you know for a man to be sterilized or a woman to be sterilized er you just it , just wo nobody ever , even considered it . |
| 24 | ‘ The police know for a fact that it was started deliberately . ’ |
| 25 | I doubt either can afford to stay at a hotel and I know for a fact that they 're not at any of the local hostels ; neither , I have been reliably informed , have they put in an appearance at the local ‘ hippie ’ compound . |
| 26 | And when I 've done a a spot on photograph for them , when somebody else is mentioning a photograph , you know , er to go up in the Town Hall or whatever , er they the local mayor has just had one done by one of the guys in the workshop , and I know for a fact I could do one that 's ten times better than that . |
| 27 | I know for a fact my my own brother , and I mentioned this before , the last interview . |
| 28 | Erm I know for a fact that Peter who who 's the supervisor erm is a staunch Labourite and er union man , same as Geoff but neither of them push it . |
| 29 | But if a young fella started you know , he could n't d eat you know for a while long time . |
| 30 | Why , I know for a fact that she left here to go with them , and half a dozen trunks went with her . ’ |