Example sentences of "he knew [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alfonso was victorious without striking a blow ; and his anger at the failure of El Cid to join him knew no bounds . |
| 2 | On scheduled passages , of course , you ca n't always do this , but Mr. Andrew and his father before him knew the trade so well that they generally managed it . |
| 3 | And then : what has she awoken ? he thought , and in spite of his deep love for her and his longing to protect her , he knew a tremor of fear . |
| 4 | The woman , now 20 , said she began to feel ‘ wary ’ when the officer turned off the main road to her home , saying he knew a short-cut . |
| 5 | ( One of our correspondents serving with 1st Armoured Division reports a visit to 1st Bn. , Staffordshire Regt. , in which he knew a company from 1st Grenadier Guards was serving under command ; the first men he encountered were a Milan crew — from 1st Royal Green Jackets … ) |
| 6 | At the time I was involved in various things at Philips Records and I asked someone if they knew of anyone who could get David out of his contract , and was told that he knew a man called Tony DeFries who was actually not allowed to practise at the bar — he was a consultant , a trouble-shooter , divorce cases . |
| 7 | Mr Gates did not have one , but he knew a man who did . |
| 8 | Heseltine dubbed Portillo his ‘ AA man ’ — when Hezza did n't know the answer he knew a man who did ! |
| 9 | Mr Hooker estimates that 12 years ago , when he paid £1.50 for his first grip , there were up to 100 collectors of whom he knew a couple of dozen . |
| 10 | He knew a lot about English ways of " not speaking " . |
| 11 | He knew a lot more than I did . |
| 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 | He knew a lot more about Rose Hilaire , and a lot more about himself . |
| 14 | They had stayed talking very late last night , and he knew a lot more about her than she had ever expected to tell anyone , while she knew something about him . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll be happy with Mike 's place for the moment , ’ said Colin , again rubbing in that he knew a thing or two about some of Sheffield 's leading businesses , and that there is no substitute for that kind of detailed and expert and intimate knowledge . |
| 16 | But he thought he knew a thing or two about muscles , and the knowledge that it was only a couple of big muscles that were keeping him alive was not comforting . |
| 17 | When asked what they got up to , he had muttered darkly that he knew a thing or two about Muslims and ordered drinks all round . |
| 18 | He knew a place awaited him in paradise . |
| 19 | ‘ He knew every inch of that path , and how dangerous the cliff was in places . |
| 20 | He knew every inch of the three planes in his own private ‘ stud ’ , and every day spent hours examining engine and guns . |
| 21 | He knew every lane in Suffolk . |
| 22 | He knew every undergraduate and undertook long post mortem s on scholarship as well as tripos examination results . |
| 23 | He knew every inflection of the marquis 's voice and it was n't hard to guess what had happened . |
| 24 | Sometimes , it seemed as if he knew every detail of this story already . |
| 25 | Now , as a man , he knew every prick of light by name , could identify each constellation and its individual component stars . |
| 26 | And , as in business he knew no way of earning by his own labour , so in his relationship with them he knew no means of restoring himself by his own effort . |
| 27 | Afterwards one of these new Canaanites , M. Joseph Ver , spoke but unfortunately he knew no English . |
| 28 | He knew no English and took no interest in what he must have regarded as a far flung outpost of his Angevin Empire — except for the revenues it could bring . |
| 29 | Although the duty officer I spoke to had read of the case in the local Spanish press , he knew no details . |
| 30 | In this matter , as on others where truth and justice were concerned , he knew no moderation . |