Example sentences of "those who knew [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watching Jamila sometimes made me think the world was divided into three sorts of people : those who knew what they wanted to do ; those ( the unhappiest ) who never knew what their purpose in life was ; and those who found out later on . |
| 2 | I stayed well clear of the sort of people who thought I had a dead-end job in the Civil Service , and those who knew what the job was stayed clear of me . |
| 3 | Like her great namesake she was always well organized , and of course she had had so much experience helping with my grandmother 's last six confinements , and going out sometimes with our local midwife , who to some would be a Sairey Gamp , but to those who knew her , another angel of mercy . |
| 4 | Those who knew her during this period described her as full of life and fun and an exceptional administrator . |
| 5 | ‘ This includes all those who knew her well : the Lady Prioress , the two Sub-prioresses , and our comely Dame Agatha . |
| 6 | All those who knew her will miss her warm personality and lively mind . |
| 7 | Gide at the end of his life remarked that Wilde only began to live after dark as it were , away from most of those who knew him ( So Be It , 27 ) . |
| 8 | A MAN of many parts , Warren Tute was thought by those who knew him only slightly to be a good raconteur and a popular member of the Garrick . |
| 9 | He was appointed MBE , but those who knew him thought he deserved much more . |
| 10 | He was only 27 , amusing , very intelligent and talented and will be deeply missed by those who knew him . |
| 11 | Those who knew him best saw the melancholy that went hand-in-hand with the gaiety he showed the world , and because he lived every emotion intensely , his misery went deep . |
| 12 | To most of those who knew him Henry was just eccentric enough to be terrifyingly normal , and even his carefully calculated bitterness , the quality of which , on the whole , he was most proud , had become , in early middle age , a Nice Dry Sense of Humour . |
| 13 | Accounts of his sexual prowess have been dismissed by sceptics , but those who knew him better maintain that he was able to exercise extraordinary self-control when making love , so that sex several times a day with different women was perfectly feasible . |
| 14 | Standing on the doorstep of the family 's Georgian mansion house , Mr Greig said : ‘ Louis brought great joy and happiness to our family and all those who knew him . |
| 15 | Grand though this sounds , it seems to be borne out by those who knew him about that time . |
| 16 | More interestingly , those who knew him well speak of his outstanding security . |
| 17 | Even his great friend and business partner in the Second Dominion , Hebbert Nuits-St-Georges , called Peccable by those who knew him well , a merchant who had made substantial profit from the superstitious and the woebegone in the Second Dominion , regularly remarked that the order of Yzordderrex was less stable by the day , and he would soon take his family out of the city , indeed out of the Dominion entirely , and find a new home where he would not have to smell burning bodies when he opened his windows in the morning . |
| 18 | Those who knew him only as a fellow undergraduate would have been still more surprised by his degree result had they known the extent of his other activities . |
| 19 | To do so I must read the eye-witness accounts of those who knew him . |
| 20 | Certain drafts of The Cocktail Party , for example , are marked with Mary Trevelyan 's handwritten alterations " as dictated by T. S. E. " From the late Forties she kept a diary of their friendship , and in this it is possible to see how bewildering Eliot could appear , even to those who knew him best . |
| 21 | As a person , Whitaker was frequently described by those who knew him as a great store-house of energy and enthusiasm , who could manage that rare gift of imparting such enthusiasm to others . |
| 22 | It was a familiar stance to those who knew him , as was the smile he now gave his son ; a dark , ironic smile that seemed both amused and calculating . |
| 23 | Those who knew him in the early 1970s in Florida remember a young man who beat balls at night after working a day job . |
| 24 | Spiers was an unassuming and kindly man , whose painstaking scholarship was greatly admired by those who knew him . |
| 25 | Rendel was a shy man , but confident in his views and , to those who knew him well , a shrewd , witty , and charming companion . |
| 26 | Those who knew him described Muspratt as energetic , public-spirited , accomplished , and generous . |
| 27 | Admired for his ability , diligence , and determination by those who knew him and looked on with affection by all who met him , the ready reference to ‘ Jock ’ was a happy recognition of his easy combination of public popularity , private modesty , and unfailing personal courtesy . |
| 28 | Connon was a hard man to startle in any case , as those who knew him well could vouch . |
| 29 | His health was already failing , but his death still shocked those who knew him |
| 30 | Those who knew him describe him as a typical Oxford don , courteous , charming , an unassuming man to whom fame came very late . |