Example sentences of "we knew the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We knew the Germans were still sentimental about Christmas , and I was given several days leave . |
| 2 | ‘ We knew the dangers and my husband Sammy and son Neil did n't know for sure we would come back . |
| 3 | And the next thing we knew the year was dead . |
| 4 | ‘ We knew the way the government works from past experience . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , we knew The Smiths from years ago . |
| 6 | They 've taken his dabs and examined the mallet , but we left it at that when we knew the Yard had been called in and you were on your way . |
| 7 | on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day . |
| 8 | We knew the rents were going up in Tottenham mews and we could n't find any good , affordable space in town . |
| 9 | Because we knew the speeds you know , and er the working of the machinery , the tools and equipment that were necessary to do the jobs , the , the application of er instrumentation you know , er what kind of materials ought to be used , er and , and we went into all that you know , in , in regard to setting up new times . |
| 10 | For example , if we knew the positions and speeds of the sun and the planets at one time , then we could use Newton 's laws to calculate the state of the Solar System at any other time . |
| 11 | We knew the RAF , and Allied friends were seeking out the launching sites of these monstrosities , and wiping them out where they could . |
| 12 | Jim Oulton , GMB branch secretary , said : ‘ We knew the company was in difficulty but we did not think things were this bad or the cuts would be of this magnitude . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We knew the water was dangerous and had only gone in to our knees . |
| 14 | But we knew the police and the police knew us . |
| 15 | ‘ If only we knew the sort of people she was mixing with . |
| 16 | Now that we knew the line , we progressed quickly into the wild world of the seemingly blank walls and hanging stances that made up the meat of the route . |
| 17 | ‘ We knew the health authority would be asked to provide a certain proportion . |
| 18 | We knew the weather conditions were calm enough inshore but fresher on the other side of the Channel so the indications were that she had probably crossed from France overnight . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ When the bridge went up [ between the vessel and the rig ] we knew the weather was pretty rough . |
| 20 | We never changed them very much , because we knew the path we were on , but we consciously spoke about them . |
| 21 | And then we were at Frinton , masses of us , and we always used to go to Frinton in the summer because one of my uncles had a house there and we knew the people who erm dad used to play golf and mother used to knit on the beach , you know . |
| 22 | If we knew the connection between the poem and what 's written on those sheets , then cracking the code would be child 's play . |
| 23 | ‘ We knew the administration was going to review things , but they should not have started with Adam and Eve , ’ Mr Bangemann said . |
| 24 | There may of course be some mental processes for which no neural activity exists , but such an awe-inspiring negative could not be proved until we knew the place and function of every least sub-atomic particle in the human brain . |
| 25 | Our excitement would rise ; soon we knew the names ; on the left the Lawley and Caradoc , on the right the Longmynd , and in two minutes we would be drawing up at the nerve centre Church Stretton . |
| 26 | Conversely , if we knew the luminosity of stars in other galaxies , we could work out their distance by measuring their apparent brightness . |
| 27 | So I suggested she stay on the Pill until we knew the result . |
| 28 | We knew the train would take at least four hours to cover the sixty kilometres from Raxaul to Dhang . |
| 29 | If we knew the answer to this question , we should be close to understanding the clinically important issue of how the expression of opsin genes is controlled . |
| 30 | ‘ If we knew the answer to that ! ’ |