Example sentences of "knew at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Margaret of Carlisle , 47 , was widowed two years ago and knew at first hand the financial problems that can arise from the sudden death of a loved one and the trauma of finding that her partner was inadequately insured . |
| 2 | Dickens knew at first hand from his own childhood what it was to live the life of the poor . |
| 3 | All I knew at that stage was that the girls had drowned in a sailing accident . |
| 4 | She knew at that moment that she wanted to injure every penis that ever came into her hand . |
| 5 | Without being told , Sam knew at that moment that Clare would leave him . |
| 6 | Two or three months prior to the Dams Raid , when the new squadron was being formed in the spring of 1943 , ground crew personnel from all over Bomber Command were selected and sent to Scampton , the best men at their respective jobs , for what they only knew at that time was going to be one special operation . |
| 7 | Strangely , he knew at this moment that he 'd miss this house as much as his mother would . |
| 8 | Sara did not care to be beholden to Matthew Preston for even one pupil , but she knew at this moment she could not afford to be choosey . |
| 9 | He explains that an Englishman he knew at Czech radio used always to get the usual toast na zdrave ( health ) wrong , confusing it with nadraži , meaning ‘ railway station ’ . |