Example sentences of "knew it [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In fact , knew it for certain when , ‘ Since you 're not going anywhere for a while , perhaps you 'd like to take a seat now , ’ he suggested .
2 She had not yet even recognised what it was , but she knew it for better worth than she had ever yet been given .
3 She knew it in all its moods , the formless expanse of a dark winter morning , the bright sparkle of summer , when the water , however dirty it might be really , seemed to have the freshness of faraway springs .
4 So although we know this today , very few people knew it in nineteen thirteen , and er , nobody knew it before the turn of the century .
5 ‘ And I knew it from that first day when you came driving down to the chais like a crazy woman .
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