Example sentences of "knew [pers pn] in [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | When I first knew them in those early London days , I 'd often find the Second Son picking out some phrase on the piano in our living room . |
2 | Peter Yeo , who knew him in this over-candid , over-emphatic mood , decided to prod gently . |
3 | Everyone who knew him in those schooldays — men and women alike — speak with affection of him : stories tumble out like clothes spilling out of a split suitcase — Richard peeing out of the train window as the engine roared by the station platform , Richard taking a girl up on to a mountain and scaring her to flight at his howl as a passionate hand landed on one of his more angry boils , Rich , reeking of beer , rolling into school and being sent home . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |