Example sentences of "[noun prp] know [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was unrecognizable at this distance , but the woman who followed him a moment later only had to take a couple of steps for Pascoe to know that this was Gwen Evans again . |
| 2 | In his heart Gaveston knew that young Edward quite liked the clerk ; admired the man 's fidelity and unwillingness to criticise him to his terrible father . |
| 3 | First , Mr Gorbachev knows that most of the West regards the prospect of a swift unravelling of his country 's front-line Warsaw Pact ally with almost equal alarm . |
| 4 | The fragment of an oak leaf , brown and dead , quivering on its neck , let Tallis know that this had been the leader . |
| 5 | Maggie knew that many of her school-friends admired Phoebe ; they thought she was rather splendid , especially since they had all got into ecology , but this did not help Maggie . |
| 6 | While in Germany ‘ there is much common ground between the Bundesbank and the government on economic objectives ’ , it is precisely because Pöhl knew that this national consensus did not exist in the Community at large that he and the German government insisted on means of enforcing German policies on the economies of the member states . |
| 7 | Simon knew that live music was not Yorick 's forte , but he could hardly go wrong before a small and carefully chosen audience , especially if the bar prices were heavily subsidized : drinks were free for anyone equipped with a press card . |
| 8 | It is most unlikely that Ivy knew that this Miss Compton was a blacksmith 's daughter , and her ‘ fortune ’ a loan of £300 . |
| 9 | Sainsbury knows that young people planning their careers rarely put working in a supermarket at the top of their list . |
| 10 | It would be helpful to David Wilson to know if either of the organisations named above or any other similar organisation has been in touch with you or any of your staff and also to indicate to him the nature of this contact and details of what was being offered . |
| 11 | Wilson knew that some visiting Americans had let it be widely known in Florence that they considered Mrs Browning little more than a ghost and though she had laughed such gossip to scorn she now saw there was perhaps real cause for alarm . |
| 12 | Duncan knew that one small move would knock the plane out of the sky . |
| 13 | But Rose knew that wily Grandpa had quietly saved enough cloth to make a few high quality , black market clothes . |
| 14 | Jessamy knew that this was the strangest and most disturbing birthday she was ever likely to have |
| 15 | The ragged edges of the hole glinted sharply , and Jesus knew that any failed attempt to enter the Lift would be likely to result in his being sliced to ribbons within a matter of seconds . |
| 16 | Jesus knew that those first disciples , a weak tiny bunch of nobodies , would be powerless and pathetic in a hostile world until they received the power of God in the Holy Spirit . |
| 17 | Suddenly , Mary knew that this was the right moment to tell him . |
| 18 | Quinn knew if that happened it would be over . |
| 19 | " Lorrimer knew that this idea of the lab as a scientific arbiter would n't work , not with the British accusatorial system . |
| 20 | The question is whether David Mellor knows that mere fun gets boring very quickly ; that excellence , whether in the media , sports or arts can be achieved only through difficulty , through painstaking work , through seriousness ; that people can not be conned for long . |
| 21 | With her infant 's intuition , Victoria knew that major shifts were taking place in the adult world above her head . |
| 22 | Leather goods , desk accessories , smoking accessories , tableware , the little playthings of the conspicuously affluent — Edouard knew that these , adorned with the de Chavigny name and crest , could be marketed for high prices and to a much wider market than that which could afford the most superlative jewellery in the world . |
| 23 | Isabel knew that that progress through the castle was destined to become part of her nightmares . |
| 24 | Isabel knew that some of the men had wives in those woods . |
| 25 | Nicandra knew that this was a forbidden approach . |
| 26 | Cleo knew that most of the noble families took their evening meal late . |
| 27 | Christina knew that this was because Stephen usually objected strongly to anyone smoking in his vicinity . |
| 28 | This was n't true , but Lydia knew that some people did . |
| 29 | IT MAY surprise Tony Parsons to know that real feminists have more important things to do than comment on the way he holds a teapot . |
| 30 | Torino know that one goal will be enough for Aberdeen but despite continued poor league form and tonight 's absence of main striker Carlos Aguilera , the Italians still consider themselves favourites . |