Example sentences of "[noun] knew [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know if Fenella knew what the Kraken was , but she knew who I meant . |
| 2 | The mother of one of the victims maintained that although the girls were referred to in court only by their first names to protect them from reprisals , she was particularly worried that people in the court 's public gallery knew who the girl was . |
| 3 | The Editor knew what the situation was in here . ’ |
| 4 | Stephen knew what the bank wanted , and for once he was a bit short on answers . |
| 5 | Tonight 's crowd was a good one — Rory knew it the second her fingers curled possessively round the microphone , the atmosphere reaching out to enfold her like a lover 's embrace , and she revelled in it , her eyes glowing , her whole body tingling in response . |
| 6 | Jessamyn knew what the cowboy was made of . |
| 7 | Jed knew what the answer was , and he was drunk enough to carry it off . |
| 8 | God knew what the Superintendent was on about . |
| 9 | And Preston knew that William knew what the rest of them had known , or suspected , for some months : that he and his mother were never going to America and that the Master Sergeant was never coming back . |
| 10 | The demonstrators knew something the demolition workers did n't . |
| 11 | The Navaho knew what the moon wanted of her . |
| 12 | Claire knew what the job involved . |
| 13 | Tobie spared a thought for Cairo , and Mamelukes , and Tzani-bey , and wondered if Nicholas knew what the emir was doing in the Mameluke camp outside Famagusta . |
| 14 | They would appear from time to time and taunt the old couple , reminding them of their past lives and the failures or mistakes which had brought them to the castle ( though never detailing them — neither Quiss nor Ajayi knew what the other had done to justify sending them here . |
| 15 | Bissell 's eyes never left Rohmer as he spoke , and Rohmer knew what the thing meant when it said it would n't talk to Gilbert anymore . |
| 16 | And he hoped Papa Grimwood would handle the Lennox girl with finesse — assuming the old villain knew what the word meant . |