Example sentences of "[pers pn] have know [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if I 'd known about that that would of great ! |
| 2 | How much better life would have been if I 'd known about that or used it ? |
| 3 | Sometimes they come back from their haunts very cross , and say , " If only I 'd known about that , " or " Why did n't I think of that ? |
| 4 | Cut adrift from nearly everything I 'd known before seven , I turned inward and invented story games to play alone . |
| 5 | And yet , when I came to know my associates , a far greater intimacy and sense of comradeship developed than I had known with any but my closest friends at school or university . |
| 6 | Though tragically killed in a recent motorbike accident , Madra was an undisputed maestro of the art , as well as an easy and informative friend whom I had known for some time , so it was a shock to witness the epic genius which came through him , and the transformation which both he and his audience underwent in that open village square the first time I saw him perform . |
| 7 | A few minutes later we were seated at a corner table in the small bistro which I had known for several years . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've known of chemical conversions to ideology . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , I 've known for some time that if you want a bit of peace you only have to bore people enough and they 'll leave you to it . ’ |
| 10 | They quote an Under Secretary commenting upon informal communications networks : ‘ Some of these people I 've known for twenty-five years and we can of course communicate with each other almost in code . ’ |
| 11 | He said : ‘ I 'm here to learn about the situation on the ground beyond things that I 've known from previous trips and a long-term study of the issues . |
| 12 | I have known of some spectacularly successful relationships that have developed through this medium , particularly amongst the elderly . |
| 13 | I have known for many years , through long observation , that truth IS stranger than fiction . |
| 14 | I am sure that my hon. and gallant Friend , whom I have known for many years and for whom I have a great affection , would agree that about half the best people are women . |
| 15 | He said Alan Winmill is somebody I have known for many years I regard him as a man of intergrity . |
| 16 | I am delighted to have heard anything worthwhile by Schillings , whose music I have known for some time in piano-vocal scores but have not encountered in performance . |
| 17 | I have known between three and four dozen boys and girls sleep in one room . |
| 18 | Joan is Secretary to the Managing Director and Commercial Director and David , whom she has known for seven years , works with British Steel . |
| 19 | She was in the happiest frame of mind she 'd known in recent times when later that day she returned to her car . |
| 20 | She had known with all her soul that she had made just the right decision . |
| 21 | His towers rejected the fear she had of the hideous , dehumanized sadists she had known at Mars-U . |
| 22 | And it was n't Iris who told us , though she had known for some time that it had come through the Strait shortly after the Belgrano had been sunk . |
| 23 | ‘ She said she had known for some time that she and Fabien could not remain at La Tour Monchauzet after their marriage — that they had been talking together about moving away — of going , perhaps , as far as Australia or California and starting a totally new life . |
| 24 | For she had known in that instant that this dark-haired man before her was destined to leave his mark on her soul . |
| 25 | The person that is , is head of our unit is , is Carol and she 's known as Principal Policy Co-Ordinator and she report 's directly to the General Manager Der Erm , then we have three teams within the Local Government Unit , we have a Policy Team and I 'm the team leader for the Policy Team and I 'll talk about , I 'll talk about our work later , but it 's just to explain who we are . |
| 26 | ‘ We 've known for 23 years what the potential problems were but done little to solve them , ’ says Hinners . |
| 27 | Our loved ones will often be people we have known over many lifetimes , who have agreed to play a role which will help us to learn and grow — perhaps by recreating a childhood pattern , by rousing our hidden emotions , by challenging us to remain open , honest and loving , or by modelling qualities which we need to develop . |
| 28 | It will be a very low level of inflation , lower than we have known at any time in recent years , and steady sustainable growth leading to secure jobs , sustaining the Conservative party in government for many years . |
| 29 | The Major , a close confidant of the Princess , added : ‘ We have known for some time that some very senior members of the IOC have the knives out for our sport . |
| 30 | We have known for some time that this can not have been the case . |