Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb past] know [det] " in BNC.

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1 As a small child I had known all the words of Masefield 's poem , ‘ Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir/Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine … ’
2 Here she was , possessed of more than she had ever dreamed of , this house , its comforts and warmth , those servants whose lives were spent in caring for hers , friends such as the Chamberlins who had taken her to their hearts , this first , unforgettable Christmas with all its bounty and then — Michael Swinton , in that bleak and dreary place , with only drunken old Meg and silent Punch , his loneliness accentuated by the life he had known these last few months in London and in the great houses he had stayed in .
3 I fell through the door with Marius and immediately started talking to a former member of the British Parachute Regiment who had known some friends of mine .
4 At that time she had known few people in the district , for they were among the first of the incomers , and Camille had been only a baby with the consequent ailments , accidents and dissatisfactions .
5 So erm the surrogate was artificially inseminated herself erm er , it took us seven months to achieve a pregnancy , and during this time we got to know each other very well
6 In fact they had known all about Crabb 's venture before they arrived at Portsmouth and their frogmen were waiting for him as he approached the cruiser .
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