Example sentences of "knew [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were five and he knew them all . |
| 2 | Gloria knew them all . |
| 3 | He knew them all , but somehow his special talents always failed to impress those who really mattered . |
| 4 | She knew them all ; she was devastated for them and their families , who would be left husbandless and fatherless . |
| 5 | Among all these famous names there is one who knew them all , and who perhaps in his own way did as much as they to popularize , and incidentally to record , the Lake District at the turn of the century . |
| 6 | Rubberneck knew them all , pious lives ; he had been lectured them a hundred times , even if he still could not fix a face to a saint , or only ( he felt an affinity ) St Francis . |
| 7 | The Wardley family collection contained many treasures , including many Pre-Raphaelite paintings , and Miss Hatherby knew them all intimately . |
| 8 | The Wardley family collection contained many treasures and Miss Hatherby knew them all intimately . |
| 9 | Léonie knew them all by sight . |
| 10 | She knew them all now . |
| 11 | My father knew them all and taught me their names . |
| 12 | Tilda , who knew them all , loved to imitate them , and hobbled up Partisan Street alternately limping and shuffling , with distorted features . |
| 13 | Theodora knew them all to be bitter , seedy and indigestible . |
| 14 | Knew them all . |
| 15 | Thus the RAF and the nation were deprived of one of its most gallant battle leaders , amongst the bravest of the brave — I knew them all , I walked in their shadows . |
| 16 | He knew them both by name . |
| 17 | Nails knew them both by sight ; they would n't say boo to a goose , called each other mum and dad , even when they were alone together , homely sorts . |
| 18 | He knew them both quite well . |
| 19 | ‘ Whythat you knew them both . ’ |
| 20 | Only to me , who knew them both , was it obvious . |
| 21 | UNTIL ten days ago we knew nothing of the Hartlepool Vinegar Incident , and even then we knew nothing much . |
| 22 | Wycliffe resigned himself to lying awake for the rest of the night but , in fact , he fell asleep and knew nothing more until he was awakened to broad daylight and seagulls squawking outside his window . |
| 23 | I knew my former comrades would be long gone from the latest of the encampments before the malais ever got near them . |
| 24 | ‘ I knew him better than I knew my own father , anyway . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I knew your name as I knew my own . |
| 26 | They knew their own taste would n't do , poor dears , but they were n't quite sure what would . |
| 27 | Usually it was safe to wander round the village in the daytime : the dogs knew their own people and , as long as neighbours stayed on neutral ground , they let them be . |
| 28 | National pamphleteers remote from the social relations of the villages might rant on about the idle and undeserving poor , but relief at local level was in the hands of the annually elected parish overseers supervised by the vestry meeting , and they knew their own poor well enough . |
| 29 | in the window half and I wish I knew which half this is it 's all rather complicated , but I 'll see |
| 30 | She knew her own limitations . |