Example sentences of "'d know [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was unlike the girl she 'd been or the women he 'd known since ; she had a rare energy , and it was good to be near . |
| 2 | What she 'd known instinctively from the start was absolutely right . |
| 3 | He was a good journalist and one I 'd known professionally for many years . |
| 4 | He 'd known exactly what he was doing all along . |
| 5 | She 'd known exactly what she was getting into when she had applied for a job with the commodity brokers , McKenzie Dunton . |
| 6 | Alice thought perhaps she 'd known already she was ill . |
| 7 | It was always by accident I 'd come upon him with others and watch him converse with people I 'd known nearly all my life , lighting them with his interest , vignettes in which I played no part . |
| 8 | I only wish I 'd known before that he was so ill . |
| 9 | Perhaps he 'd known before , as soon as the phone rang . |
| 10 | You think of women you 've known and wish you 'd known better , and you wonder what they 're doing now . |
| 11 | He could see the end coming , and it was just as she 'd said ; the friends he 'd made and lost , and the women that he wished he 'd known better . |
| 12 | She 'd known all along , deep down , that they had left her . |
| 13 | We 'd known more or less since I 'd heard the words Jihad Islami in the Land of Grey and Pink , but they 'd never actually said it . |
| 14 | He 'd known almost nothing . |
| 15 | Was this the Milton Humberside he 'd known so long ? |
| 16 | ‘ If I 'd known then what I learned since I would not have lost the job or my place but I simply had some growing up to do . |
| 17 | Yet if I 'd known then that the cup was Undry … |
| 18 | The Jessica I 'd known then would have felt more enthusiasm for a Christmas cracker bangle than she was showing for her gold bracelet . |
| 19 | And again she recognised what she 'd known then instantly : that she loved him and that he would make a perfect father for her daughter . |
| 20 | If I 'd known then what I knew later , the envelope would have gone in with it . |
| 21 | She 'd known then who had taken it , and why Lori had left with so much friendliness . |
| 22 | It was also presumably why he 'd sent Feargal off to Wexford , as a joke , because he 'd known damn well that he lived in Slane and that Ellie was likely to meet him again . |
| 23 | A Mum and Dad who 'd known vaguely for a long time that Conor liked holding parties were suddenly being told over cups of tea and Hobnobs about vast acid house raves in the middle of fields , about police chases across whole counties , about an entire organisation that Conor had run ( Conor had run an organisation ? ) , which could call a party and have 5,000 people turning up at £20 a ticket within 48 hours . |
| 24 | She 'd known perfectly well what he meant . |
| 25 | He 'd known perfectly well how she 'd react when he 'd arranged for her to be taken on for this play . |