Example sentences of "knows [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He either knows or not . |
| 2 | ‘ Whether he knows or not , however , keep him away from my sister . ’ |
| 3 | She said , ‘ It does n't matter whether Guido knows or not . |
| 4 | He , he 's , he 's not in a position to say whether he knows or not . |
| 5 | George knows that sooner or later Lennie will do another ‘ bad thing ’ and so when Lennie accidentally kills Curley 's wife , George is very upset and disappointed , but not shocked . |
| 6 | Everyone knows that not even two metronomes can stay in synchrony , and certainly all human tempos , even when they might appear close to absolute , continually vary . |
| 7 | He knows that tomorrow he has to tell Potter that he needs the time off again . |
| 8 | Kate knows that deep down it is all her fault . |
| 9 | Anybody who has operated in business for more than five years knows that invariably in five years the business is not all right unless something has been done about it . |
| 10 | She knows that neither she nor her new man will ever be safe from Sikes ’ violent jealousy . |
| 11 | Any stranger knows that well . |
| 12 | knows that well I 'm not I mean , why should I ? |
| 13 | One may respond ( in relation to the parable of the prodigal son ) that one knows that today women may pass property to their daughters . |
| 14 | She knows that even something that seems so simple as giving a wash has to be thought about and done in a sensitive way . |
| 15 | But he knows that later means closer to the next election . |
| 16 | She knows that though do n't she ? |
| 17 | Anyone who has contact with the real world knows that sometimes the management might not have confidence in the work force and the work force might not have confidence in the management . |
| 18 | But Paul knows that sometimes it is hard to put our prayers into words , so the verse includes that ; God is able to do what believers think of . |
| 19 | I 'm allowed to say something pilgrimage of love and the parish knows that too because something that er it 's . |
| 20 | Denis is a professional and knows that as well as I do . ’ |
| 21 | And everyone knows that really he is advising medieval kings and nineteenth-century Prime Ministers . |
| 22 | He has swum across , although he knows that more than a dozen escapers have drowned there in recent weeks and East German border guards are patrolling . |
| 23 | She knows that now because of the uncomfortable gap between her budgeted sales and her turnover . |
| 24 | That was a joke — a bad one , she knows that now — because little Cymby accidentally nipped Mummy 's bosoms — accidentally , with those new teeth of hers . |
| 25 | But she knows that only a miracle can make her six-month-old son beam back . |
| 26 | That party knows that only a higher court is likely to push forward the boundaries of some legal rule . |
| 27 | However , anyone who has been through the process knows that very little practical effort is made by the services involved to pass on details . |
| 28 | The ‘ inside ’ seems to be everything a person knows and hence the familiar was ego-centred but it was bounded by other members of the group following certain rules . |
| 29 | He 's , well not necessarily made his mind but you can suggest that he might , may have done and also it seems that Alfiera is slightly half hearted in the way he erm like tries to convince Eddie cos it seems that i it , I get the feeling that Alfiera already knows and just thinking well there 's no point in getting really het up about it , so he , he tries , he says look it 's not a good idea but in the end |
| 30 | Rather , knowledge is gained within the context of practices , which determine what a given individual knows and also contain certain standards as to what counts as knowledge . |