Example sentences of "know [pron] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Brian did not like parties , according to Alix , and had expressed fears that he would know nobody at the Headleands ' , but this was not so , for he had already engaged himself with his habitual courtesy with old Sir Anthony . |
2 | Onassis invited me — I did n't know him at the time but later we became great friends — and we talked . |
3 | ‘ We did not know it at the time but the torch we lit in Britain , which transformed our country — the torch of freedom that is now the symbol of our party — became a beacon that has shed its light across the Iron Curtain into the East . |
4 | Although we did not know it at the time , the next census figures were to show an over-all drop of more than 11% . |
5 | Corman , a young independent producer born of the post-Superior Court ruling when studios were cutting back on their own B-movie productions , did not know it at the time , nor did anyone else , but he was about to make a significant contribution to what later became known as the ‘ new Hollywood ’ through the personalities he gave work to on low budget films , either acting , writing , directing or all three . |
6 | Although he did not know it at the time , Hess 's work was to initiate a revolution in geological and geophysical thinking , and ultimately it became the foundation of a major new theory about how continents and oceans are related , and what part volcanoes play in the evolution of the Earth . |
7 | I did n't know it at the time , but he had come to prepare us for the move to England . |
8 | Though I did n't know it at the time , Lebanon was suffering only the hors d'oeuvre of the devil 's dinner . |
9 | ‘ Well , I did n't know it at the time , but the telegraphist on the next set to mine-Lofty , he 's called — was on my wavelength too . |
10 | I did not know it at the time , but Helmut knew that Jean-Claude was still seeing Otto . |
11 | This was to be a momentous decision although he did not know it at the time . |
12 | ‘ I did n't know it at the time . |
13 | I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
14 | Of course I did n't know it at the time , but by then my mother and father 's marriage was showing cracks . |
15 | ‘ They wo n't know us at the station , in London , ’ said Jonathon suddenly . |