Example sentences of "have know that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The unfairness of this strikes me , since although we are all from families that vote Labour ( no working-class Catholic would vote Unionist ) Jimmy had been the only one in the class who 'd known that Hugh Gaitskell was the leader of the Opposition in the general knowledge quiz .
2 People should have known that performance does not always match up to promise . ’
3 If the pursuers of Robert the Bruce had been women , they 'd have known that cobwebs come overnight .
4 You must have known that girl was nothing to do with me — you just wanted revenge . ’
5 The Station Chief would have known that Harry Lawrence and Bill Erlich were close , that their friendship crossed the divide of Agency man and Fed .
6 ‘ They must have known that leases were in the pipeline but no one said anything to me . ’
7 Later in my trip I would have known that cooks are rare — not only because of expense , but because cooking is too important to leave to servants .
8 But Hunter must surely have known that Van Butchell , famed for his eccentricities , had no intention of burying his wife once the embalming had been done .
9 ‘ Well , of course Charles might not have known that Mrs Thrigg was actually in the house during the quarrel .
10 She had hoped to dodge the subject but might have known that Gloria 's boundless interest in all things morbid and sensational would make it impossible .
11 I would not have known that children who said they enjoyed it , were enjoying it
12 I should have known that Jean-Claude would wish to return to Paris a few days prior to the anniversary of Montaine 's death , a date embossed not only on his and Mme Guérigny 's mind but on my own .
13 The whole world must have known that Hubert was on the river .
14 I might have known that Dr. Lorrimer would be mixed up in it .
15 But it 's all so ironic — if my little tinkering with her inhaler had n't led to her death nobody would have known that Doreen guessed — that I 'd been helping myself to the firm 's cash now and then — only piffling amounts over the years I 'd been with them , a few thousand here and there , just enough for some designer clothes and jewellery .
16 ‘ But you must have known that letter was going to arrive this morning , or you would n't have been round here , trying to snatch it away before I saw it . ’
17 YOU would never have known that Klaus Tennstedt had been ill in his life .
18 Aleksandar Singer , who is a retired Belgrade banker , has said ( NIN , 4 October 1987 ) that all the top bankers and politicians must have known that Agrokomerc was overspending .
19 He would also have known that Palmerston , having let it be known that he had asked Scott to submit a new design , was very unlikely to change his mind , and it was perhaps to give the appearance of some purpose to the delegation that he and Tite made their request for another competition .
20 In particular , it was held that the law will imply a duty of care when a party seeking information from a party possessed of a special skill trusts that party to exercise due care , and that party knew or ought to have known that reliance was being placed on their skill and judgment .
21 Far worse never to have known that kind of love , an inner voice seemed to say .
22 But of course she ought to have known that martin Jones would find out in the end .
23 He ought to have known that Dorrainge would meddle , well , he had known it , but it had actually been rather difficult to leave him behind .
24 Nor was Lotus a negligible factor : it had taken a severe dip in I975 , but anyone knowing Chapman had to know that Lotus declines were generally followed by Lotus ascensions ; with Andretti and Peterson driving against him , Hunt was starting the season in a star-studded field .
25 ‘ Because I 've known that story since I was a little girl .
26 He had known that Sidacai would work out the nature of the venture before he had to be told .
27 He had known that Doyle would win the battle for life .
28 In her heart , Tallis had known that Scathach would not wait for her , but it still came as a shock to find that he had betrayed his word to her .
29 Mr Lightman claimed that if the jury which had awarded the £600,000 had known that Mrs Sutcliffe was not adverse to taking money for her story , the outcome could have been different .
30 Ellie had known that Mrs McMahon was not a forceful or decisive person , but had n't quite realised just how easily led she was .
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