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 . |