Example sentences of "but he know [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ran quickly and followed the butterfly on to the marsh , but he knew exactly where he could go , and was not in any danger . |
| 2 | Agger thought these kind remarks helpful , but he knew also that they could hardly sweeten . |
| 3 | He had never had heroin before , but he knew enough junkies to recognise the effects . |
| 4 | Colt did n't hold with the personality bit , but he knew enough to keep his opinion to himself . |
| 5 | This period was not one he was particularly expert in , but he knew enough to be impressed by the handiwork . |
| 6 | But he knew enough about the game to recognize the scope and justice of Connon 's analysis . |
| 7 | But he knew enough , because he knew about Rose and Joe Landau . |
| 8 | Last night the piano had blocked his view , but he knew roughly where to look . |
| 9 | It was only later that he described the mistake as ‘ terminal ’ , but he knew originally that it was serious . |
| 10 | He was a leading figure in social evolution — his second book , on the origin of civilisation as shown by the mental and social condition of savages , was published in 1870 , the year before The Descent of Man by his dear friend Charles Darwin — but he knew better than to talk of evolution in Parliament . |
| 11 | Come out wherever you are and let's get it over with " , but he knew better than that . |
| 12 | He knew many people in the village , almost everyone except the newly arrived and the ones who used the village as a dormitory and who worked in Bath or Chippenham or Swindon , but he knew very few that he could classify as friends . |
| 13 | He had never been to a theatre in London , but he knew now , after the performance she had given a few minutes ago , that Mother Bombie was the greatest actress in the world . |
| 14 | They had lain dormant for some years after she had left the cottage , but he knew now they had simply been growing in the warm darkness of his being where love bred … |
| 15 | Edward was not a great reader but he knew quite well that he was broaching the oldest and most central concern of literature ; he felt appropriately diffident . |
| 16 | People think he just sings , plays guitar and writes songs , but he knows exactly what he wants on stage … ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 've tolerated his insubordination in the past but he knows exactly what will happen to him if he does n't toe the line this time . |
| 18 | ARSENAL boss George Graham reckons he has the best job in football — but he knows even he could suffer a Brian Clough-like backlash if the Gunners fail to win a trophy for the second year running . |
| 19 | But he knows actually what we 're trying to do on a Sunday , and they either like to play us , er er once or twice and they got a reasonable ground . |
| 20 | But he knows almost certainly that it will . |