Example sentences of "we [adj] know [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A colleague at the Maze , said : ‘ We all knew Susan had matrimonial problems but we did n't suspect she was so depressed . |
2 | At the end of a scientific lecture , C. P. Snow once received a backhanded compliment from his chairman who said , ‘ We all knew Raman spectroscopy was complicated , but did not realise how complicated until we heard Snow 's talk ’ . |
3 | We all know frames of mirrors or rococo pictures which are decorated in an asymmetrical and extravagant style . |
4 | We all know packaging is often superfluous … an excess to make people buy the product rather than just wrap it up and that must be recovered … so we want the industry to use minimum packaging and we want the industry to come forward with ideas on that — if they do n't then we 'll legislate . |
5 | We all know Stirling 's weakness for laying on his plans by the queerest methods . |
6 | I am sure we all know horses that are exceptions to them — thoroughbred chestnut mares that are calm and placid and bay cobs who are nervy and excitable . |
7 | We all know widowers and widows who have failed to recover from loss , whose family or friends can find no way of breaking into their misery and sadly , but inevitably , become tired of trying . |
8 | For instance ‘ I think Bill 's put his case exceptionally well ’ or ‘ We all know Bill is a great authority on this . ’ |
9 | ‘ We all know Kenneth . |
10 | ‘ We all know Godfrey was n't right for you . ’ |
11 | When Mrs Broadly is stretchered out of the Coffee Shop in an oxygen mask , for example , we all know Dr Beverley Marshal is going to be sued for malpractice — such is the power of consummate technique . |
12 | ‘ We all know Mozart is remembered when the emperors he wrote music for are not , ’ he said . |
13 | Private contractors we all know cut corners , services decline and women , customers and users of the service suffer . |
14 | We all know suffering , we all know grief , we all know bereavement . |
15 | Of course , we all know people who are supremely sure of themselves . |
16 | We all know people who want trade union protection , but dare not join because they fear victimization . |
17 | And we all know people who are actually very good at telling you how to do something . |
18 | We all know textiles has had the grind for years and years and years and all our activity , all our activists , the shop stewards and the branch secretaries and conveners in that particular section , they need a lot of support , especially the young people . |
19 | We all know DOL at the back would help both newsome and wetherall . |
20 | We all know suffering , we all know grief , we all know bereavement . |
21 | IN THIS COUNTRY we first knew Krzysztof Kieslowski as director and co-writer of two imaginative but sharply realistic pieces : A Short Film About Killing , a painful record of capital punishment , and A Short Film About Love , a study of a misunderstood attachment ; both dealt with concrete interpretations of the Ten Commandments . |
22 | As Manuel and I sat drinking our rum punch outside the tavern in the midday sun , patting Sombro and discussing dogs as pets in our respective homelands , we both knew Sombro 's manhood would remain intact and that , as long as he was able to mooch down to the village , he would do so . |