Example sentences of "he know [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 But then , if it was Billy 's kid , why did n't he know she did n't live on Dwyer Street any more ?
2 His audience was the crew , and the language their own , but he knew we sensed the content of the canisters of venom dropped into our claustrophobic sanctum .
3 well he knew we did n't mean to sell it better do some of the ship tomorrow , where 's the , look you had one of the masts out , where is it ?
4 He was going to pick them up out of the gutter and establish them in the monied world where he knew they belonged .
5 It seemed incongruous to Dexter , inappropriate when he knew they had come to talk about violent death .
6 ‘ In what way ? ’ he asked softly , his tone completely changed , as if he knew they had come to tread on sensitive ground .
7 He knew they abused their bodies with liquor and narcotic essences .
8 She was a fine person and he knew they related to each other , shared the same sense of humour .
9 He said he was sorry for not visiting more often , sorry for not being there , for not , for not , for not , these omissions of his , these confessions , they rose into his closed mouth until it seemed that he might choke , they were jumbled up , dislocated , like old bones in a crypt , but he knew they fitted together , he knew they would form a skeleton where he could hang the flesh and muscle of his guilt .
10 He knew they soiled themselves with one another .
11 He knew they needed any extra money they could get and would let Barbara stay in their spare room without asking questions . ’
12 He knew they did , the laughter ; , the little ones , they would all gather to watch , for , to please , even rank water he would kneel to drink .
13 This time no expression came over their faces and he knew they did not have much time to live .
14 But when Grainne came to the Castle , he knew himself lost , and he knew that the carapace so diligently acquired over the years was melting .
15 He was not a fool ; he knew what went on in the fields about his home in summer ; he was not himself without desires , desires and curiosity .
16 It would be better , it might even be bearable , if only he knew what had become of James .
17 I asked if he knew what had happened to her .
18 He knew what had already befallen every kinsman with whom Nicholas had come in contact .
19 And he thought he knew what had happened .
20 Now that he knew what had to be done , it was remarkable how different he felt .
21 How he knew what had happened .
22 He knew what had happened years ago .
23 He knew what had happened to her .
24 He knew what had put the idea in his head .
25 Although she did not look at Jake , she could feel he was watching her and that he knew what had stopped her dead in her tracks .
26 Between the two of them there grew up so great an affection that King Henry was much alarmed and , afraid of what the future might hold in store , he decided to postpone his return to England until he knew what lay behind this sudden friendship . "
27 He knew what happened to men and women whose notion of themselves had become degraded ; he 'd seen how traitors worked with a special spite , with a fury that was reserved for themselves as they twisted the knife in the wound .
28 He knew what worked in popular national Sunday newspapers and what did n't .
29 He knew no-one had seen him at Barak 's house otherwise he 'd have been charged straight away .
30 ‘ Yes , ’ she lied , and he knew she lied .
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