Example sentences of "and [verb] know [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , the information leaked and became known locally . |
| 2 | Gorbachev declared that what had collapsed was not socialism but Stalinism , stressing that " it is impossible to ensure one 's own security at the expense of anybody else 's … and to pretend to know better how other peoples and nations should manage their affairs " . |
| 3 | It had been pulling the small cart through backstreets for years now and seemed to know instinctively that it would probably be required to stop at any moment , so there was no point in hurrying . |
| 4 | I think the teachers did influence me a lot in their own enthusiasm for the subject ; it seemed to rub off on me , you know ; whenever they taught me something , a new concept or something , I 'd come away feeling enlightened by it , and wanting to know more , just this curiosity for more knowledge . |
| 5 | Most of the theatres Warner had acquired were in what was described as the ‘ populous East ’ and especially in Pennsylvania , New Jersey , and New York and it could be claimed that the studio knew and needed to know more about industrial America than some of its rivals . |
| 6 | It also gives us the chance to talk to the clients and to get to know exactly what they want . ’ |
| 7 | Jenking was still confident and appeared to know exactly the ship 's position . |
| 8 | The summary is for the reader who is in a hurry and wishes to know quickly what the recommendations are . |
| 9 | I was already queer , and had known too long the vice of distinctiveness in my personal life as well as in my poetry . |
| 10 | Differences among accents of English have been mentioned several times in the course , and this is a subject that many students of English find interesting and wish to know more about . |
| 11 | In the spaciousness of a large chamber they may make only four or five a second , but as they approach the rock walls and need to know exactly where they are in order not to crash into them , they increase the speed of the clicks until they are emitting as many as twenty a second and the sound becomes , to our ears , an almost continuous rattle . |
| 12 | Monkeys leap from branch to branch through the trees and need to know exactly how far to jump . |
| 13 | I noticed her and wanted to know more about her . |