Example sentences of "we knew the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We knew the only way we could get in and take up our positions on the roof was by arriving early . |
| 2 | In this respect Locke is not an empiricist : he does not think that geometrical knowledge or , for that matter , the knowledge we would have in natural philosophy if we knew the real essences of substances , is empty and trivial . |
| 3 | Laplace suggested that there should be a set of scientific laws that would allow us to predict everything that would happen in the universe , if only we knew the complete state of the universe at one time . |
| 4 | Although we we 'd had a modest week in terms of routes , we 'd found enough delight and challenge in the sunlit silence of the valley and the peaks — and now we knew the full potential of the place . |
| 5 | When I was young we knew the local bobby lived in our midst and we respected him . |
| 6 | We knew the German signals for the night , so we tricked them into holding fire until we were about a mile out , then all hell broke loose . |
| 7 | This pleased him , that we knew the proper response . |
| 8 | If we knew the initial state of our universe , we would know its entire history . |