Example sentences of "knew [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I knew for a little while that would be true . |
| 2 | The government alleged Dr Siraj knew of a planned coup attempt by military officers and that , although he refused to take part , he failed to report the matter to the security services . |
| 3 | Chris Ivory , chief executive at Bedale food firm Dalepak said he knew of a small company which would struggle to stay in business if it had to raise wages at the present time . |
| 4 | Families from Aberdeen , Glasgow and Edinburgh were included in the study after they were referred by medical practitioners who knew of a strong family history of the disease . |
| 5 | So we got engaged and waved my family off to Australia ; he knew of a little cottage we could buy not far from his boat yard — his boat yard , ’ she said disparagingly with a little snort of disgust . |
| 6 | Hafpor said he knew of a little hotel , and would we like to go there ? |
| 7 | MacIver had said he knew of a double-deck trailer which went every week from Cumbernauld to Stornoway , via Inverness , carrying £300,000-£600,000 worth of spirits , groceries and tobacco . |
| 8 | Her first impression of the man she knew with a sinking feeling could only be Niall Grant was of strong , sun-tanned features which held her gaze as the blue eyes looked coolly into hers , and for the first time in her life her height , which at five feet eight inches had given her an advantage over a lot of men , suddenly seemed diminished . |
| 9 | Desperately she pressed on but she knew with an awful certainty that he would vanish before she got there . |
| 10 | Somehow she knew with an inner certainty that even if she had met Adam Burns only for the most fleeting of moments , those dark obsidian eyes would have burned themselves into her memory for ever . |
| 11 | I knew from an early age his music and his work as a conductor . |
| 12 | Perhaps because I knew from an early age that he was not long for this world , I tried to make his time in it as pleasant as possible , and thus ended up treating him far better than most young boys treat their younger brothers . |
| 13 | Jess heard and knew in an absent way that he was speaking to her , but all her attention was on Captain Meredith , framed in the doorway of the inn . |
| 14 | Mrs Barnes , returned to her cottage , amazingly kept her silence for twelve years , only revealing what she knew to a local magistrate , Anthony Bridges in 1587 . |
| 15 | George knew at an early age that he would like to pursue a career in engineering . |
| 16 | This star is Canopus , which Ariel and her people knew by a different name . |