Example sentences of "[vb mod] know " in BNC.
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| 1 | The controlling agents of the status quo may know the power of lies ; dissident sub-cultures , however , are closer to knowing their value ’ ( cited in Bronski , Culture-Clash , 41 ) . |
| 2 | That a language , whatever it be , not repress another ; that the subject may know without remorse , without repression , the bliss of having at his disposal two kinds of language ; that he may speak this or that , according to his perversions , not according to the Law . |
| 3 | I 've come to you because I want you to tell me everything you can about Mr Hatton with particular reference to anything you may know about the source of his income . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm very much cap-in-hand when people come — they may know more than I do . |
| 5 | If you ring us tomorrow we may know more . |
| 6 | ‘ My first wife died some years ago , as you may know . |
| 7 | You may know the delightful story of G.K. Chesterton who was always getting lost . |
| 8 | ( ’ One may know by your kiss that your gin is excellent . ’ ) |
| 9 | Hast thee consulted Miller — the last being new , he may know nothing of . |
| 10 | Those of you who have read my papers in Nature may know that these are now known as Briant Bodies , and fall into four distinct groups , which I have labeled Alpha , Beta , Gamma and Delta . |
| 11 | As you may know , there has been much scientific argument about the ways such traits appear . |
| 12 | This lifted the atmospheric pressure — fifteen pounds per square inch , as you may know — from the walls of the uterus and thus allowed the maximum free passage of blood through the maternal and infant blood vessels . |
| 13 | Their father may know that if he simply ‘ refuses to intervene ’ the older one , stronger and more resourceful , is bound to come out on top … |
| 14 | What is your name , wife , that I may know whom to thank ? ’ |
| 15 | You may know a man by his Christianity . |
| 16 | Young people with backpacks and habitual travellers may know what it means to go on a journey , but for most the romance of escape begins with deciding where to go on holiday and then getting there as quickly as possible . |
| 17 | It may also be appropriate to record the decision made so that all involved in the patient 's case may know . |
| 18 | The question here is whether he need feel compelled to continue treatment , especially since he may know that if he does continue , his actions will , if reasonable ( and it will be hard to prove otherwise ) , qualify as being justified . |
| 19 | And when ye would set out for Castille , let all the people know in secret , that they make themselves ready , and take with them all that they have , so that none of the Moors in the suburb may know thereof ; for certes ye can not keep the city , neither abide therein after my death . |
| 20 | You may know that you have passed all your exams but , if your Inner Face tells you ( for whatever reason ) that you are incapable of achievement , that is what you must put down . |
| 21 | As you may know , we charge an annual subscription of £32.50 . |
| 22 | They may know more than they realize , for it may be only on the occasion of a question that they see or realize applications and utilities of writings with which they are perfectly familiar . |
| 23 | ( I miss out the word puking from this Shakespearean phrase since I know of few instances in which a baby has strained the cassock of the clergyman baptising it , though doubtless readers may know of one . ) |
| 24 | ‘ Possibly he may know of someone else who gives such lessons . ’ |
| 25 | They may know , intellectually , that their partner is less adaptable , but may not find the reality easy to deal with . |
| 26 | A younger person marrying and taking on a teenage family may know very little about adolescents . |
| 27 | In 1238 , as your Grace may know , when there was no apparent successor to the throne the then Scottish king called his magnates together and , in their presence and with their consent , designated the House of Bruce as his heir-presumptive . |
| 28 | The mystified motorist whose car has gone wrong may know only that it needs repair and that he should take it to a mechanic : his competence to deal with the matter may go no further . |
| 29 | But in another sense , as any visitor to central Italy may know , if we contemplate and explore these delectable places with historical insight and imagination , the answer lies all about us . |
| 30 | , … or to strike south to the Waste , recapture the girl — remember , they may know nothing about her — and then ride back either by the track on the other side of the Swamp or carry on direct south towards Leicester . |