Example sentences of "[vb past] known [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack Smith and his wife Maisie were pets who 'd known them all their lives . |
| 2 | ‘ I thought you 'd known them for years . |
| 3 | If you 'd known them , you 'd know this . |
| 4 | She was in a fairly emotional state , in that she 'd known nothing about the wedding , wondered why she had n't been told , and demanded the time and location of the ceremony . |
| 5 | Maybe I 'd set him at ease by saying ‘ g'day ’ , but he looked like he 'd known me all his eight years , and leant quite steadily on me for the drive to Robert 's parents ' cottage , where we arranged photos . |
| 6 | If you 'd known me when I was 12 or 14 , there was no way I 'd have got near a stage . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , ’ said McAllister furiously , remembering something which she did not like to remember , ‘ you mean it would have been perfectly in order for him to attack me if he 'd known me ? ’ |
| 8 | as though she 'd known me , you know , but I could n't even remember seeing her before . |
| 9 | The funny thing was I was asking Irene who she was because I could n't remember seeing her and then , later on , she came up to me as though she 'd known me , you know ? |
| 10 | If we 'd known we would of said a few things |
| 11 | For days he 'd been in the blackest of moods , furious with her for wasting herself on a man old enough to be her father , and even more furious with himself for not having taken her forcefully after that Christmas evening when he 'd known her feelings were as inflamed as his own . |
| 12 | He 'd known her eight months — met her , in fact , at a dinner party hosted by Vanessa 's elder brother William — and they had only argued once , but it had been a telling exchange . |
| 13 | ‘ If I 'd known what you were going to do , I 'd never have caught him . ’ |
| 14 | She would , she said , have given it to them , if she 'd known what it was . |
| 15 | And I 'm sure I would have left the club readily and earlier if I 'd known what he was going to say later . |
| 16 | ‘ If I 'd known what was going on in that house right under my nose … ’ |
| 17 | He says now that if he 'd known what it would involve he would have taken the first plane out of town , but I was hugely relieved when he agreed . |
| 18 | Seeing this , she 'd known what lay ahead . |
| 19 | If I 'd known what you intended to do with it , I 'd never have told you it existed . ’ |
| 20 | In a wedding photograph , the interesting faces are not those of the bride and groom , but of the encircling guests : the bride 's younger sister ( will it happen to me , the tremendous thing ? ) , the groom 's elder brother ( will she let him down like that bitch did me ? ) , the bride 's mother ( how it takes me back ) , the groom 's father ( if the lad knew what I know now if only I 'd known what I know now ) , the priest ( strange how even the tongue-tied are moved to eloquence by these ancient vows ) , the scowling adolescent ( what do they want to get married for ? ) , and so on . |
| 21 | With a wry smile , Ellie admitted , ‘ It would n't have been so hard if I 'd known what he was talking about . ’ |
| 22 | Before she could reply , even if she 'd known what to say , Phena sauntered back in . |
| 23 | If I 'd known what was about to happen I would have fled like the wind . |
| 24 | If I 'd known what it was I would have chopped up that snow-plough before the snows arrived . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ She 'd have been more than concerned if she 'd known what he 'd been up to over the previous few weeks ! ’ said Harris drily . |
| 26 | Do n't you see , if I 'd known what she was really planning , I 'd have asked more questions ? |
| 27 | She 'd known what sort of man he was from the start . |
| 28 | I hate to think how much money I have paid over to Anglia Gas if I 'd known what I was into I could have walked into that house then and I could , while I had all that money before I gave any away I could have said , right , I 'm going to have to spend that , that , that , that and that and I would have done it and it would have I would 've been alright because I would n't have had things going wrong ! |
| 29 | That 's what he said , if I 'd known what I know now , he said I would n't of paid it ! |
| 30 | Bernie was speechless , for the first time since I 'd known him . |