Example sentences of "[Wh pn] knew [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Larry Lonik , author of ‘ The Curious Morel ’ , tells the tale of a man in Williamsburg who knew a special spot : ‘ People would try to follow him , but he 'd just sit down under a tree and wait them out . |
| 2 | At his deposition , North 's aide Robert Earl offered a breakdown of those who knew about the Iran operation , those who did not know and those who knew a bit of it , like a game of Chinese boxes . |
| 3 | ‘ Murder , ’ he said , in the tones of someone who knew a bit about the subject , ‘ is something we try and classify . |
| 4 | Johnny Blunt could say ‘ Yes ; no ; door ; window ’ , but he did better than Harold Waterman ( Hans Wasserman ) who knew a complete sentence : ‘ The gardener 's in the garden . ’ |
| 5 | Because these men who knew with such unquestionable certainty the difference between right and wrong , and who blithely described the garotters as creatures capable of responding only to the fear of physical pain , were people who knew a great deal about physical pain . |
| 6 | To take the simplest example , faisan à la normande would be understood , by anybody who knew a little about French regional cooking , to imply a dish of pheasant with a cream sauce and apples , blazed with Calvados . |
| 7 | She 'd been living with one of his men , a guy who knew a lot about his affairs , and Connie could n't help knowing plenty of things that Bonanza would not want advertised on the radio . ’ |
| 8 | She knew someone who knew a woman . |
| 9 | Oisin , who knew a little of the theory of sorcery — ‘ Although I have never aspired to its practice , ’ he would have said modestly — knew that with the emerging of the first , the others would have gained strength and confidence . |
| 10 | ‘ You use your left hand ! ’ he said , slowly and clearly , in the tones of one who knew a thing or two about Islamic adab . |
| 11 | It was the cry to let them be ; from one who knew no sin came the plea from the heart of humanity , ‘ Have mercy on us . ’ |
| 12 | Should a traveller , returning from a far country , bring us an account of men wholly different from any with whom we were ever acquainted ; men who were entirely divested of vice , ambition , or revenge ; who knew no pleasure but friendship , generosity , and public spirit ; we should immediately , from these circumstances , detect the falsehood , and prove him a liar , with the same certainty as if he ha[d] stuffed his narration with stories of centaurs and dragons , miracles and prodigies ( quoted in Freeman 1984 : 95 ) . |
| 13 | To those who knew no better , he told a story of having first taken the examinations and done brilliantly . |
| 14 | The US manager , who knew no Spanish , had been taken hostage and had phoned the embassy claiming he had been captured by Communists . |
| 15 | Since negotiations failed and the rebellion , once supported by England , could only be defeated by increasing injections of Napoleon 's soldiers and money , the ideal of an independent civil government appealing to hearts , in Joseph 's phrase , was rejected by the emperor and his generals who knew no law but military necessity . |
| 16 | It was a three-eight Webley revolver , which Mallachy derided as an infamously inefficient piece , issued for God knows how long to British Army officers , and policemen , and other types who knew no better than to accept it as their side-arm . |
| 17 | Only the canny Mr Genscher , who knew the East Germans ' minds , could have thought of letting the regime save face by ‘ expelling ’ their own people across their own territory . |
| 18 | Ramsey , who knew the announcement was coming , delivered a public tribute to Fisher in the York Convocation . |
| 19 | The fact that the hordes of reporters who live in the burrows of the Palace of Westminster got it wrong — and have since tried to justify getting it wrong — has given me , and many of my friends who knew the score pretty accurately before the result , much quiet pleasure over the last few days . |
| 20 | The cause of recovering Greenham Common for the people has been taken up by the author of Watership Down , Mr Richard Adams , who knew the area before it was requisitioned during the second world war . |
| 21 | That law was formed by ecclesiastical lawyers who knew the Roman Law . |
| 22 | Packard 's discovery that one particular square mile of high status addresses in New York ran east of Central Park , from 65th to 78th Street , came as no surprise to Londoners who knew the precise social shading between neighbouring postal districts . |
| 23 | Call it developing female insight , but SHe somehow knew Malamute was a man with a secret , a man in disguise , and also a man who knew the way SHe could turn this whole mess into an advantage . |
| 24 | Was he simply crazy or the one person who knew the truth , the right way . |
| 25 | If there are fewer people around who knew the person who has died , then there are also fewer people to notice that the person is no longer there , and there are fewer people to talk about missing him or her . |
| 26 | Previously when someone 's age had to be formally determined it had to be done in the presence of a sheriff of the county and a ‘ jury ’ composed of local people who knew the person concerned . |
| 27 | And what was all this about one not far from here who knew the woman in her ? |
| 28 | The reason may be that all who knew the deceased are thus reminded of him and are invited to pray for his repose ( through St Theresa or otherwise ) . |
| 29 | The whole thing got out of hand , partly because of the ill chance that no fewer than three people who knew the real Louise Müller converged upon Vienna at the same time : her sister , myself , and the young French officer who replaced me in her affections . ’ |
| 30 | The club had field meetings , following leys and visiting ancient sites , a member who knew the area acting as leader . |