Example sentences of "[verb] [det] [pron] [was/were] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was all very well for Connie to say , as she sometimes did , that Scarlet 's therapist might know all there was to know about psychoanalysis but clearly knew sod-all about human nature . |
| 2 | She had been so certain she 'd known all there was to know about the man in her arms — but she had n't . |
| 3 | And I would maintain that for all his limited command of English and his limited general knowledge , he not only knew all there was to know about how to run a house , he did in his prime come to acquire that ‘ dignity in keeping with his position ’ , as the Hayes Society puts it . |
| 4 | Constable was a miller 's son , and probably knew all there was to know about mills such as Flatford . |
| 5 | Alexandra bought a book on cheese-making and ignored Dora 's protests that she had helped make cheese at her mother 's knee and knew all there was to know about the matter already . |
| 6 | Bob Calder , that ass , was more than willing to accept him as a man who knew all there was to know about women . |
| 7 | Lowering his head , he captured her mouth , expertly learned all there was to know about Ellie Browne 's responses — all about how putty felt when it was thoroughly warmed . |