Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] know [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I remember how ‘ Monsewer ’ Eddie Gray used to do a sketch about diving into a letterbox , while one of the funniest people was a taxi driver I knew who used to put a mask on and squirt people with a water pistol . |
| 2 | Elspeth Barker ( Independent on Sunday ) did not agree : ‘ Those who know Angela Carter 's work will need no encouragement to read these stories ( she is the only late 20th-century writer I know who can use an exclamation mark and get away with it ) ; for others they offer a joyous introduction . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Of course I knew she could read , ’ the mother said . |
| 4 | Alright poppet , we we 're not going to vet we 're not going to the vet we 're not going to the vet I know you 'd like to but you ca n't . |
| 5 | All the while you were building this future I knew there 'd come a morning like this , when I 'd smile sadly as I left you , when I 'd give a last half wave at the corner , when I 'd set my face to the reality of the serious work ahead . |
| 6 | within six months I know I 'll have no more money problems . |
| 7 | ‘ After the first 18 months you know anything can happen . |
| 8 | erm , do n't , they just do n't think cos our kids you know they 'll have money erm , say they had money and bought them presents |
| 9 | Backed by nearly 200 years experience and boatbuilding tradition , a Moody is above all a boat you know you can trust . |
| 10 | But in the back of our heads we knew we could make a career together . ’ |
| 11 | As he watched her eating he knew what would have to be done if she tried to expose him publicly . |
| 12 | Well when , that 's what I said to , er Paula people should always go to that village shop because in the long run I know it might cost you more , but the hassle and everything , the only thing is they have n't got the variety |
| 13 | REAL LIFE After SIX miscarriages I knew I 'd get lucky WOMEN 'S LOOS The scandal no one talks about ! |
| 14 | Membership in the human race was a psychological crutch she knew she could do without , but was n't quite ready to throw away yet . |
| 15 | Peter just could n't resist young blondes , and being the boss he knew he could take his pick — until he met Vanessa … |
| 16 | ‘ It is the sort of place I know I can do well at , but it is also an unusual sort of circuit too . |
| 17 | ‘ I bought a pair of white Wrangler dungarees and a Laura Ashley blouse I knew I 'd wear again . |
| 18 | I can remember it well , it was lit by gas e even in these days you know it would have been all electric light but it was gas and er we had erm , I would go for engineering drawing and maths probably I think . |
| 19 | erm from the evidence we 've looked at over the past few weeks you know I would say that |
| 20 | He looked upwards now at the bunting stretched across the girders of the platform , then said , ‘ With a little imagination you know I could dismiss the Coronation and take it that this show of affection was all for my being twenty-one today . |
| 21 | She could have asked Dorothy of course , Dorothy knew about these things , but she could n't face the look of exasperation she knew she 'd get , the telling-off . |
| 22 | What we have promised in our ’ most urgent ’ package we know we can deliver . |
| 23 | To be sure , the USSR will not initiate a war it knows it will lose , but as the political stakes mount , so will the risks she is prepared to take . |
| 24 | This Sunday morning , as he broke a piece from the bagel to pronounce over it the Grace Before Meals , there was a special fervour in his voice , his blue eyes were full of love and good humour , and he refused room in his heart for the sorrow he knew he would feel on leaving his family . |
| 25 | If he could have pulled her into his arms at that moment he knew nothing could have stopped him from making love to her . |
| 26 | " He 's obviously gone some place he knows I would disapprove of — which probably means something involving the Irish sympathizers … " |
| 27 | If he had been alert to everyday things he knew he would have heard it sooner . |
| 28 | The moment that fucking kraut mentioned Miletti I knew I could kiss that sweet dream goodbye . |
| 29 | When I came to Rangers I knew I 'd have to change attitudes . |
| 30 | ‘ Apart from the damage it would do to the ground I knew it would have to be ridden every day and then if it bolted or got stuck in the mud it would be my responsibility . ’ |