Example sentences of "[noun] know [that] [pron] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During which time I found that at the worst all Englishmen stuck together in regard to the West Indians … it was like a thorn in my heels to know that I was working in an atmosphere of hostility . |
| 2 | Dr Neil knew that she was speaking the truth about what had happened to her . |
| 3 | The Court of Appeal ( Civil Division ) in Singh v Rathour [ 1988 ] 1 WLR 422 distinguished Peart and Whittaker v Campbell on the grounds that the defendant knew that he was using a minibus for a purpose which exceeded the limitation under which he had borrowed it . |
| 4 | Only the ferryman on the Oban/Lismore boat knew that I was aiming for the northern ferry to mainland Port Appin . |
| 5 | Suppose a girl under 16 does not wish her parents to know that she is seeking contraceptive advice : the medical profession is divided between those who give priority to partial consent , and others who , in line with the General Medical Council , hold that the principle of professional confidentiality overrides that of parental consent . |
| 6 | Let the Stapletons know that you 're going to walk home across the moor . ’ |
| 7 | Little did those of us who were involved in that exercise know that we were laying the foundations for the industrial resurgence of Germany . |
| 8 | ‘ If the Chief Constable knew that I was seeing Patrick , all hell would break loose . ’ |
| 9 | The old man 's surprisingly bright grey eyes held him and Hope knew that he was facing an honest man and felt bucked that his own present character was worthy of it . |
| 10 | It was half-past midnight , and some time before sunrise Ebenezer Judge knew that he was going to die . |
| 11 | Topaz knew that he was teasing her and her first nervousness was gone . |
| 12 | It was his great satisfaction in retirement to know that he was held in deep affection by many hundreds of students who were fortunate enough to come under his caring influence . ’ |
| 13 | 1814 " This Meeting knowing that they are Bound to pay the Carriage of the articles required for building the Church of Kildaltan … |
| 14 | There , you could ask a dozen out to dinner at the last moment knowing that you were supported by the twin pillars of traiteur and pâtisserie only a telephone call away . |
| 15 | He broke off and Julia knew that he was trying to decide how far to let his honesty take him . |
| 16 | In addition , although the Republicans knew that they were defending legality , they did not have the moral stimulus of winning battles which the insurgents had , and which ( as we have noted earlier ) , derived in large measure from the desperate fanaticism of their enterprise . |
| 17 | I thanked him for everything and left the orbit of his beaming smile knowing that I was included in the universality of stupid behaviour . |
| 18 | Clarence had sexual intercourse with his wife knowing that he was suffering from venereal disease and without disclosing this fact to her . |
| 19 | As soon as Rose knew that she was coming , she said that she must come too , and challenge her statements about Margaret 's sister . |
| 20 | His blue eyes were gazing far away and his wife knew that he was thinking of that distant evening when he and Mrs Curdle had first met , on just such an April evening , many years ago . |
| 21 | Philip knew that she was irritated by his being there , that she wanted to be on her own . |
| 22 | They walked on , thinking of This and That , and by-and-by they came to an enchanted place on the very top of the Forest called Galleons Lap , which is sixty-something trees in a circle ; and Christopher Robin knew that it was enchanted because nobody had ever been able to count whether it was sixty-three or sixty-four , not even when he tied a piece of string round each tree after he had counted it . |
| 23 | The hon. Gentleman knows that we are determined to sustain adult education , to extend it and to ensure that it is properly based in the local community . |
| 24 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman knows that he is avoiding the reality because it is so embarrassing . |
| 25 | If a person knows that he is confronted by a policeman and comes to the conclusion , wrongly , that the policeman is acting outside the scope of his duty , he acts at his peril if he chooses to use force to escape from his predicament . |
| 26 | She did n't even want people to know that she was living there . |
| 27 | When the Prime Minister arrives , will he let people know that he is coming ? |
| 28 | I find it wise to let people know that I am writing , that I need solitude . |
| 29 | His predecessor , the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) , crept into Liverpool and crept out again without letting people know that she was coming . |
| 30 | A lot of people know that I 'm finishing tonight so I might get bought quite a few drinks . |