Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] that [pron] know [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So she kept her doubts to herself , merely remarking that everyone knew what Frenchmen were like and turning the whole thing into a rather laboured joke in which Iris eventually joined . |
| 2 | To ask the question of whether there is enough presumes that we know what ‘ enough ’ is . |
| 3 | It looked like half a letter T. The needle was so bent that I knew I knew that I would not be able to remove it in the usual way , so I took my heavy pliers ( the ones with which I behead the Passap/Pfaff needles when they got damaged ) and cut off the top of the needle , below the bend . |
| 4 | an awful lot from teachers , you know , we 're just expecting that they know everything about sex education . |
| 5 | Supposing , however , that those answers are correct , would we not allow that he knows them , even though he himself might not make that claim ? |
| 6 | For all the strength of its grip on American affections , the industry has not yet done a Hollywood : sporting stars , unlike some film stars , do not pretend that they know everything there is to know about matters from a nuclear winter to farm policies and demand to be listened to on them all . |
| 7 | ‘ Why have I always felt that I knew you before ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ However , do n't you ever forget that I know who was responsible . ’ |
| 9 | She also says that she knew you . ’ |
| 10 | or you ca n't have a lunch break , but she did n't , she just automatically assumes that everybody knows what 's going on in her head be that everybody else should know as well , yeah anyway I 've got to go Matt 's shouting , he 's obviously having problems plumbing the dishwasher , god his little cotton socks , so we 'll see you later , alright then , see you later on ta ta . |
| 11 | Sherriffe , a raw bustling wing , also showed that he knew his way to the line , but perhaps it was fitting that the elusive Purdy should be credited with his side 's final try . |
| 12 | I could not understand at the time why they thought we were Germans , but I later discovered that they knew we were people from a border and the only border they could think of was the one with Austria , which for them was the same as Germany . |
| 13 | Of course being nervous he often drank a little too much , so that when he finally looked up at the end of the night it would be with something like desperation , a fear that no one was going to ask him to leave with them ; but the way he looked at you also meant that you knew he would never say no , if you did ask . |
| 14 | She had never questioned his facts ; he had been ten or twelve at the time and she had confidently assumed that he knew what he was talking about . |
| 15 | In conversation Weight also attests that he knew nobody he liked sitting alone with more than John Minton . |
| 16 | The Director General of MI5 could truthfully say that he knew nothing . |
| 17 | But now suppose that you know I am behind the tree , you are expecting me to leap out , and I know you know all that : I can still ( maybe ) frighten you by leaping out , just by getting you to realize that I intend to frighten you . |
| 18 | The green at the 14th is so severely sloped that he knew he would need to leave her below the flag , and did so ‘ by about two light-years ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ So you now admit that you knew him ? ’ |
| 20 | Being out of touch is bad news so we need to be constantly on our guard that we do n't assume that we know what our consumers and clients are thinking or that we know what they want . |
| 21 | It does n't follow that he knows what the matter is — ‘ honestly , though , I do n't know what 's wrong with me , ’ he adds . |
| 22 | I knew it and they knew it , but we could n't admit that we knew it . |
| 23 | But I mean , like , it did n't seem that you knew her like , properly , like , like to we all went shopping with her or something I ca n't remember now . |
| 24 | I ca n't imagine that I know anything remotely useful , but fire away . ’ |
| 25 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |
| 26 | But er I ca n't say that I know anything more about it actually . |
| 27 | You wo n't accept that I knew nothing about the drugs , yet you want my word ? |
| 28 | As for herself , she was uncertain she had ever had any , and yet , for all that , she sometimes joyfully felt that she knew what it was about . |
| 29 | We therefore assumed that he knew what he was doing , and got on with our work as well . |
| 30 | This point includes a person who falsely reports that he knows who is responsible for a particular crime or where stolen property etc. is hidden . |