Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [modal v] [verb] known " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the old houses , there were none in the immediate area that I knew of , other than these which had been built as a nostalgic memento , as a reminder , as a gift both to himself and his family from a man who must have known innately that in discarding the past his people were in danger of losing their touchstone . |
| 2 | He was certainly not of weak intellect , being a mature businessman who must have known the precise circumstances in which he found himself . |
| 3 | You rescued me from those gorillas at the garage , took me out to that dinner and , lo and behold , I came home to find my house ransacked by someone who must have known how long I 'd be away . |
| 4 | Yamazaki seems unconcerned by the fact that he 's taking on problems that have defeated many who should have known better . |
| 5 | READERS with longer memories will recall that Crystal Palace were dubbed The Team Of The Eighties by some people who should have known better and promptly began the decade with a 0-0 draw against Norwich . |
| 6 | ‘ You and lots of others who should have known better . |
| 7 | Protestants who should have known better paid tribute to the Antichrist , the spiritual leader of the disloyal Catholics . |
| 8 | But Copernican thinking has already led astray many astronomers who should have known better , and we 'd best be careful when they use the same logic to try to convince us that we and our planet are nothing special . |
| 9 | And another man , who should have known better even though he was from Southfields , had announced that Wimbledon was ‘ on the dull side . |
| 10 | This extreme view was not even sustained by Smith himself , although it has been repeated at intervals by people who should have known better . |
| 11 | He blamed remarks ‘ from people who should have known better ’ for sparking the run on the pound . |
| 12 | Some musicians who should have known better suggested that Elgar 's readings were influenced by 78rpm recording techniques ; others showed points of detail where he ignored markings in his own scores . |
| 13 | It is only with hindsight that Gloucester can be seen as another overmighty subject , wilfully created by a king who should have known better . |
| 14 | Such was ( and remains ) the power of molecular biological rhetoric that many who should have known better were swept along with it . |
| 15 | Johnson , who should have known better , believed Boswell right in assuming such folk unhappy , ‘ for that they had not enough to keep their minds in motion ’ . |
| 16 | The younger members of the crew may have got some sleep that night but the older ones , who should have known better , arrived back at four o'clock in the morning , with half the town and a piper who , traditionally , concluded the night 's festivities on the pier . |
| 17 | It is only with hindsight that Gloucester can be seen as another overmighty subject , wilfully created by a king who should have known better . |
| 18 | Seldom has a team been so fired up prior to a major match , due largely to the pompous comments of Tipperary manager Babs Keating , who should have known better . |
| 19 | Alas John , my day was spoilt , not by two teams who provided a reasonably good game but by people who should have known better . |
| 20 | In this I was happily to be proved wrong , but who could have known that at the time ? |
| 21 | Someone who would have known she was exceptional and have encouraged her . ’ |
| 22 | She did not , but she wanted to be the kind of wife who would have known all the things it would hurt to know , like the circumstances of his pleasure . |