Example sentences of "have known [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Although retired , Trevor continues to take an interest in the Stoddard Group as an agent for Lyles , keeping in touch with those he has known for many years .
2 if I 'd known about that that would of great !
3 How much better life would have been if I 'd known about that or used it ?
4 Sometimes they come back from their haunts very cross , and say , " If only I 'd known about that , " or " Why did n't I think of that ?
5 He had one photograph , from Shaun 's wedding , and the photograph 's arrival had been the first that he 'd known about any of it .
6 ‘ Poor Tom would have been so very unhappy if he 'd known of this situation , ’ she 'd sniffed while fumbling for a handkerchief .
7 ‘ But if he 'd known of this outrage , ’ said Philip , looking from one to the other of them with searching eyes , ‘ the boy would have told me in Isambard 's presence .
8 The buyer may have wanted the computer to expand his business and he will be able to claim the resulting loss in profits , provided the seller knew or should have known of this ; that is , it was in the reasonable contemplation of the parties .
9 Gregory may well have known of these claims , and have thought of them as pagan .
10 The SSR description should , where appropriate , restate any problems reported by the SPR to which it relates , since it is likely that the person who reported the original situation was not aware of the true cause , or may not have known of any related problems .
11 The French high command must also have known for some time , but hushed it up no doubt . ’
12 She must have known about that sign , about the people coming to put it up .
13 I should n't have known about that , should I ?
14 Frazer would have known about that , so although he was a much despised armchair anthropologist , at least , he did n't rely on the say-so of a single anthropologist , who claimed to pay paint a picture , forever true .
15 if I 'd have known about that , if it goes , it goes and it do n't we should get something out of it .
16 And then crossed out ‘ dumb ’ and inserted ‘ sweet ’ because it occurred to her that Mrs Rundle might have known about this affliction from the lawyers but had not been able to find the words to tell the children about it .
17 A stranger would n't have known about this place .
18 You really should have known about this , should n't you ? ’
19 She spoke as if she should have known about more than the dying town .
20 Theo must have known in any case : he was always his parents ' confidant and advisor , as well as his brother 's .
21 We should have known after this start that life with Holmes would never be dull .
22 They 've known they 've known about this for a fair while .
23 ‘ Yes , I 've known for some time that if you want a bit of peace you only have to bore people enough and they 'll leave you to it . ’
24 Foresters had known of such things before .
25 According to Rose , members of the Department of Agriculture 's Commodity Credit Corporation ( CCC ) had known of this , and had written memoranda expressing worries that it might be discovered .
26 Wilson , shut up in her own world all winter , was astonished to learn what everyone else in Florence had known for many a month — French troops had poured into Piedmont and 1848 was to be repeated all over again .
27 He had known for some time that it was inevitable .
28 Carter he had known for some ten years , firstly at Shrivenham , three miles away in the Vale of the White Horse , and now at Watchfield .
29 The mistake was made even more stupid by the fact that he had known for some time the big tides were due .
30 The Special Branch had known for some weeks that he was in Germany .
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