Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [adv] have know [art] " in BNC.

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1 Faith could not possibly have known a booking-clerk at a railway station , therefore he had certainly been a stranger , idle and curious , a watcher at the funeral .
2 She could not possibly have known the misery such a revelation would cause him , because now he was forbidden to call her by any other name and he knew from painful experience that Tom Fish would not relent until he had his way .
3 When Derek got the run they all cheered and a reporter commented that they had given him a great welcome , but could not possibly have known the significance of the run .
4 Those who accepted his commandments were to be judged in punctilious accordance with the law , whereas the ignorant savage in the darkened jungle who could not possibly have known the light would be treated with gentleness and given a second chance .
5 Do you think they would n't rather have known the truth than believe you 'd grown too selfish to care ? ’
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