Example sentences of "known the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was because she had known the contagion of the one that she entered so passionately into the incorruptibility of the other . |
| 2 | They had known the effects of hyper-inflation and ‘ were more fearful of it than anything else ’ . |
| 3 | They had known the effects of hyper-inflation and ‘ were more fearful of it than anything else ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Having known the lack of that luxury herself , she was all too aware of how important it was . |
| 6 | In practice this rarely happened , and anyway since childhood , even before she was old enough to wear her hair in the Lock of Youth twisted over her right shoulder , she had known the location of the hidden bolt , and how to slide it . |
| 7 | But even if Patrick Milligan had known the size of ‘ Buck ’ O'Hara 's munificence , he would not have raised any objections . |
| 8 | The new body has made it clear that , as far as possible , it intends to make public the reasoning behind all its major decisions , a decision influenced perhaps by the criticisms heaped upon the UGC for its unwillingness to make generally known the criteria upon which it based its 1981 decisions concerning cuts in university finances and student numbers . |
| 9 | Gooch spoke to Fletcher , who has known the couple throughout their marriage , in his hotel room yesterday morning , and the manager said later in a brief written statement : ‘ I was very saddened when Graham told me . |
| 10 | ‘ Planning ’ was judged to have taken place if the girl had known the man for at least six months before cohabitation and if she cohabited for positive reasons rather than because of outside pressures such as pregnancy or the need to escape from an unhappy home . |
| 11 | Banish the thought — the tearful Muse has known The man in whom such lofty virtue shone , Whose heart was purely of celestial frame And need she mention Jackson 's honoured name . " |
| 12 | By 1906 Picasso had known the work of Gauguin for some time . |
| 13 | IN A week 's time the suspense will be over , and we 'll known the colour of the next government . |
| 14 | He must have known the looks of bewilderment , horror and disbelief that he would receive from some , and even the militant hostility that might await him when his visit to the Gentile , Cornelius , was discovered . |
| 15 | There was little point and no real justification in attempting to give chase , even if they had known the direction in which he had disappeared . |
| 16 | Nowadays , and especially under the younger leaders of the Soviet Union who had not known the horrors of the Second World War , they used assassination very sparingly indeed . |
| 17 | We used numerous tactics trying to engage their support and tried to enlist the help of the Prime Minister , the Royal Family , the Scottish Office and as Helen Martin said ‘ If we had known the address of the man up above ( God ) we would have wrote to him as well . ’ |
| 18 | In 1989 they formulated it thus : The aim of the association is ‘ to make known the tradition of professional women artists and the importance of their work in history , in the present and the future , in both German and international art circles ’ . |
| 19 | Colt had known the driver for eleven months , and he knew he was good because the Colonel had told him how the driver had once handled an ambush . |
| 20 | He had never known the love of a woman , nor children of his own . |
| 21 | Lizzy had never known the love of a father , a real father . |
| 22 | Innocent had misjudged the character of Otto , as he later admitted in a letter to Philip Augustus : " If only , dearest son , I had known the character of Otto who now calls himself Emperor , as well as you … |
| 23 | Although they are not involved in the formal festivities it is known the Duke of York and the Queen wanted them nearby so they could enjoy seeing the children . |
| 24 | You and your fathers before have known the shape of the hills , the curves of the streams and watercress beds . |
| 25 | ‘ I ought to 'ave known the likes of you would n't do all the things you 've done for nothing . |
| 26 | Even before she 'd started her hasty research of the locality she 'd known the reputation of Tivoli with its lake and gardens , its fountains and arbours , its hundreds of thousands of flickering lamps at night , its pavilions , theatres , restaurants , bandstands — a haven of pleasure and entertainment in a natural setting of great beauty . |
| 27 | Atkins employed these cyanotype plates to publish the first book illustrated with photographs , pre-dating her colleague William Henry Fox Talbot 's better known The Pencil of Nature ( 1844–6 ) . |
| 28 | Oddly enough , the author of the epilogue does not seem to have known the name of the king who first ordered the compilation . |
| 29 | She 'd known the kind of man he was . |
| 30 | If Nathan Cohen — some years older than his wife — had known the dangers of battle as a young lieutenant in the army , then Masha Cohen had known its civilian equivalent , what it was like to have been humiliated , to have lost everything , and to have been forced to flee from one 's country and kindred . |