Example sentences of "to know [that] [noun] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No 1 ’ was small , but ‘ Carlisle ’ , built in 1865 , was a largish engine with tender and we soon got to know that Whitaker would let us onto the footplate . |
| 2 | It made our day to know that MKM can help with more than just knitting advice . |
| 3 | As well as giving her cause to be anxious about Rosemary — whose parents would make life most uncomfortable for her if the rumours circulating the village ever reached them — it was a blow to know that Sebastian would be away for the rest of the year . |
| 4 | It was good to know that Elinor would not be breathing this sweet , suburban air for very much longer . |
| 5 | He had almost considered not buying the house , but it was what he wanted , and how was he to know that things would be any different in another district ? |
| 6 | At that moment , and perhaps for an hour afterwards , I was on Cloud Nine — in a state of happiness , contentment , euphoria , joy and utter peace such as I have never experienced before or since : everything is all right , an inner voice said , and everything from now on will always be all right ; how wonderful to know that life can be like this . |
| 7 | I 've seen enough middle-aged English husbands getting pink and sweaty over Scandinavian au pairs to know that lust can be an occupational hazard . |
| 8 | How comforting it is to know that Charles can communicate so well with people who are 40 or 50 years older than himself . |
| 9 | She had enough nursing experience to know that Celia would recover physically , but she had no way of judging how much harm the episode might have done her mentally . |
| 10 | Both pupils and their parents need to know that spectacles will neither cure a visual condition , nor hasten its deterioration ; they will simply give necessary correction to vision in appropriate cases whilst they are being worn . |
| 11 | In my days as a Justice 's Clerk I saw enough corpses to know that death can grossly disfigure even the comeliest of faces . ’ |
| 12 | Her will included legacies of twenty pounds each to her Frome cousins , Mary and Sarah , the daughters of her uncle John Titford ; she was not to know that Mary would die just two months before she did , though Sarah , as we shall see , survived for another five years , long enough to bless the generosity of her Surrey cousin . |
| 13 | It was good to know that supper would not always be like this . |
| 14 | Laverne , I just want you to know that business could be seriously affected if my guests end up in a mess , dammit . |
| 15 | There had been good reason to know that Labour could damage Unionist electoral prospects and the dangerous prospect of a class-based party system had been present in the Liberal-Labour alliance . |