Example sentences of "know [pron] he [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Regan wilfully distorts this into the implication that we can never say in advance that a given proposal has been drawn up by an incompetent researcher who does n't know what he is looking for … |
| 2 | I do n't know what he was looking for , some guilt , some shame , some scandal , I do n't know — but it just is n't there , I suppose . |
| 3 | No movement that he could see , with or without the aid of the binoculars — but then he did n't really know what he was looking for , whilst Windeler had seemed far more assured . |
| 4 | He did n't know what he was looking for . |
| 5 | Was the vicious rumour that he had turned up late after a liquid lunch and did n't know what he was voting for true ? |
| 6 | He did n't know what he was lying for . |
| 7 | ‘ We know who he was working for , anyway . ’ |
| 8 | You know what he 's waiting for ? |
| 9 | We knew what he was looking for and it was n't there . |
| 10 | Edouard knew what he was looking for , a Picasso , a Matisse , whose medium was not paint but rare stones and precious metals ; the genius who would be the linchpin of his whole enterprise . |
| 11 | Other methods of meeting the organisation 's needs were considered , but Mr Nabakov knew what he was looking for : ‘ I wanted a nuts and bolts accounting system , like Platinum , and it is also highly flexible . |
| 12 | Friends in Britain helped him with his fare ; his boss , when he knew what he was coming for , gave him unpaid leave . |
| 13 | no well he knew what he were looking for , something worth when you think |