Example sentences of "[verb] know that they " in BNC.

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1 Rarely has it ever been recorded that a fatality has occurred from snakebite during the festival ; the Cobras appear to know that they are being revered .
2 Strange dreams disturbed his mind : weird animals chased him down long dark valleys , but gradually he came to know that they were only nightmares .
3 I used to take them home on quite a number of occasions if I 'd known that they lived in the immediate vicinity .
4 But those who claimed to know that they were chosen , Calvin viewed with suspicion .
5 Aung San and his supporters were demanding full independence , but I happened to know that they would have been content , possibly even pleased , to be granted Dominion status .
6 Bond owners might like to know that they can use her Knitmaster Chunky ribber-carrying cases for their machines — the bags are the perfect size for the Bond Classic .
7 READERS might like to know that they can play a part in choosing the UK ‘ People of the Year ’ .
8 You did ask a question earlier on and I think the the erm behind the question was the suggestion that erm the Local Authority Councillors we have on the governing bodies are a terrible interfering lot of bigots erm and erm surprisingly you might like to know that they 're not really .
9 You see , when I became yard inspector , the staff soon got to know that they could n't kid me , they could n't kid me you see .
10 They like to they like to let know that they smoke
11 When it became known that they were to be repatriated , fighting broke out , the gates were forced , and Italian police opened fire after being attacked with stones and planks .
12 He had give his name as E. Thomas Reardon and it turned out to be a pseudonym , so cheques left on the mantel were useless , and he must have known that they would be .
13 We may not have known that they lay beneath the surface of our lives .
14 theoretical concept or something , they might have known that they wanted
15 And he must have known that they 're gon na be cheaper so why does n't he advise people who are starting out to take one of them ?
16 very often find knowing that they 've left voluntarily to have babies and have decided not to go back to the job although the job 's been kept open for them .
17 She did not actually concentrate on the birds which happened to be there , nor did she feel any desire to feel them or encourage them to come near her — but she was quite able to relax knowing that they were there in the background .
18 I do know that they were both very kind to their hired help and treated one or two more like sons than employees .
19 By the gardens , in the corner , they made er parts but I mean I 've never been in , in the factory , in their factory , but I do know that they made erm things for the motor industry .
20 But we do know that they reached a high , technology-free civilization , practised a sophisticated form of navigation , and ranged over the entire Pacific in ocean-going outriggers .
21 I work amongst the elderly and I do know that they are very shy about telling people just how poor they are .
22 Anyone viewing all this nonsense from another planet — as most men do — can be forgiven for assuming that women are a bunch of mixed up crazies who do n't know what they want , but do know that they want it all , both ways and with jam on the top , too .
23 Now you ca n't really get a coherent staffing policy within a school in that kind of flux , whereas now people perhaps erm a bit too much at the opposite extreme but nevertheless erm do know that they 're committed to being in the school and have a , therefore a commitment to it , a commitment to improving their own work and , and their collective work .
24 I 've worked in for 30 years and lots of us have worked for over 25 years and we do know that they are bringing in trainees in on higher salaries than ourselves , which obviously is quite upsetting when you 've worked a long time .
25 Things have changed enormously , but it 's , so it took sometime for them to get to know that they , the French were at war with , the Prussians and the Austrians , and do n't forget that Strasbourg is only on the other side of the Rhine from Germany or whatever part of Germany er , it was at the time .
26 He does know that they 're powerful : ‘ I got used to playing around with Tony 's guitars , and although the fact that he sometimes detunes and uses very light strings does n't help the output , these pickups are very powerful — a fair bit more powerful than conventional humbuckers . ’
27 Children in the ‘ top ’ set for mathematics quickly come to know that they are more capable than those in the ‘ bottom ’ set .
28 He says that he would not get on so well with her if he had his meals with her , but as he lives quite separately they are very friendly and he likes to know that they are near if he wants company . ’
29 Broadly , if the courts believe the authority would still have granted the consent if they had known that they could not have imposed the condition in question , the permission stands without the offending condition , but if the answer is that they probably would not , then the permission itself falls .
30 ‘ While we can never offer a real home from home , guests come knowing that they can get some of the comforts of home — like being able to make a cup of tea or have a drink without necessarily having to come downstairs or order room service . ’
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