Example sentences of "[subord] know [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 When the dybbuk disappeared was when — and only when-I knew my hopes of getting Gittel back had come to nothing .
2 All depend in varying degrees on the analytical activities of conscious thought , but all would say with Thomas à Kempis : I had sooner feel compunction than know its definition .
3 Afterwards , Mr Taylor said : ‘ Nothing would have pleased Freddie more than knowing his performing and song-writing talent would raise so much money to help Aids sufferers everywhere .
4 She felt she should offer to help , while knowing her help was not called for .
5 Anyone in Hong Kong with a problem — be it so trivial as to know which horse to place a bet on , or so crucial as to know whom to marry — can ask the god Won Tai Sin , whose temple is to be found in the middle of a vast housing estate in north Kowloon , and who came to fame by turning boulders into sheep .
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