Example sentences of "[adj] [that] [pron] knew [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robbie was very much afraid that she knew the answer . |
| 2 | Conservative politicians were over-confident that they knew the right policies , and to a large extent they were contemptuous towards the professional teacher . |
| 3 | The antithesis between the modern-day racing car and the Stone Age circuit was such that I knew every driver was taking his life in his hands in the most ludicrous degree . ’ |
| 4 | In 1938 I was offered a programme with full rehearsal and that I accepted , though when it came to the time I asked for separate section rehearsals — first strings , then winds — which met with some opposition , particularly as the orchestra was convinced that it knew the music already . |
| 5 | They heard them talking , and were sure that they knew the voice of the visitor . |
| 6 | Suddenly I was sure that I knew the secret of life . |
| 7 | Such an innocent river , for all that it knew a secret , for all that one of its stones had put a man out of sight of the sunset ! |
| 8 | During my time as a gamekeeper it was essential that I knew the precise location of all these extended burrows . |
| 9 | It was entirely our responsibility and that evening to well past midnight Leon and I took her through the changes until she was satisfied that she knew the policy thoroughly . |
| 10 | It is true that he knew the Prime Ministers of the later 1940s and early 1950s , Attlee and Churchill , personally , and he was not averse to breaking protocol by raising policy matters with them behind the back of their Minister of Fuel and Power on a few occasions . |