Example sentences of "[noun] know [pron] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rincewind knew himself to be almost certainly the worst wizard on the discworld since he knew but one spell ; yet for all that he was still a wizard , and thus by the inexorable laws of magic this meant that upon his demise it would be Death himself who appeared to claim him ( instead of sending one of his numerous servants , as is usually the case ) . |
| 2 | ( 100a ) Jane knows her to be intelligent . |
| 3 | Although the latter point was delivered as a subtext it was as plain as all the rest and Miss Skelton knew herself to be in the ring . |
| 4 | No matter how much writers protest , non-writers seem to like the idea that writing is easy , not the arduous manual , emotional and intellectual labour writers know it to be . |
| 5 | Everybody was , as Oliver knew himself to be , changeable . |
| 6 | In Egypt , Lords Cromer and Milner , enthroned in marble halls and surrounded by British soldiers , thought of themselves as playing , with the utmost discretion , an exceptionally difficult lone hand ; they delighted in the formal restrictions placed on British power , though everyone in Egypt knew them to be of no practical consequence . |
| 7 | Tuppe knew himself to be the stuff of epics . |
| 8 | Secure in his job , with a growing international reputation , and uxoriously contented with his comely Sophie , lie knew himself to be successful and suspected himself to be happy . |