Example sentences of "[conj] know [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Crick , 1979 , p. 132 ) The language is not so hard to understand , and it is jejune to suppose that not knowing it has impeded philosophy , or that knowing it will help a lot . ) |
| 2 | ‘ And the places that knew them shall know them no more . ’ |
| 3 | The other half of him speaking , the half that knew it ought to run . |
| 4 | A northern sense of identity concentrated by the frustration of spirit that knows it could manage better what its southern overseers only botch is pressure enough for a new drive for progress . |
| 5 | Now that my machine seems to be working tolerably well again , here is some news , along with renewed thanks for the welcome and lovely meals whilst I was with you — and I was of course interested and glad to meet and to know they would come and try and help with anything if you ring them . |
| 6 | He could plan miniature sets , devise intricate special props and know they would blend in perfect harmony with the sets he was designing . |
| 7 | An official has just to take one look , and know she 'll give in at once . |
| 8 | She 'd smell the pipe and the sherry in the lounge and know she could go to sleep , because the Guests would be staying for supper and cards . |
| 9 | and know you can do it in less than an hour , right to the bottom |
| 10 | Ask friends what 's worked for them or buy a paperback that offers a realistic diet and know you can keep to . |
| 11 | I really did enjoy myself in the Tests last summer and know I can reproduce that form again . ’ |
| 12 | But I have been divorced 30 years and know I 'd feel the same as the man who was jailed if I found my wife in the arms of someone else . |
| 13 | A Man must have seen me take stance there regularly and known I might come back again . |
| 14 | Isobel refused one , and watched him , knowing something was wrong , longing to speak , to burst out with her news , and knowing she must make herself wait . |
| 15 | It was only a one-sided lock , which is completely and totally different to an ordinary lock er working both sides , you see what I mean and er I er I 'd got to er make a key , number thirty-nine just like that , see but I had it and I could find out what thirty-nine was and I could make them one and send it and knowing it would fit see and er when they had different people working there , you know staff , things like that , not a lot of orders but er somebody else come . |
| 16 | The girls continued to giggle and scream and run and hide and generally have fun with their father , whom they adored and knew they could do as they liked with — especially , Katya , the middle one and the liveliest . |
| 17 | This picture , the third in Faye 's series , focused more fully on her face and the likeness of features and form was very good , but it showed her with such a yearning , wistful expression that everyone who saw it and knew her would think her life had been one long secret sorrow . |
| 18 | When I woke once in the night I could feel the north wind blowing softly on my cheek , and knew we would have good sailing the next day . |
| 19 | He had thought beforehand that he would have to send her back and deal with Sung some other way , but now he had seen her he felt the need in him , like a strong , dark tar in his blood , and knew he would have to purge himself of that . |
| 20 | Zack carried a gun , and knew he would use it to get away . |
| 21 | I think this is clearly Miller 's main use for the character of Alfieri and he tries to make this more realistic by making Alfieri a lawyer though I do not think that this is done very well as Alfieri does not say anything which would justify him being a lawyer as all Eddie asks him are things he would have asked anyone though perhaps he asked him because he was a ‘ lawyer ’ and he respected this and knew he would get confidentiality . |
| 22 | We did our homework on the player and knew he could score goals . |
| 23 | He says he saw his face on the television news and knew he could have been killed . |
| 24 | He could hear Wolf in the blackness , coming closer , and knew he must distract Fox from hearing his approach , or Fox would drag them both back into the redness . |
| 25 | She suddenly started screeching at Bruno , so abruptly that Maxim felt a jab in his spine and knew he 'd come very close to being shot . |
| 26 | I remembered the old man in the military coat and knew I would have felt safer with a handful of dry knucklebones in my pocket . |
| 27 | Half the racing world had seen me pick up Nolan and knew I could defend myself . |
| 28 | In the main , it was a time of misery which unknowingly strengthened her character and at the same time introduced her to a friendship which resulted in her opening her eyes to another way of life , a life that she recognised and knew she could fit into ; for it was during the first summer holiday that she was invited to spend a day with Annabel at her home . |
| 29 | She heard the man in the mask sliding down slowly and knew she should try and make a run for it but her ankle was already swelling inside her Reebok . |
| 30 | But her thoughts were brought to an abrupt end , as she descried two figures on their way up the path , and knew she must vacate the viewpoint for Rosie and her Francisco . |