Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] know [pron] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | We still fall well short of that , I mean er it 's bad news that anyone is addicted to drugs but what is important is that we should actually know who is and so we can help them . |
| 2 | But someone sent those cars after us and whoever he is , he 'll soon know we were n't involved . |
| 3 | Sweeting also confirmed that the Miss Johnson story originated from his aunt who , as he wittily put it , ‘ could only know what was told her ! ’ |
| 4 | he would n't have to see it , he could just know it 's there but then why does he say , I imagine it |
| 5 | ‘ Anyway , ’ he went on , trying to find excuses for himself , ‘ I reckon I always had some sort of imminence because I 'd feel a hunch rolling up inside me like a breaker on the ocean and I 'd just know what was going to win . |
| 6 | So no one 'd ever know it was you had 'em all the time . |
| 7 | He could hardly know he was going to get a show for his efforts , could he ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The inspectors were perfectly pleasant and apart from the odd query you 'd hardly know they were there , ’ said Mr Dicketts . |
| 9 | You 'd hardly know I was there . |
| 10 | You see I am very careful in settling the Chronology of his Poems ; such a Genius is a Curiosity ; and one wou 'd willingly know which are his first Productions . |
| 11 | Apart from the odd person coming in who might be dampening down a collar of their leisurewear , looking a touch harassed , you 'd never know we were in the eye of a storm . |
| 12 | But that day , all of a sudden , you 'd never know we were hard up for business . |
| 13 | I mean , you 'd never know you were in a box , would you ? |
| 14 | They tell me you 'd never know it was there … . ’ |
| 15 | You 'd never know it was a refuge . |
| 16 | We 'll drift entangled into sleep , wake and make love one last time , then part so softly you 'd never know it was goodbye . |
| 17 | This time you would scarcely know it is on ! |
| 18 | This time you would scarcely know it is on ! |
| 19 | You would hardly know it was him . |
| 20 | If you removed all the he saids and she saids from the writing above you would still know who was saying what because Nicolas and Bridget are doing different things . |
| 21 | they would never know they were alive , oh well . |
| 22 | And far away , his child would grow , in peace henceforth , with a father who would never know he was not his own , and who , with Nicholas gone , would have no reason for spleen or for bitterness . |
| 23 | It would be a comfort to her and she would never know it was not true . |
| 24 | More likely , they followed a route now reduced : like Kipling 's road through the woods , ‘ weather and rain have undone it again and now we shall never know there was once a road through the woods . ’ |
| 25 | The travellers say they 've already started a clean-up operation and when they do go , nobody will ever know they were there . |
| 26 | No one can please all the people around them , partly because they will never know what is expected of them . |
| 27 | well Akhenaten took it even further and it was an offence punishable by death to even say the word gods and if you visit Ancient Egypt and walk around the ruins , you will occasionally know they were fond of putting these hieroglyphic erm er inscriptions over everything . |
| 28 | But it might as well not be , because we can never know what is determined . |