Example sentences of "[noun sg] he know it be " in BNC.

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1 Even as the question formed in his mind he knew it was useless .
2 By the time he climbed stiffly out of bed he knew it was just past noon and had the events of Rotherhithe roughed out in his mind like a draft report .
3 As he thought of this he grasped on to it with relief for it seemed to give him a reason to do nothing , though in his heart he knew it was fear , not duty , that prevented him from flying .
4 He could n't understand how his world had collapsed and although he said to himself , several times a day , that it was all the fault of the theatre , that sick , all-pervading fever that seemed to turn everyone foolish and mad , in his heart he knew it was more than that .
5 From the handwriting he knew it was from his mother , and he ran to his workshop to read it .
6 Then he heard the voices once more — and this time he knew it was not his imagination .
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