Example sentences of "knew [prep] any " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 ‘ I do n't know if Marje knew about any of this .
2 They had taken the very unusual step of advertising in the local newspaper for anyone to come forward who knew of any ritual practices that might have been taking place in South Ronaldsay .
3 When engaged in writing the naval history of the war , he had of course accumulated more material , both British and German , than he was ever able to use ; and one day over coffee at Cambridge I asked if he knew of any naval occasion of the Second World War which had not yet been told and which , in his view , ought to be .
4 While it is not necessary to prove the employer knew of any defect it is good evidence for the prosecution if he admits he did .
5 ‘ Are you saying that when I showed you Milada Pankracova 's letter to Cara , that was the first you knew of any interview ? ’ she asked , still feeling a shade staggered and needing a little more clarification .
6 However , I never knew of any among our crew , and would suggest that the reason may lie in the contrasting modes of rest ie , the luxurious , all-encompassing comfort of the hammock as opposed to the cold , hard and impersonal barrack-room bed .
7 If she had stopped to think , she would have remembered that Brown Owl had told the Pack more than once always to seek the help of a grown-up they knew in any case of emergency .
8 Never again was it to be so easy for blunt common sense , which knew in any case that the triumphant world of liberal capitalist progress was the best of all possible worlds , to mobilise the universe on behalf of its prejudices .
9 They knew without any shadow of doubt what the patches were .
10 She heard the front gate squeak open , and as she saw the two young Garda officers look up at the window and come slowly up her path , Kit Hegarty suddenly knew without any doubt what they were coming to tell her .
11 She had known Connor O'Dell for nearly ten years now — she knew him better than anyone in the world — and tonight , she knew without any shadow of doubt that he was lying to her .
12 Mitch stormed , so obviously annoyed that Maggie knew without any doubt that telling him to guard Ana with his life had been a superfluous order .
13 Now she knew beyond any doubt that they were going to spend the rest of the evening together .
14 He knew beyond any shadow of doubt that his own contribution to the hospital was worth infinitely more than that of a hundred Kegans .
15 And , she knew beyond any doubt , it was hers .
  Next page