Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] know he " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd never known him believe in anything before , so it was an amazing novelty to find him literally staking his life on the principle of absolute patriarchal authority . |
| 2 | Round about four o'clock he did a thing I 'd never known him do since I got there — he started to play his guitar . |
| 3 | ‘ Not really , though I felt I 'd always known him . |
| 4 | I 'd always known he was going to die , and so had he , really , but when it happened — it was a long time before I could really face it . |
| 5 | Now , Michael Bolton was from my town , Newhaven , and this guy I knew just knew him , and he says , ‘ Michael , I got this kid I 'm thinking of managing ; tell me what you think of him . ’ |
| 6 | ( 109 ) I had never known him ask a favour of this kind before . |
| 7 | There are numerous examples of the operative sense construed with to in British English as well : ( 112 ) I had never known him to pass the garden-gate before . |
| 8 | It 's a matter for the emperor , of course , but I 've never known him refuse a name so recommended . ’ |
| 9 | I 've never known him in such a huff . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've never known him do anything vicious , though in drink he sometimes talks big . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've never known him come here until today . ’ |
| 12 | I 've never known him go for the skinny boyish type before . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ But I 've never known him closer than a mile to a pick-up . |
| 14 | Know can also be found in the operative sense followed by the to infinitive : ( 110 ) I 've never known him to lie to me . |
| 15 | I 've never known him to fail . |
| 16 | It 's ridiculous — I 've only known him for a few weeks . |
| 17 | I 've only known him a few weeks , after all . ’ |
| 18 | I have never known him so happy . ’ |