Example sentences of "[pers pn] knew [art] [noun] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew a letter had come for him . |
| 2 | Nicolo 's jaw tightened , and she knew the barb had found its mark . |
| 3 | Of course she knew the eyes had already assessed , swiftly categorising her purely on this evening 's evidence : a silly , empty-headed girl who did n't know any better . |
| 4 | She knew the gift had been chosen in all innocence . |
| 5 | She knew the woman had been dead for a long time . |
| 6 | He turned to look at her , and she knew the interval had not diminished his desire . |
| 7 | Jezrael-Ayesha flinched just like she knew the captain had expected . |
| 8 | They 've taken his dabs and examined the mallet , but we left it at that when we knew the Yard had been called in and you were on your way . |
| 9 | They could see no enemy in the long-shadowed landscape , but they knew the ambushers had to be close . |
| 10 | And then his mind cleared , and he was looking at the Robemaker and feeling contempt for him again , feeling as well , the dangerous , powerful white spears of the Stroicim Inchinn withdraw , so that he knew the Robemaker had again called up the Stroicim without giving any outward indication of having done so . |
| 11 | ‘ He sang like a little bird , once he knew the Admiral had already talked to us . ’ |
| 12 | And finally , that afternoon in the graveyard , he knew the door had slammed on his life and the door was one of those big silver refrigerator doors and he saw his life hanging behind that door like meat . |
| 13 | He knew the speech had worked . |
| 14 | He knew the Professor had arranged matters for him in this way , and was grateful . |
| 15 | He knew the time had come to head directly north along the western coast and investigate Cape Wrath at last . |
| 16 | ( N.B. The dealer would do such a churn if he knew the client had no money from other sources . ) |
| 17 | Hankin said Gill 's contract was cancelled because he knew the player had been unhappy at the club for some time . |