Example sentences of "he know [adv] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only he know how parents complaining about their children upset her . |
| 2 | He knew how things worked in London , where to go to obtain what he wanted or needed , had contacts with the underworld , was smart enough and experienced enough not to make mistakes of the kind that draw a visitor to the attention of the authorities . |
| 3 | He knew how things worked , but was n't about to be deceived again . |
| 4 | She had refused to get up , now held his legs in a hug , and her face against his thighs , turning now one cheek then the other into the material of his trousers , just below his crotch , and he was dismayed that she might smell him , that his buttoned flies , however spick — and they were freshly laundered — might carry some old aroma all the same , for he knew how bodies animate and inform even the most lifeless paraphernalia , how Maria Filippa marked her hairbrush , her pillow , her section of the wardrobe , as surely with her scent as a roe leaves spoor for a hunting dog in a forest . |
| 5 | He knows how fingers burn like twigs and head fall in like pumpkins . |