Example sentences of "know was that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What it did not want the public to know was that Blake had been authorised to do shady deals with Russian intelligence , including the betrayal of MI6 agents in East Germany , and the whole plan had backfired because he was a spy already . |
| 2 | What Mickey did not know was that Mrs Moon was so concerned about the loss of her pension book that she had offered £1,000,000 to anyone who found it ! |
| 3 | What Geraci still did n't know was that Zen had no recent operational experience in Rome or anywhere else . |
| 4 | What he did n't know was that Myeloski wanted to share his knowledge with the Englishman . |
| 5 | What I did know was that Shadwell was involved . |
| 6 | What I did not know was that Vivien Eliot was in the audience . |
| 7 | What outsiders did n't know was that Bowyer 's remarks had been based on his own fruitless attempts to sign a big name Catholic — Jim McFadden of Cliftonville . |
| 8 | She did n't know but what she did know was that Fernando would n't do anything to hurt anyone … only herself , as he had threatened when she had first arrived here at the lovely Casa Pinar . |
| 9 | What she did not know was that Freddie had two children by his other woman . |
| 10 | What she did not know was that Moran , with his good looks and military fame , had once been king of these barn dances and now that he had neither youth nor fame would not take a lesser place . |
| 11 | One thing William did know was that Uncle Titch had once worked in a circus . |
| 12 | What he did know was that Joe liked to be surrounded by young men . |
| 13 | All Marr really knew was that Morrissey had written a book about The New York Dolls and was quite prepared to spend the next hour talking about them if nothing else was to stem from the meeting . |
| 14 | All I knew was that North Yemen was on the south western coast of the Arabian peninsula , that the language was Arabic and that the country had been closed to the West until 1962 when a revolution overthrew the ruling Imamate . |
| 15 | Harry had told her very little about his discussion with Sir Gregory : all she knew was that Tristram had been caught trespassing and that Jennifer had been caught going to meet him ; but although each had sworn that nothing untoward had happened , and their reserve and good behaviour seemed to confirm their innocence , Ann could not forget the scandal they had caused ten years before , nor could she believe that Tristram would have scaled the Roscarrock wall simply to sit with his cousin and talk . |
| 16 | All she knew was that Alain was there , holding her , kissing her , his caresses making her faint , and when he lifted her in his arms she curled against him , her lips trailing soft kisses against his strong neck . |