Example sentences of "know her to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlotte Ladram was more obviously nervous than he had known her to be on any previous occasion and professed herself reluctant to remain indoors , let alone cook a meal . |
| 2 | ( 113 ) I have known her to be thrown into fainting fits by the King 's taxes . |
| 3 | It was better , but not a lot , and McLeish who knew her to be in her late fifties decided any casual observer would put her at nearer seventy . |
| 4 | She was not in the least concerned at her mother 's solitary state but knew her to be so recently buffeted by events that she would not cavil at two visiting teenagers , although she had intimated to Sam that if she filled the house with them , she would kill herself . |
| 5 | The lines of experience were marked on her face and although she still had all the exuberant charm which had drawn him to her in the first place , he thought she looked older than he knew her to be . |
| 6 | Only if he knew her to be ready to take that risk herself . |
| 7 | ‘ Next time you think a job needs doing , ’ he said , knowing her to be listening , ‘ tell me . |
| 8 | ( 100a ) Jane knows her to be intelligent . |