Example sentences of "one who know [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only one who knew what he was doing . " |
| 2 | The shadow was cloaked , like the one who knew what evil lurked in the hearts of men , and wore a tall hat . |
| 3 | One who knew her remembered a very large hole in her stocking . |
| 4 | As one who knew her and her husband only a little , I remember her as a vivacious lady of beauty and charm who worked throughout her life for many good causes . |
| 5 | ‘ One who knew him , I assume . ’ |
| 6 | As I expected from one who knew him well it is a very sympathetic account of his life and its impact on both cricket and the wider world . |
| 7 | In that role he made headlines by disagreeing with Mrs Thatcher over participation at the Moscow games ; his robust independence surprised no one who knew him well . |
| 8 | One who knew him in the Bandung period , Takdir Alisjahbana , recalls : ‘ A fascinating personality … few [ were ] able to resist his charm . |
| 9 | You see th at every station , every depot , on British Rail , there were always one man thrown up as being the one who knew everything . |
| 10 | Among all these famous names there is one who knew them all , and who perhaps in his own way did as much as they to popularize , and incidentally to record , the Lake District at the turn of the century . |
| 11 | ‘ The only one who knew we were sleeping together , ’ Cheryl continued , ‘ and — ’ |
| 12 | I was perhaps the only one who knew he was doing it for Duke . |
| 13 | ‘ She was in hospital for six weeks , and I was the only one who knew it was n't an accident . |
| 14 | Contempt , coursing like some seam of metal through his words and their meaning , the contempt felt by one who knew his own powers for one who clearly did not . |
| 15 | Well often I might see somebody waving out by the gate frantically trying to get in where he 's put one of his different size padlocks round the gate , the back gate and the front gate , and often if we need to feed the cat he 's padlocked all the different padlocks round the kitchen cupboards erm we 've been unable to get the cat food out , so we 've had to go off in the car and bring him back from a friend because he 's the only one who knows which key goes with which padlock to undo all the cupboards . |
| 16 | We ordinarily think of values and obligations being really there , but we also think of them as intrinsically prescriptive. that is , such that one who knows them must be affected conatively in an appropriate way . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm the only one who knows what she looks like , ’ Pavel said . |
| 18 | I 'll press-gang some helpers for you , but I do want you there , Wheeler , since you 're the only one who knows what 's what . |
| 19 | ‘ Joan hides her light under a bushel , ’ says one who knows her well . |
| 20 | Jim ( no one who knows him calls him Iggy ) being Jim was squatting on the table stuffing everyone else 's venison into his roll and eating it with his fingers . |
| 21 | The Computer Programmer threw his bat down , in the reckless manner allowed only to one who knows he 's done a good batting job and is respected by his fellows . |
| 22 | It is the laugh of one who knows he 's about to die |
| 23 | There 's a big group of Americans at Portrush , but one who knows he 'll be packing for home tonight is Michael Gillis from Philadelphia . |
| 24 | Because the nature of this experience subtly eludes the normal processes of human thought and feeling and is felt to engage with a power beyond them , it is termed " mystical " and one who knows it a " mystic " . |
| 25 | As you start the action , Jim is the only one who knows anything about it . |