Example sentences of "knew he [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Now , watching him , she knew he had a scheme .
2 It was not because he would be embarrassed if Mrs. Hennessy knew he had a girl staying there , he told himself .
3 Never knew he had a wife till then .
4 I knew he had a wife , I did n't know whether he had children er and I knew that er he had previous history of er criminal nature .
5 He knew he had a hole in one lung , leaking air and blood that put pressure on the other lung .
6 For a second Yanto remained rooted to the spot ‘ Jesus Christ , ’ he gasped From that first moonlit glimpse he knew he had a specimen here .
7 It was a winter of doubt and uncertainty and the young Provencal only knew he had a ride just over a month before Suzuka .
8 He knew he had a duty , but a duty to do what ?
9 No one , but no one , had ever spoken to her like that before , and she did n't like it , all the more because she knew he had a point .
10 He was the epitome of conservative respectability , but Patrick knew he had a hand in some of the most hairy activities of the secret intelligence services .
11 Just because he came here in his working clothes and I knew he drove a lorry
12 ‘ I knew he thought a lot of me .
13 Perhaps she knew he wanted a son , perhaps she said her first marriage broke up because her first husband found out he was n't the father . ’
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