Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] know " in BNC.
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| 1 | France has 40 resorts and Spain 31 , most of them little known over here but none the worse for that , provided you can speak the appropriate language . |
| 2 | Everyone inside knows or speculates endlessly on the politics of power implicit in the most minute gradations of change . |
| 3 | Ignorant me only knows of a Paris ‘ Conservatoire ’ , but I presume there must be such an august institution nearer to hand ( and foot ) . |
| 4 | Surely someone somewhere knows who killed Ann Heron and that person could ease the pain for her heartbroken family . |
| 5 | ‘ Unfortunately , being female does n't necessarily mean that I instinctively know how to behave as a mother . |
| 6 | I instinctively knew I was going to like him . |
| 7 | He came after me , but he stopped when he saw me go inside ( as I instinctively knew he would — the only safe place from him was down here ) . |
| 8 | I told Joan de Warenne I would return in May , Edward thought — I little knew then that such calamity and change of fortune would summon me hither ! |
| 9 | I little knew then what the future held for me and looking back I can see what a lot I had to learn . |
| 10 | I rarely knew the answer to that when we were married . ’ |
| 11 | Well , I kinda knew you 'd say that , but had forgotten the unique thrill of the way only you can say things . |
| 12 | ‘ I kinda knew it was gon na happen sooner or later , and I really wanted that sense of responsibility , the discipline of it . |
| 13 | I personally know of a foreign company planning to establish a factory and recruit a thousand staff in Britain . |
| 14 | Since you are still technically my wife , I obviously know everything about you . ’ |
| 15 | John Mackay said he 'd draft a leaflet , and I 've just done one myself , knowing how busy John is , and feeling also a sense of urgency about this , that we need to get ourselves better known . |
| 16 | I only knew the fear was gone . |
| 17 | ‘ I only knew myself yesterday . |
| 18 | I only knew you as you left — |
| 19 | I only knew one of my grandparents , Grandmother Tapper , as the other three had died long before I was born . |
| 20 | ‘ I only knew I was playing when we had our warm-up just before the kick-off , and I simply was n't prepared for starting the match . |
| 21 | My main subsequent regret is that I only knew my father from the perspective of parent to child and not from that of adult ( parent ) to adult ( son ) whence different qualities and traits of personality come to be appreciated . |
| 22 | For Friend I would — if I only knew what it was that he wants me to do or be . |
| 23 | ‘ The advertisements and Briggs spoke of a Jane Eyre , but I only knew a Jane Elliott , ’ said St John . |
| 24 | ‘ Bathsheba , ’ he said , coming closer , ‘ If I only knew one thing — whether you 'd allow me to love you , and marry you after all — if I only knew ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Bathsheba , ’ he said , coming closer , ‘ If I only knew one thing — whether you 'd allow me to love you , and marry you after all — if I only knew ! ’ |
| 26 | I only knew |
| 27 | I only knew my mother and grandmother and life was not easy — we often went hungry . |
| 28 | I 've been looking for you for years , but I only knew the name that she used to call you — Prince Charming . |
| 29 | O' course , I only knew him a few years after he got married . |
| 30 | I only knew the name ! |