Example sentences of "[that] he know " in BNC.

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1 Swore like a trooper under his breath as the bus swayed through the leafy lanes , saying he could no longer make out the landmarks , that he knew such and such a tree or house was in such and such a place , he 'd passed it so often in the bus , but now could barely see it .
2 Shouted that he knew I was inside .
3 I could see in his eyes that he knew .
4 He argued , historically , that he knew ‘ of no period in which the police have had such a loud and didactic public presence , … [ or ] when they have offered themselves as a distinct interest as one of the great ‘ institutions ’ and perhaps the first in the realm ’ .
5 All landmarks that he knew had long since sunk out of sight beyond the rise .
6 But it was hard to pick out faces that he knew in the swaying mass of heads .
7 Shoals of people were coming up the drive from the west gate — Cameron recognized faces that he knew from the sawmill at Kenmore .
8 On the night of Thursday Cameron slept badly , for no reason that he knew of .
9 I 'd guess that he knew , and did n't resent it .
10 Olson , in several illwritten but splendidly honest verse diatribes against MUZAK , showed that he knew that fear and hatred as well as any of us .
11 Starkey said yesterday that he knew nothing of the move and as far as he was concerned he was still on Cacoethes .
12 Mr Gray said the fact of the repatriations from Allied-occupied Austria in May and June 1945 was accepted , but what was at issue was Lord Aldington 's role , and the allegation that he knew that they would be killed .
13 About 30 journalists turned up at the Thai border village of Pong Nam Ron , about 200 miles east of Bangkok , yesterday morning , but were told by the local Thai military commander that he knew of no Vietnamese prisoners .
14 But his elder brother John thinks that he knew better what the score was than he ever let on .
15 As for the race itself , Kinane added that he knew he would win some way from home and had enjoyed a trouble-free run throughout .
16 It was an artistic relationship that ultimately cost the composer his life as he repeatedly delayed vital heart surgery to complete the role that he knew would also be Pears 's last .
17 They found that he knew what he wanted ; that he was persuasive in trying to get it ; that what he wanted was good ; and they suddenly realized that this new young professor dragged them into the twentieth century .
18 ‘ Where are you going , Rose ? ’ he asked in a tone that told her that he knew he had gone too far but she continued on her way .
19 Herr Nordern was quizzed by the entire staff but stoically maintained that he knew no more than anyone else .
20 His embarrassment about self-disclosure gives the impression , belied by his other books , that he knew nothing of the mystery that grace works by means of human weakness , not by side-stepping it .
21 The green at the 14th is so severely sloped that he knew he would need to leave her below the flag , and did so ‘ by about two light-years ’ .
22 At the time I was involved in various things at Philips Records and I asked someone if they knew of anyone who could get David out of his contract , and was told that he knew a man called Tony DeFries who was actually not allowed to practise at the bar — he was a consultant , a trouble-shooter , divorce cases .
23 On the third day there was no such respite , Patterson in particular giving the impression that he knew , and cared , nothing about Law 42 and the intimidatory bowling of fast short-pitched balls .
24 But all that seemed almost like a simple happy life , now that he knew the real questions .
25 And if he could be sure of that , there must be other things that he knew about himself .
26 But Jinny could tell from his voice that he knew the answer already , and when Doyle replied it was with a nod .
27 Mungo was disappointed , despite the fact that he knew the question was reasonable .
28 Now that he knew , Tammuz looked more like Ewan to Quincx with every moment , which was oddly disturbing .
29 The amiable West Indian realized that the man who served up the frothy coffee was not looking at his watch in order to see what time it was but more to indicate that he knew damned well what time it was — late , too late .
30 Small wonder , then , that the Scotsman Sir George Douglas burst out , as the English ambassador Sir Ralph Sadler reported to Henry VIII on 13 October 1543 , that ‘ the world is so full of falsehood , that he knew not whom he might trust ! ’ .
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