Example sentences of "but know [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet language is too important to be left either to amateurs who know British education but know only a little about language , or to professionals who know much about language but have little close contact with British education . |
| 2 | Five yards from the entrance doors to the inquiry hall , inside the officially titled Stop Hinkley Centre but known generally as the ‘ objectors ’ office' , SHE faced a daunting task as the inquiry opened . |
| 3 | Sometimes it is the Had I But Known what grim secret lurked beneath the smiling exterior I would never have set foot within the door ; Sometimes the Had I But Known then what I know now , I could have saved at least three lives by revealing to the Inspector the conversation I heard through that fortuitous hole in the floor . |
| 4 | Based in Brighton and Hove , but known worldwide through their tours and recordings , The Hanover Band is one of the UK 's finest orchestras specialising in period instrument performances of ‘ classical ’ and baroque works |
| 5 | She 'd wondered briefly about trying to pass the job along to Adele , but knew right away that it would n't work out ; she was supposed to be the unsentimental one , after all , the hard business-head and the scourge of the tradesmen . |
| 6 | She did not know what the matter was but knew instinctively that this was the right thing to do . |
| 7 | She could not make out the words , but knew instinctively they 'd been uttered by the uncle of her child . |
| 8 | So either they knew only the uncontaminated documents , which did nothing to strengthen what they believed to be an already strong case , or they knew the documents in their contaminated form , but knew also that they were forged , and kept quiet about them . |
| 9 | John knew when he was being lied to but knew also when he was wasting his time . |
| 10 | Of his contemporaries Eliot was one of the few who not merely looked to a culturally united Europe but knew personally many of the writers and intellectual leaders on the Continent . |
| 11 | When Diana first consulted Penny the princess revealed that she was interested in astrology , but knew very little about it . |
| 12 | I wanted to continue my studies as a postgraduate at U.C.L. I was now interested in modern linguistic research , but knew very little about it , since linguistics had so far made little impact in the U.K. , and there was no teacher in the Department who could adequately supervise me in that area . |
| 13 | Jay was intrigued , but knew better than to ask the question direct . |
| 14 | She was feeling a great deal better about everything , but knew better than to say so . |
| 15 | I tried to work out an obvious connection between scholarship and cocaine and could not , but knew better than to ask . |
| 16 | He looked from one to the other of their faces but knew better than to open his mouth . |
| 17 | Landgrebe , only the second graduate employed by the company , had taken over Peter Revers ' job when the latter went to New York and had responsibilities for scheduling and managing shops , but knew better than to express an opinion on artistic matters . |
| 18 | Paige was startled by his assumption , but knew better than to deny it . |
| 19 | And I grew up respectful of the strength of her inner soul , superior in my school learning but knowing here was something beyond knowledge . |
| 20 | Like a ping-pong ball he bounced from one emotion to another , knowing what he wanted but knowing also that it did not exist . |
| 21 | ‘ That 's right , ’ the Corporal growled , not understanding the words but knowing very well their import , ‘ keep your face shut . ’ |
| 22 | Or it may be even vaguer than that ; someone rather like oneself but knowing perhaps a little less . |
| 23 | Richard now admitted to himself that they might be lost after all but knew instinctively that saying so to Victoria would destroy the flattering confidence she placed in him . |