Example sentences of "he knew [pron] the " in BNC.

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1 He knew what the Victorian churchmen of the north had done for the miners and how by the third quarter of the nineteenth century the Church was strong within the mining communities though it never took the place of the Methodists .
2 He wished he knew what the time was .
3 Suddenly , without trying , he knew what the real Harriet Shakespeare would say .
4 The battles in Russia , Africa and Normandy became mere words , to be heard punctually from the loudspeaker at three or four o'clock , from the English news-reader if German security was sufficiently relaxed , or from anybody who thought he knew what the next allotment of words was going to be about .
5 He knew what the expression would be .
6 He knew what the boys were fighting for , and was sure that the public would give a right judgement when the proper time came .
7 Ackroyd knew immediately where he meant and his blood ran cold as he knew what the foreman was going to say next .
8 He knew what the answer to that would be .
9 She stared at him and he knew what the answer was going to be .
10 he knew what the odds were and everyone else did n't .
11 Donleavy posed these questions as if , like Coleman , he knew what the answers were already .
12 He knew what the girl was when he hired her , the bald-faced hypocrite !
13 He knew what the losses might be .
14 He knew who the other boy was .
15 As they passed through the hall , she saw him glance at the picture that was hanging there , and asked him on an impulse if he knew who the original was .
16 Murder : he remembered the first chilling thrill of the word in the school playground , when it was still something to be excited about and before he knew who the victim was , or the chief suspect .
17 He thought he knew who the tall young man might be .
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