Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] know " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides I want to know how she has grown . |
| 2 | ‘ Somewhere I have known you before . ’ |
| 3 | Suddenly I seemed to know why , to understood the reason for my presence in this small , forgotten chamber with its images of death . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh if only I 'd known ! |
| 5 | In a wedding photograph , the interesting faces are not those of the bride and groom , but of the encircling guests : the bride 's younger sister ( will it happen to me , the tremendous thing ? ) , the groom 's elder brother ( will she let him down like that bitch did me ? ) , the bride 's mother ( how it takes me back ) , the groom 's father ( if the lad knew what I know now if only I 'd known what I know now ) , the priest ( strange how even the tongue-tied are moved to eloquence by these ancient vows ) , the scowling adolescent ( what do they want to get married for ? ) , and so on . |
| 6 | Sometimes they come back from their haunts very cross , and say , " If only I 'd known about that , " or " Why did n't I think of that ? |
| 7 | Gee , if only I 'd known that earlier in life . |
| 8 | ‘ If only I 'd known the truth about you , Shiona , there would have been no need for me to keep running away from my feelings for you . |
| 9 | If only I had known ! |
| 10 | Perhaps I do know your potential , through the work we 've been doing , but you 're not a computer : you have autonomy . |
| 11 | ‘ Amy might want Hereward dead , even if she did not kill him herself , so perhaps I need to know where Amy is now , whether she 's alive or dead . |
| 12 | What are the three key things perhaps I need to know about Host if I never used it before ? |
| 13 | So I 've known what I 've given people for like the year before . |
| 14 | And I wanted a particular tape , oh I know it was a tape I 'd heard a coach driver using on the er on a coach trip that I was on so I got to know what it was erm and er I went round the usual shops no joy |
| 15 | Er but she 's a member and we went there for lunch and it was the ideal place , you know , cos there were n't any , many people around and so we had quite a nice lunch and erm whilst we were there we then had a drink in er in the bar and erm her the , the secretary of the club , a lady , came to talk to Barbara and she mentioned that she 'd seen her on Blind Date you see , and so I got to know more by listening to them two speaking er and er that 's where I learnt about er that . |
| 16 | So I do know what you mean . ’ |
| 17 | So I do know the different things that do make people feel either a little bit better or might just help them . |
| 18 | So I do know what 's going on , you see . |
| 19 | So I demand to know . |
| 20 | So I want to know who this is ? |
| 21 | So I need to know what time we 'll be finished . |
| 22 | So I need to know beforehand , within half an hour or so . |
| 23 | Once when he was away getting drinks , Barber asked me how long I 'd known G.P. |
| 24 | If he and Devlin leave Portugal together I want to know at once . ’ |
| 25 | She often said in her letters , if only she 'd known how it was going to turn out , she 'd have taken the baby with her . |
| 26 | Obscurely , she felt that if only she had known before things might have been different , but then common sense told her that yes , things might have been different : probably they would have been worse . |
| 27 | Mallachy talked more quietly to Karen , asked her about Manchester , and what the girls did normally , and how long she 'd known Jessica and Ireland . |
| 28 | ‘ And as for how long you 've known him , you can hardly expect me to tell you that that makes any difference . |
| 29 | Depends on how long you 've known each other I mean fifteen years and you 've only just ! |
| 30 | The same applies with the teachers , they soon get to know you and before long you get to know them all . |