Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [vb mod] know " in BNC.

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1 There was a desire to create a single referral point and a truly accessible and localized service that everyone would know about and use .
2 Some clients may feel that no-one can know or therefore write about their company as well as they can .
3 The plan was to look back at intervals after leaving camp to see how long it took for various features of the Land Rover to disappear , so that I would know how much longer there was to walk when they reappeared in the evening .
4 You 'd think with my connections at the National Gallery , Washington , and the Virginia Museum and Yale that I would know more people in the field , but I just do n't .
5 I have n't heard the names yet , of the people who have lost their lives but I 'd be I would be certain that I would know some of them personally .
6 I expected you to come after me , I prayed you would so that I would know for sure that you really wanted me , but you did n't .
7 What is your name , wife , that I may know whom to thank ? ’
8 I like to rehearse the bad things so that I 'll know how to behave when they really happen . ’
9 I tell myself that I 'll know in the morning but still I lie awake .
10 although having said that I 'll know that if I do well its mine , its in my own , own work , which I think is probably better because when it comes to it you do n't get any help on the day do ya ?
11 There was a time when I was genuinely afraid of these idiotic questions , but now , apart from the fact that I must know the height , length , breadth , area and volume of just about every part of the house and everything in it , I can see my father 's obsession for what it is .
12 And er the , the difference is that I will know , at any one time , whether Norwich are offering you the best rate or not .
13 And the boatman said : ‘ Tell me which boat it is so that I will know which boat not to look under . ’
14 ‘ If the driver who hit him knows that he hit him , I would urge him to come forward just so that I can know what happened . ’
15 How inconvenient , I thought , that I should know that death was a suitor I could not seduce , that the choice of date lay only with him .
16 ‘ Why , I wonder , do you suppose that I should know anything of your sister 's abductor ? ’
17 Being a parent ai n't easy ( not that I 'd know from experience ) , and baby-sitting for other people is even worse ( I know that from experience ) .
18 ‘ Looks champion to me , not that I 'd know , ’ said Bill .
19 Moore 's view would be , I take it , that someone might know exactly what that state of mind was like , either by personal experience or imagination , without recognizing that it was bad , as he could not without taking in all those properties by sharing which another state of mind would be just like it .
20 To clear myself I could appear in secret session before the McCarthy committee so that nobody would know .
21 If the dish is blazed with whisky instead it is possible that nobody will know the difference ; but a point of principle is involved ; once the wedge is in how long before the apples have been replaced with carrots and peas , and the cream with tomato purée or pineapple juice ?
22 Might not some echo of it reach her mind , so that she would know someone of hers had been near ; that she had not been deserted ?
23 Then he deliberately looked back to meet her eyes so that she would know that he had made a decision With a slight lift of his shoulders , he accepted his decision .
24 I thought I would dig it up again , and put it in her bed , all covered with mould , so that she would know it was dead , but after a while she stopped crying , so I left it there .
25 She waited on the landing a long time , hating the awful quietness and longing for them to start shouting again so that she would know everything was all right .
26 She asked the shopkeeper 's name so that she would know to whom to send her servant .
27 Leo , you must tell her that it is Doctor 's Orders that she must not look after her father any more — that it is too much for her — that she need not even see her father until she is quite well enough , and the doctor has himself offered to find a suitable place , so that she will know her father will be well looked after .
28 Try telephoning the practice nurse in advance so that she will know your son or daughter 's name and make them feel welcome and special when you arrive .
29 ‘ Any questions you like provided that you know only your daughter can answer them ; the nickname of a childhood friend , for example , or the description of some pet she used to have , anything that she will know and her captors ca n't know .
30 I swear that woman has a tendre for George , not that she 'd know it , bloodless creature .
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