Example sentences of "knew [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I knew toxoplasmosis existed , but thought it was very rare and so did my doctor friends . |
| 2 | Not quite the poverty of no shoes , of basic and meagre food , no possessions other than the most rudimentary necessities — but too near that for comfort and he knew plenty who were in that condition . |
| 3 | I knew part of it . |
| 4 | Granny 's neighbours were still looking on , watching for further developments , because they all knew Mum 's temper . |
| 5 | Now I was talking to Dad I wanted to tell him about how Mum and I had found Granny and what wicked things Mum had done , but I knew Mum 's eyes were on me so I thought better of it . |
| 6 | I knew Mum and Dad would be out until late drowning their sorrows . |
| 7 | Mary never liked our neighbours and she seldom even spoke to them , but she knew Mum had invited them all . |
| 8 | I knew Mum would not have done so because they did n't get on , although I never found out why . |
| 9 | Yesterday , after Billy moved out to let Wayne and Monica in , the new owner said : ‘ I always knew mum was right . ’ |
| 10 | I knew Mum rarely read a newspaper so she would n't hear of the killing that way . |
| 11 | I knew Mum was just about to give in . |
| 12 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |
| 13 | There was no mention of hair , though Rufus knew hair could persist intact for far more years than those bones had been in the grave , and there was nothing about clothing . |
| 14 | ‘ I grew up in the same street as Alex Maskey , ’ said Mr Blair who also knew SF 's Paddy McManus many years ago . |
| 15 | Though he often knew fear , and rage , and self-disgust , he was not a vengeful man . |
| 16 | It was n't fear ; Robbie knew fear when she saw it . |
| 17 | She was surprised , accordingly , to see a stout woman with a dog , a small black dog , approach ; and then knew disbelief . |
| 18 | For the most fleeting of moments , she knew humiliation , but then anger surged , and an aching triumph with it because she knew he could not deny her . |
| 19 | Robyn knew humiliation then . |
| 20 | But his elder brother John thinks that he knew better what the score was than he ever let on . |
| 21 | ‘ The truth is that Patrick was partly terrified of Peter , who came up behind him and thought he knew better what he should do . |
| 22 | He took slightly more interest in his two sons , Arthur and Alan , but not through any natural preference for them ; it was simply that with them he knew better what questions should be asked . |
| 23 | He said the Government now aimed to improve public services by taking the cash away from the bureaucrats at the Northern Regional Health Authority and Durham County Hall , for example , and handing it to the schools and GPs who knew better how it should be used . |
| 24 | After all , he and Nicola were lovers , and from his own experience the sergeant knew violence and passion were jealous twins . |
| 25 | And now that he 'd escaped from that awful prison , come he would , she knew that as certainly as she knew daylight would follow darkness . |
| 26 | she said cos she were talking , she knew tape were still running and she were pretending to say that she did n't say I could do it but she did |
| 27 | She knew silver . |
| 28 | and we knew peace |
| 29 | Beaverbrook , indeed , who knew Law very well but was also addicted to dramatic interpretations , believed that the collapse of Law 's health stemmed partly from this destruction of his position as undisputed captain , maybe of ‘ the second eleven ’ in Churchill 's phrase , but at least of a team of like-minded , straightforward and loyal men . |
| 30 | It was from the credit that the , I went the education secretary his , his secretary was retiring and er he came for me because he knew I knew Guild and Co-operative work you know . |