Example sentences of "knowing [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Gabellah , Muzorewa 's right hand Man — knowing Caux and MRA — asked him to serve on his executive .
2 She had trusted and loved him knowing Maria Luisa was a part of his life and he had never denied it .
3 After lunch , Boswell , knowing McQueen 's passion for the place , introduced the subject of Anaitis .
4 But knowing Sunderland 's history he 's no chance of surviving .
5 Daft as it may seem after three years of knowing Jim Bob , I still do n't know him at all .
6 For many nights Nahum lay on his back in the big double bed , knowing Sarah was weeping into the pillow beside him .
7 God Almighty , Nan , I 've been here for the past two hours without knowing hair nor hide of you . ’
8 I wondered where all that confetti came from ; knowing Mum I guessed she must have supplied it , but none of us children were given any .
9 My gun jammed and William recognised me and came forward laughing and firing shot after shot at me while I waved and tried to duck and these yellow paint balls went splat , splat , thunking into my hired camouflage trousers and combat jacket and smacking into my visored helmet while I waved at him and tried to get the damn gun to work and he just walked forward slowly shooting me ; bastard had his own paint gun and he 'd probably had it souped up ; knowing William , that was almost inevitable .
10 Knowing William I should think there are innumerable problems .
11 This part of the judge 's ruling is important because studies of passive smoking are beset with problems such as establishing a control and of knowing exposure levels .
12 Most men of my acquaintance revel in happy ignorance when it comes to knowing plans and dates for the weeks ahead .
13 She looked up and bit her lip , knowing Marc could tell she had just read it .
14 The worst thing was knowing Marianne was right .
15 Knowing Sheila she probably wanted to rule the roost and Elaine was n't going to have it .
16 Knowing Susy with James , it is hard not to believe that inside Hunt there was every bit as much affection and sensitivity as there was extrovertedness and snook-cocking .
17 Meg stood there a moment , staring at the journal , wondering what it said , knowing Ben would tell her when he wanted to .
18 Were voices from the dark yet knowing part of oneself , voices you ignored only at your peril .
19 Shannon signed the register and took the key , still puzzled by the receptionist 's knowing look .
20 As she disappeared round the side of her house , he leaned towards Melissa with a sly , knowing look on his face .
21 Do n't try it , she said silently , knowing Dana had received the message by the way her eyes widened .
22 Indeed , it would be hard to forge such an agreement given the tricky detail that Jones had already submitted an abstract of his talk to the APS , the wording of which appeared rather explicit to knowing eyes .
23 He paused , knowing eyes tinged with irritation looked down on her , challenged her .
24 Rose had moved back a little to stand in front of one of the shop windows , scanning the crowd with knowing eyes .
25 His eyes were hard now , glaring at d'Aubigny with the occasional sideways knowing glance at the sulky Angus .
26 Ronni cast a quick , knowing glance at Guido , expecting to meet a pair of scowling dark eyes .
27 Tina had felt let down , but knowing Bobby , he would tell them in his own good time what had happened .
28 Hardly a word out of her , even when the curate , Father Mooney , insisted on making a speech to the company , and him hardly knowing Den at all .
29 Knowing misuse of confidential information would be a breach of this duty .
30 One line of epistemological inquiry leads Habermas to explore the developed forms of knowledge in a way that locates them in terms of his phenomenological grounding of knowing subjects .
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