Example sentences of "had know " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you had to know . ’ |
| 2 | He did not want to believe that it was so , but he had to know for certain . |
| 3 | The brain behind this operation had to know this . |
| 4 | She had to know that he had considered and that he was committed by his reply . |
| 5 | It 's had about ten or twelve names since I 've been going there , though some of them were just for one night , just for a party or celebration , and even then the name was never written up anywhere , you just had to know that tonight it was The Lily Pond , or The Jewel Box , The Gigolo , The Hustler , The Place ( no , I think that was somewhere else ) , Grave Charges ( I loved that one ) — or The You Know You Like It , I remember that year especially . |
| 6 | For instance you had to know the names , the cast list . |
| 7 | You had to know what you were doing in those days ’ . |
| 8 | You had to know your Instruction Book very well , because if you locked someone up and they got away with it , next day in court , there was a chance that you might be deemed excessive in your law and of course then you were on your own . |
| 9 | To find the complete answer , Taylor had to know how much power each member of the menagerie generates as well as how much fuel it uses . |
| 10 | There was one other thing that Delaney had to know . |
| 11 | Gathering up the relicts is a hard business at the best of times , and Jackie had to know how the task , carried through with Helen 's usual bravery , would have affected her . |
| 12 | Nor was Lotus a negligible factor : it had taken a severe dip in I975 , but anyone knowing Chapman had to know that Lotus declines were generally followed by Lotus ascensions ; with Andretti and Peterson driving against him , Hunt was starting the season in a star-studded field . |
| 13 | Quinn 's tough background dictated that he had to know how to take care of himself , especially when at a young age he moved from his native Mexico into an area of Los Angeles where everyone was either Irish , Mexican or black . |
| 14 | Mr Cubbage was by this time almost demented , he had to know Coleen 's decision , so he wrote an impassioned letter begging her to accept his proposal of marriage . |
| 15 | They just had to know what was going to happen next . |
| 16 | He did n't like the demon stuff , was happier with a phosphor grenade than a geas , but he had to know his business . |
| 17 | ‘ But in the end they had to know . |
| 18 | ‘ She had to know we were there fighting alongside her . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You had to know that you would be caught . |
| 20 | He had to know what was going on . |
| 21 | She phoned her mother again at a time her father could not be there ; she had to know about Mike and Catherine , what was happening . |
| 22 | Bacon 's contention was that the theologian had to know the things of this world if he wished to understand the Scriptures . |
| 23 | But happen it 's for the best ; you had to know some time . |
| 24 | ‘ I had to know , did n't I ? ’ she said , making her voice come out firm . |
| 25 | You knew it was going to be awful , but you had to know . |
| 26 | People who came to the Turk 's Head really had to know what they were looking for . |
| 27 | ‘ It meant a lot of work for the Director preparing his camera script because he had to know exactly where to put his cameras to get the shots he wanted . |
| 28 | With chemistry , things like organic chemistry , where you had to know every reaction , you could n't work it out , you had to know everything that was going to happen — there was n't a lot of understanding involved , it was mainly slogging . |
| 29 | With chemistry , things like organic chemistry , where you had to know every reaction , you could n't work it out , you had to know everything that was going to happen — there was n't a lot of understanding involved , it was mainly slogging . |
| 30 | And the girl had to know . |