Example sentences of "know for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he pulled himself together and said , as they mounted the station steps under the concrete canopy : ‘ Now if we were cops inside the covers of a detective story , Mike , we 'd know for sure that Hatton was killed to stop Pertwee getting married today . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't know for sure yet , but there wo n't be any European corporate jobs left after we centralise everything in Detroit . |
| 3 | ‘ She must need her head seeing to ! — Anyway , how do you know for sure she 's got money ? |
| 4 | O stared , he did n't know for how long , at him and his outstretched hand , wondering whether to gasp it , fill it with change , or knock it away ; and then he looked up , because he heard his train coming and also because he felt the hot wind on his face . |
| 5 | For one thing , how would one know for sure that at any given moment a response of the bantering sort is truly what is expected ? |
| 6 | I do not know for certain why I went up there to watch them doing it . |
| 7 | As for Jessie herself , she had held her in her arms and reassured her that her Robbie would be all right , even though , from the scanty information given her by the nurse , she could n't know for sure if he would be . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't think you will , ’ said the Brownie Guider , ‘ but I do know for certain that you faced what to you was great danger with wonderful bravery . ’ |
| 9 | [ In talking about continued home care ] I can stand the strain at the moment , but I do n't know for how long I can go on . |
| 10 | No one will ever know for sure . |
| 11 | If doctors could know for certain which individuals would develop the disease , they could treat potential diabetics before the process takes hold . |
| 12 | And though we do not know for certain , it does seem doubtful that the only sins against EPA science are those that have been revealed . |
| 13 | ( Actually , until we carry out a properly calibrated experiment to measure the forces involved in both versions nobody will know for certain which is more powerful . ) |
| 14 | No one not in the profession would know for sure whether the assassin had accepted or refused the job ; and no one except the contact and , in this case , the client , would know for sure exactly who was responsible for the messy death of Seren Haminh , probably about fifty hours from now , when the hunger would be rising again and giving her a few hours to sleep the first ecstasy off . |
| 15 | No one not in the profession would know for sure whether the assassin had accepted or refused the job ; and no one except the contact and , in this case , the client , would know for sure exactly who was responsible for the messy death of Seren Haminh , probably about fifty hours from now , when the hunger would be rising again and giving her a few hours to sleep the first ecstasy off . |
| 16 | The Trinidad crashed near Madrid , and to this day we still do not know for sure what happened . |
| 17 | Look at the toes of its front feet and if you discover fur on its nails you will know for sure there is another rabbit still to be captured . |
| 18 | Only then would he know for certain that it had really happened , and that he would have to take some action . |
| 19 | If you have any recipes that work particularly well , please let me know for future editions of this book . |
| 20 | When the results of these tests are finally known we may at last know for sure whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded or not . |
| 21 | Perhaps that 's as it should be , because who can know for sure ? |
| 22 | I do n't know for sure that Ernest is going to emigrate . ’ |
| 23 | He wo n't know for sure whether it 's a success until the time comes to deal with the excess stock . |
| 24 | Now , nobody would know for certain how he had died , or what had been wrong with him , her husband . |
| 25 | Answering this kind of question will inevitably involve you in a certain amount of guesswork , because you ca n't know for certain what has been going on , but some assumptions are more likely than others . |
| 26 | What we did n't know for a long time was that this book is his revenge on his parents . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't know for sure . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't know for sure , girlie , but we 'll sort it all out in the end , just see if we do n't . |
| 29 | Camilla 's sister , Annabelle Elliott , admitted that she does not know for sure whether there is any truth in rumours of a relationship with Prince Charles . |
| 30 | ‘ We wo n't know for a couple of days but everything points to her having used large amounts of cocaine , ’ a senior detective told TODAY . |