Example sentences of "[modal v] have know the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You should have known the streets would be impossible . ’ |
| 2 | He should have known the consequences : half an hour of relative cheer followed by thunderous visceral revenge . |
| 3 | Charlie should have known the shysters when he saw them — but too often he was willing to identify himself with the craw-thumping brigade , allowing them to subvert his better , progressive instincts . |
| 4 | He must have known the looks of bewilderment , horror and disbelief that he would receive from some , and even the militant hostility that might await him when his visit to the Gentile , Cornelius , was discovered . |
| 5 | ‘ The Abbe Gerard , ’ Benjamin remarked , speaking my thoughts aloud , ‘ must have known the secrets of many hearts . ’ |
| 6 | Ceauşescu had naturally received expert advice on the process of relocating buildings in this way , and therefore must have known the consequences . |
| 7 | ‘ They must have known the women would be back . ’ |
| 8 | Whilst , prima facie , the wife could sue the husband on this implied covenant if the leasehold covenants have not been complied with , it is likely ( in view of the fact that she must have known the state and condition of the property ) that the husband could have the assignment rectified to exclude this covenant ; far better therefore , if applicable , to exclude this part of the beneficial owner covenant ab initio . |
| 9 | I think I must have known the truth about myself , in some deep part of my mind , when I first read those few pages of your book in my master 's study . |
| 10 | William Livingston ( 1818–1870 ) who apprenticed to a tailor and went from house to house in the course of his work , must have known the people well and written about their hard life . |
| 11 | William Livingston ( 1818–1870 ) who apprenticed to a tailor and went from house to house in the course of his work , must have known the people well and written about their hard life . |
| 12 | Ryan must have known the market value of the land … |
| 13 | Whoever had brought her here must have known the place ; you could n't have picked it out in a hurry . |
| 14 | She flushed , almost as if he could have known the part he 'd played in her extraordinarily sensual dreams . |
| 15 | How Prince could have known the thoughts of almost three hundred people is difficult to imagine , but it was not an opinion held by John Edward Gray of the British Museum , nor of Lord Derby . |
| 16 | He argued in particular that Plato could have known the Torah because there was an older translation than that patronized by Ptolemy Philadelphus . |
| 17 | You 'd have to know the pilotage , and be very careful about taking in a vessel of any size . |
| 18 | You need the permission of the owner to go in for a title search so you 'd have to know the owner first . |
| 19 | Jim may have known the assailant or he may have entered the house either quietly or under a pretence |
| 20 | To answer this question adequately I think one would have to know the degree structures which one had in mind . |
| 21 | Now in order to make a prediction of what say what 's going to happen this year I would have to know the state of the system of the ocean and the atmosphere on January first and in order to do that in an ideal world I would have a tremendous amount of data about the ocean and about the atmosphere and be able to put it into this model but this data , by and large , does n't exist . |
| 22 | Lawrence in Sons and Lovers , and he would have known the engine house and pithead winding gear built in 1873 and now preserved by the county council . |
| 23 | It matters not that a reasonable man would have known the information to be so . |
| 24 | They would have known the Bible stories well . |
| 25 | Ace would have known the feeling . |