Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] he know [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , the defendant might argue that he believed in the victim 's consent since she permitted penetration although he knew full well that she had no understanding of the act . |
| 2 | ‘ He was shot in cold blood because he knew too much and was about to blow the whistle , ’ a detective said . |
| 3 | ‘ So I hailed a taxi outside the motel and just said British Committee and he knew immediately where it was and drove me straight there . ’ |
| 4 | There was a silence of a sort that he knew very well . |
| 5 | Arthur flew to London and stayed in the police morgue a long time with the body that he knew as closely as his own , thinking of Fred 's splendid good nature , his tough-mindedness , and his humour about the absurd and even the terrible . |
| 6 | The manager had been trying to set himself up in the Business when he knew full well that Clive had the franchise . |
| 7 | ‘ Self-aggrandizing ? ’ said Stephen , rising to the bait when he knew better . |
| 8 | She had the feeling that he knew very well what a struggle was going on beneath her words — and that he was amused by it . |
| 9 | He was not certain ; he would not trust the woman until he knew more about her presence here . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've tolerated his insubordination in the past but he knows exactly what will happen to him if he does n't toe the line this time . |
| 11 | No. 30 Mouncy Street was his first stop because he knew already from his own observation that here lived a truly old inhabitant ; Mary Adelaide Flock , who had been born twenty years before Queen Victoria died and did not count herself old yet . |
| 12 | He knew it would take great care and he knew also — inadmissible , subversive thought — that what he really wanted was to live with her here , securely , for the rest of his life : that was the earthly promise of the revelation at Hause Point . |
| 13 | You did n't argue with White Feet or Red Cloud because he knew best . |
| 14 | This is because the skilled individual is normally working well within his capacities , he does not have to search desperately for information because he knows exactly what to look for , his movements are not hurried because they are integrated into smooth chains and he does not react suddenly because he anticipates what is going to happen . |
| 15 | The fact that he knew absolutely nothing about the airline business was neither here nor there . |
| 16 | Edward was not a great reader but he knew quite well that he was broaching the oldest and most central concern of literature ; he felt appropriately diffident . |