Example sentences of "knew [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of them were ready to die , but all of them knew the odds stacked against them . |
| 2 | Like many another driver , Jackie had clearly contemplated the risks he was taking ; he had had several severe accidents , so he knew what was involved ; he knew the odds . |
| 3 | They knew the odds were against them . |
| 4 | Charlie 's heart sank when he read the orders ; he knew the odds against surviving two attacks were virtually unknown . |
| 5 | Whoever killed Charlie Hatton knew the lie of the land all right . ’ |
| 6 | He preferred not to think that everyone knew the artist had painted his best-known work from the window overlooking Dzerjhinsky Square . |
| 7 | Cordelia Oliver , writer and critic , who knew the artist quite well , is perfectly placed to tell her story , which she does succinctly , affectionately and with a fine interweave of biographical detail and critical insight . |
| 8 | He knew the Prince was a connoisseur of luxury , deeply influenced by the new designs from the prosperous Italian states . |
| 9 | He knew the fruit of their loins was ordained by Aten . |
| 10 | For example , if we knew the positions and speeds of the sun and the planets at one time , then we could use Newton 's laws to calculate the state of the Solar System at any other time . |
| 11 | Well , Richard and I knew the Duke and Duchess of Windsor quite well , and spent a lot of time with them in Paris , and this was our favourite piece of jewellery . |
| 12 | She saw his eyes go to the coat fixture , and guessed that he knew the jacket hanging there belonged to Travis when he went and took it from its hanger . |
| 13 | I knew the Earl worried about the growing distance between himself and his children . |
| 14 | Everybody knew the Earl of Essex . |
| 15 | Now , I knew the Maillotins , the peasant rebels who lurked in the alleyways and runnels of Paris . |
| 16 | Ann Gunter , the Sackler 's Curator of Ancient Near Eastern Art , knew the Louvre masterworks would be in storage during the reinstallation of the Mesopotamian Galleries . |
| 17 | The next thing I knew the pilot was screaming ‘ Mayday ! ’ ’ |
| 18 | Albert as chairman asked me a number of questions to which he already knew the answers for the good reason that we had already gone over them in Fulham . |
| 19 | Never any argument — well , there were arguments but you knew the answers to them . |
| 20 | One or two questions to which you knew the answers and if you were satisfied : ‘ Nice knowing you . |
| 21 | He knew the answers to his questions very well ; all too many men were relegated to the position of drone — and they resented it ; they showed their resentment all too often by despising women and taking the attitude that such inept creatures should be allowed to play while men ran the world and did anything in it which was worth doing . |
| 22 | Everybody asked questions , but nobody knew the answers . |
| 23 | Sometimes he wondered why the superintendent asked him to research questions to which she already knew the answers . |
| 24 | I could n't be at peace until I knew the answers to these . |
| 25 | I went ahead and asked all the usual questions but I knew the answers already . |
| 26 | If anyone knew the answers in this country , it was the Dwarves . |
| 27 | I never study ) , or the future ( I would be really surprised if I knew the answers on the exam next week ) : ( 8 ) What ! |
| 28 | ‘ Not at all , ’ Leith laughed lightly , then found that his aunt , without meaning to pry , she was sure , was asking questions which she must have assumed that Naylor already knew the answers to anyway . |
| 29 | Miss Field and Jane Martin … the adventure puzzle proved the trickiest winners of the books here are Mrs. Windsor and Graham Williams … most popular round was the racing … you all knew the answers only two winners I 'm afraid … well done Mrs. Cullis and N.Bonner … and three cheers for the kids who found the secret santas toys and games have been won by Tim Overton … |
| 30 | on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day . |