Example sentences of "knows [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knows instinctively that it 's not a subject his father would want to talk about . |
| 2 | Let us assume the player is unsure where to begin ; he knows only that his chord playing is below par and wishes to improve it . |
| 3 | Rainbow knows only that the waves break around us , rough and discoloured , and that things below the surface are brushing , nuzzling or jostling against her . |
| 4 | He probably knows already that his spelling is weak : what he wants to be told is how to make it better . |
| 5 | The overriding problem is that unlike most criminal acts where one knows clearly that one has committed a crime , one can often only know one has published obscene or indecent material at the very end of a prosecution . |
| 6 | Fortunately , everybody who knows the Nortons knows also that they 're crazy . |
| 7 | She had always sworn to herself that she would never impose on her daughter 's marriage 2. ) but she knows now that she can not possibly decline an invitation to spend the rest of her days at her son-in-law 's house . |
| 8 | Constanza does n't know in which order the other two came but she knows now that she was first . |
| 9 | Everyone knows now that your Daddy is n't a spy . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ But my cousin knows now that , as Luigi 's son , he 's the only male descendant and I have no claim to anything . |
| 11 | In spite of all that has been said by popular moralists , along the lines of honesty being the best policy , everyone really knows implicitly that it is by this test of universalisability that one should determine what one ought to do . |
| 12 | ‘ Prince Sihanouk knows well that the problem is not the Hun Sen government , but the Khmer Rouge . |
| 13 | The hon. Gentleman knows well that the Government must order their priorities and he knows the extent of construction needed after buildings have been bombed . |
| 14 | The hon. Gentleman knows well that the UFC is not one of my responsibilities . |
| 15 | Mada Madam Speaker my honourable friend knows well that the purpose er of what has been said and what is being considered about air strikes er is to is is to bring about er the er cessation of the sort of bombardment that we have seen in Sarajevo and I think everybody will want to see that effort successfully er completed . |
| 16 | ‘ You think he knows yet that I have Mortimer ? |
| 17 | He knows too that there are activities in which he is most intelligent when he is most spontaneous , in which to think may even be dangerous ; the ski jumper or the tightrope walker can not afford to hesitate and reflect . |