Example sentences of "know it at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We did not know it at the time but the torch we lit in Britain , which transformed our country — the torch of freedom that is now the symbol of our party — became a beacon that has shed its light across the Iron Curtain into the East .
2 Although we did not know it at the time , the next census figures were to show an over-all drop of more than 11% .
3 Corman , a young independent producer born of the post-Superior Court ruling when studios were cutting back on their own B-movie productions , did not know it at the time , nor did anyone else , but he was about to make a significant contribution to what later became known as the ‘ new Hollywood ’ through the personalities he gave work to on low budget films , either acting , writing , directing or all three .
4 Although he did not know it at the time , Hess 's work was to initiate a revolution in geological and geophysical thinking , and ultimately it became the foundation of a major new theory about how continents and oceans are related , and what part volcanoes play in the evolution of the Earth .
5 I did n't know it at the time , but he had come to prepare us for the move to England .
6 Though I did n't know it at the time , Lebanon was suffering only the hors d'oeuvre of the devil 's dinner .
7 ‘ Well , I did n't know it at the time , but the telegraphist on the next set to mine-Lofty , he 's called — was on my wavelength too .
8 I did not know it at the time , but Helmut knew that Jean-Claude was still seeing Otto .
9 This was to be a momentous decision although he did not know it at the time .
10 ‘ I did n't know it at the time .
11 I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again .
12 Of course I did n't know it at the time , but by then my mother and father 's marriage was showing cracks .
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