Example sentences of "[noun sg] that he knew [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brucan 's reference to the benefits of abandoning the ‘ idiocy of rural life ’ was the typical presumption of a Marxist intellectual that he knew what was best for the benighted peasant . |
| 2 | Sartre 's character the Auto-Didact was working his way through an alphabetical subject catalogue , with the result that he knew nothing of subjects beginning with the later letters ; to learn mathematics by the route Algebra , Arithmetic , Calculus , Geometry … and on to Trigonometry would be bizarre by any conventional standard . |
| 3 | When he did n't move or give any indication that he knew she was there at all — although he must have heard the car draw up and , unless he was deaf , the car door slam — she marched across to him . |
| 4 | The driver may be forthcoming that his boss said words to the effect that he knew there was no insurance but the vehicle was the only one available and the journey had to be undertaken . |
| 5 | Hitler saw Czechoslovakia as the key to breaking Germany 's encirclement while Neville Chamberlain excused his appeasement of Hitler with the excuse that he knew nothing about the Czechs . |
| 6 | But only yesterday one of his own batch had n't been so lucky , and it was when the news broke in the camp that he knew he could still feel emotion . |
| 7 | He could always claim of course that he knew nothing of the layout of the engine-room and had always assumed that there had to be a reserve tank or that in a panic-stricken concern for the welfare of his beloved niece he had quite forgotten that there was no such tank . |
| 8 | All through tea I had waited for some indication on his part that he knew I had seen the girl — as he must have known , for it was obvious that the nocturnal concert had been given to announce her presence . |
| 9 | He was a Syrian and there is no question that he knew what he was about . |
| 10 | And of course that was why Hardy had taken against him , why he had left him on the sidelines any time he picked a team for some action , why he had now given him a job that he knew anyone else in the unit would have balked at . |
| 11 | Why did she have the feeling that he knew something she did n't ? |
| 12 | ‘ It is , ’ he mused evenly , and she had the uneasy feeling that he knew she was deliberately trying to change the subject . |
| 13 | Penman said , ‘ Langley Dene ’ , to Murphy who indicated with a faint grimace that he knew his destination perfectly well already , and closed the door of the carriage firmly upon Alexandra . |
| 14 | Horsley cheerfully admitted when he took up the post of Chair that he knew nothing about newspapers . |
| 15 | So many times he had padded across this bedroom to go to Abigail that he knew it perfectly in the dark , only requiring to hold his hands out before him and , like a blind man , feel the bevelled comer of the wardrobe , the lacquered wicker of a chair back , the top of the radiator , cold at this hour , the glass sphere of the door knob . |
| 16 | I had no idea that he knew her . |
| 17 | It was clear from Hans 's face that he knew nothing about the allegations . |
| 18 | It had been a nine days ' wonder , during which no charges had been brought , but Travis had told her to her face that he knew she had taken it . |
| 19 | When , on demobilisation , Freddie returned to Scotland , expecting to step into the role of country squire or glorified estate manager — despite the fact that he knew nothing about agriculture — it had been a shock to find himself coldly received by his in-laws and his wife , who informed him that she definitely intended to start divorce proceedings . |
| 20 | Jenna was a bit surprised that Alain knew this man and the fact that he knew him was n't making him any more gracious , either . |
| 21 | Alan 's parents were perfectly civilized about the marriage , and Alan took considerable satisfaction in the fact that he knew they were rather shocked . |
| 22 | He was simply responding to the fact that he knew there was bleach in the mixture . |
| 23 | I was wondering how far I should trust him and had an uncomfortable impression that he knew what I was thinking . |