Example sentences of "he know the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could he know the man had his creatures planted even there to watch for him ? |
| 2 | Does he know the way to J. Pringle & Sons ? |
| 3 | ‘ Does he know the password ? ’ |
| 4 | And did he know the reason or could he offer any explanation for her unusual demeanour at the meet ? |
| 5 | How does he know the plate price is high , he did n't make that quite , when I only gave him a total price |
| 6 | Even one of the ‘ enemy ’ admired the ‘ valour and stoutness ’ of the Cornishmen and ‘ … never in all the wars he had been in did he know the like ’ . |
| 7 | How did he know the radio wavelength to set it off ? |
| 8 | How did he know the radio wavelength to set it off ? |
| 9 | So how does he know the smoke is non-toxic ? |
| 10 | This leaves us to assume that the beneficiary ought to pay in the event that ( iii ) it could not be shown that the testator , had he known the land was pledged , would have left something else or ( iv ) the testator did not know the land was pledged . |
| 11 | Had he known the truth it might have made his loss that bit more bearable . ’ |
| 12 | It is a picture indelibly imprinted , Ward 's voice painting it in quiet words , neither excited nor repelled by the horror of it , but simply repeating information he had obtained from one of the books he had borrowed from his Glasgow library as soon as he knew the route he would be taking to Punta Arenas and the Antarctic . |
| 13 | In the back of his mind he knew the air in the Base was getting staler as the crisis progressed , but he could n't afford to worry about that now . |
| 14 | Gentle began to follow , but the fall had left him aching in every joint , and he knew the chase was lost before he 'd hobbled three yards . |
| 15 | ‘ He said he knew the part of Tuscany we were going to extremely well and all the priests were Communists . |
| 16 | If that were the case , then atavistic professional instincts and the terrifying imminence of the first night would ensure that he knew the part by the time they opened . |
| 17 | Our guide was a dour-faced , taciturn , little man who had as much chatter and wit as a dumb-struck oaf though he knew the bridle paths and trackways of Leicestershire like the back of his hand . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He knew the technique . |
| 20 | He resisted the temptation to turn around and look back up the street to where he knew the turn for Montgomery Street lay . |
| 21 | I 've already told you he knew the minute he saw us that there was something wrong — ’ |
| 22 | Savory argued that a stranger to whom money had been paid in breach of trust could only be held liable as a constructive trustee to account for the money after he had parted with it , if it could be shown that he knew the money misapplied was trust money . |
| 23 | He knew the mood of the TUC , his own prowess at wheedling persuasion , and the need of the miners for outside support . |
| 24 | He knew the call , even from Tobolsk , was probably going through a series of monitoring stations . |
| 25 | He knew the duchy well and , Powicke concluded , ‘ he never wished , even if it were possible to do so , to relax his grasp upon the affairs of his distant province ’ . |
| 26 | He knew the change would be slow , so he took out and lit a cigarette while he waited . |
| 27 | And then his mind cleared , and he was looking at the Robemaker and feeling contempt for him again , feeling as well , the dangerous , powerful white spears of the Stroicim Inchinn withdraw , so that he knew the Robemaker had again called up the Stroicim without giving any outward indication of having done so . |
| 28 | There was a strange moment then , when he knew the bastard was still in the room , still watching him , and all he could do was wait for him to leave . |
| 29 | Watching that fair , contemptuous face he thought how well he knew the type from his own school . |
| 30 | Well , he would n't , would he ? she argued fiercely with herself ; he thought he knew the type of girl she was . |