Example sentences of "only [noun sg] [pron] know [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the only writer who knew himself to be mortally ill and yet managed to achieve great things was Franz Kafka : ‘ It is not easy to build an oeuvre knowing that one has a revolver pointed at one 's neck . ’ |
| 2 | A point emphasized by her former form captain , Delissa Needham : ‘ She was the only girl I knew whose parents were divorced . |
| 3 | The only place I know which had water supplied by the Tees Valley Water Board was West Friar House , which was owned by Roy Bainbridge . |
| 4 | Is that the only name you know him by ? ’ |
| 5 | Mrs Wright was the only person we knew who took the Observer . |
| 6 | ‘ As you said earlier , the only person who knows their true inner strength is themselves . |
| 7 | But meanwhile I 'm glad you 're the only person who knows anything about all this . |
| 8 | He 's the only person I know who considers not playing on something to be a contribution . |
| 9 | He is the only person I know who always seems to mean what he says when he talks about art . |
| 10 | He 's the only person I know who looks like his passport photograph and he breaks people 's hands . |
| 11 | This was the way I always imagined Cedric would get home , if he ever did , but the only person I knew who did manage to negotiate the mysterious overland route was a Lancaster pilot on one of our neighbouring stations and he did the whole thing , from being shot down to arriving back in England , in three weeks . |
| 12 | The only person I knew who 'd be helpful and objective and on my side was Eva . |
| 13 | Ralph was the only person she knew who believed that the special offers in magazines actually were special . |
| 14 | The only climber I know who goes there regularly at times like this is that perverse little bugger Joe Brown , who is clearly captivated by the magic of the place , though he 'd never let you know as much in words . |
| 15 | He is the only man I know who led a quango in a successful way , the head of a lean , mean team which delivered the goods . ’ |
| 16 | Dustin took one sip and told Claude that he was the only man he knew who could get fresh oranges out of a can . |
| 17 | The only man who knows everyone concerned is the base-man . ’ |
| 18 | Ted was the only surfer I knew who read history between heats . |
| 19 | In fact he was the only surfer I knew who read — at least , anything other than surfing magazines . |
| 20 | The only way I knew I had reached the summit was when I started downhill again . |
| 21 | The only guy who knew what he was doing was the manager , and we used to drive him out of his skull . |
| 22 | Deborah and Elaine are obviously close ; Deborah 's flying entrance on this last remark brought a ‘ The only time I know I look wrong is if Mum says I look ‘ cute' ! |