Example sentences of "[adv] knowing [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other characters were a sold-out leftie academic ( who drew much knowing laughter from the first-night audience ) , a right-wing academic , a military automaton , and an Amstrad word-processor which enigmatically took the floor in a central scene . |
| 2 | And why had he said , ‘ Poor Ellie , ’ in that odiously knowing way ? |
| 3 | Perhaps the dead body of the loved one expresses all the pathos of this absence , the helplessness of being watched , and not knowing Actors are paid to pretend that they are unaware of being watched , but they of course rely on the collusion of the watcher , and nearly always get it . |
| 4 | and I , I ca n't get hold of that textbook and then , and not knowing psychology before |
| 5 | Well , even then , not knowing Goreng and with two toes blown off as cleanly as if the surgeon 's knife had done the job , a mangled calf , and shrapnel resident two centimetres from the balls , I could recognise Martinho had played a masterly hand . |
| 6 | I was surprised she even knew what sandpaper was ; but I could be such a fool in not knowing people . |
| 7 | There were notices all over , but that was like the Army to bring her all the way over to Sweetmary not knowing Hatch & Hodges had shut down its stage service . |
| 8 | So the Americans , as well as not knowing fear , have to have an enemy to be afraid of . |
| 9 | I would not rest easy knowing Araminta would see you off without so much as a penny piece the moment I breathe my last . ’ |
| 10 | Just knowing children does not mean that you can teach , that you will be au fait with all the intricacies of the National Curriculum , that you have any degree of pedagogical skill . |
| 11 | Hardly a word out of her , even when the curate , Father Mooney , insisted on making a speech to the company , and him hardly knowing Den at all . |
| 12 | His eyes were hard now , glaring at d'Aubigny with the occasional sideways knowing glance at the sulky Angus . |
| 13 | Karen smiled a secretively knowing smile . |
| 14 | Were voices from the dark yet knowing part of oneself , voices you ignored only at your peril . |