Example sentences of "[noun sg] knowing [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a bit of practice , you can learn to put a condom on without the punter knowing you 've done it ! |
| 2 | She climbed into the carriage knowing it would perhaps be for the last time ; maintaining the horses and the grooms was a luxury she would have to forgo . |
| 3 | Mulraney , 20 , of Lambton Road , Middlesbrough , admitted two charges each of reckless driving , driving a vehicle knowing it was taken without consent , driving whilst disqualified and having no insurance . |
| 4 | He 's missing but I want to find him without the law knowing I 'm interested . ’ |
| 5 | You sought out your supporters , briefed them beforehand , then went into the meeting knowing you had strength in numbers . |
| 6 | The Army had taught him that , too , and the SAS acceptance tests had rammed the lesson home by sending him out over the damp Brecon Beacons with a 55-lb Bergen rucksack knowing he had to cover a certain distance in a certain time but not knowing that when he had done it , there would n't be the trucks they had promised but a vague assur-ance of a cup of tea if he kept on marching a few more miles in that direction . |
| 7 | Let us cling to our hundred year span , Let us pursue every moment of time , Like grass on a lonely hill Knowing it must wither and die . ’ |
| 8 | I mean , I 'll get a box sent to me and it might get one spin at home so that I can relax , sort of wipe my brow knowing it does n't jump , the quality 's good and it 's loud enough … ’ |
| 9 | Far below us now is a hurricane lamp that Odd-Knut has hung from a tree knowing it would be visible from the hill . |
| 10 | Despite the pleasure it gave Minton to walk into a friend 's house and find his own wallpaper , purchased without his friend knowing he had designed it , he did not take his interest in this area much further . |
| 11 | I gain a sense of achievement knowing I can see a job through to the end . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ This is a sad and tragic business , with one young lady dead and the other knowing she has to accept responsibility for that death , ’ he said . |
| 13 | I had drunk too much and woke in the night knowing I was damned . |
| 14 | I am finding it difficult to keep up this diary knowing you are away . |
| 15 | We recommend children under about 11 should join ‘ Minders ’ , when they 'll get a little local sailing , and you 'll enjoy your day knowing they 're being looked after properly . |
| 16 | And woke in the morning knowing it , whatever it was , was over . |
| 17 | ‘ It is a strange feeling knowing they are aimed at you , ’ says Marina . |
| 18 | I think there 's probably one inside a pillow case knowing you |
| 19 | I wish him luck knowing it has a life span of maybe seventy years to run . |
| 20 | Muller will watch from the stand knowing he is destined to face the England B team at Bristol on Saturday in preparation for a confrontation of which he could once only dream of : ‘ Facing Will Carling and Jeremy Guscott at Twickenham . ’ |
| 21 | Jonathan Probyn , from Longney in Gloucestershire , was led away from court this afternoon knowing he faces a retrial . |
| 22 | ‘ She came into this life knowing she was going to do something , to be and do something great , ’ she says . |
| 23 | A 53-YEAR-OLD aircraft engineer rode on the tail of a light plane out to sea off New Zealand and back yesterday after it took off without the pilot knowing he was there . |
| 24 | They took one last look at the newly laid keel and walked back along East Street together , Harry and Ann arm in arm , but Sam and Martha holding hands , because they were still like lovebirds together and did n't mind the world knowing it . |
| 25 | … the obligation [ entails ] two principal elements ; first , the existence of a relationship giving access , directly or indirectly , to information intended to be available only for a corporate purpose and not for the personal benefit of anyone , and second , the inherent , unfairness involved where a party takes advantage of such information knowing it is unavailable to those with whom he is dealing . |
| 26 | Section 12(5) provides : … a person who , without having the consent of the owner or other lawful authority , takes a pedal cycle for his own or another 's use , or rides a pedal cycle knowing it to have been taken without such authority , shall … be liable … |
| 27 | The crystal set could be pulled into a ventilator by pulleys to avoid the sergeant knowing he was listening when on duty in the station . |
| 28 | The courts have sometimes appeared to embrace a rule that a person can become a constructive trustee not only because he personally receives trust property knowing it is transferred in breach of trust , but also where he knowingly assists in the breach . |
| 29 | ‘ But all I 'm concerned about at the moment is that we do enough against City to make sure we can go to Wembley at the weekend knowing we ca n't be overtaken again by Leeds on Saturday . ’ |
| 30 | The following have been found where the complement does seem to be entailed : ( 101 ) She was charged with receiving the mink-coat knowing it to have been stolen . |