Example Sentences

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I have been knowing him for 20 years.

From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2010

"I have been knowing two kinds of hard heads," he said.

From The O'Ruddy A Romance by Williams, C. D. (Charles D.)

But I must go—all this has only made sure what I have been knowing this long time that I ought to do.

From Fortitude by Walpole, Hugh, Sir

"Knowing me just as I am, just as I have been, knowing my brother and his people, you know well yours could not welcome me."

From A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike by King, Charles

Judith was tremendously surprised, although she should not have been, knowing her brother's customary acquiescence in whatever she dictated.

From Thirty by O'Brien, Howard Vincent