Sentence examples for Knew beforehand from inspiring English sources

If people knew beforehand there wouldn't be the same discussion".

If that's what he knew beforehand, why didn't he say it rather than what he said but didn't really mean?

The police showed up so fast, she said, "it was like they knew beforehand this was going to happen".

I don't know if I knew beforehand that it was where you lived, but there I saw you on the street.

We were playing Serbia-Montenegro away in a Euro 2004 qualifier in Belgrade and I knew beforehand that it was going to be a hostile atmosphere.

Mr. Gamarra said there was no proof that the C.I.A. knew beforehand that the arms would wind up in the hands of the rebels.

I'm not saying for a second I knew beforehand that he would win, but I thought he had half a chance.

Certainly, after the fact it would be reasonable to assume he found out about it, but I don't have any reason to believe he knew beforehand.

This occurs especially where the military knew beforehand of a combat veteran's psychological troubles, marital problems or history of substance abuse.

We knew beforehand that foreign journalists had been targeted by security services as they scrambled to contain a revolt against Mubarak's regime, so our incarceration was not unique.

Dobkin says he knew beforehand that Princeton "would probably lose a few people that I didn't want to lose, but that it was worth doing," as others, less productive, were likely to accept the retirement offer.