Sentence examples for had known beforehand from inspiring English sources

"If I had known beforehand, I would have cut back on some of his training".

They insisted they had not been caught by surprise and had known beforehand that the cubs might pose a problem.

If I had known beforehand, I would never have given my authorization to do anything at all.

(We clearly travel in different circles). Drewno made sure to take the beets off that Arctic char dish because the president doesn't like them, a tidbit he had known beforehand.

This has some implications for launching an active learning space: perhaps faculty and student training sessions should take place before [or soon after] launch, and as much technology should be tested as possible during the planning stage (this was a direct recommendation from Elizabeth and Patricia and something they wish they had known beforehand).

However, of the government's welfare reform, he says: "Perhaps I am being too kind but I would like to think that if Iain Duncan Smith had known beforehand the impact some of his policies were going to have, perhaps he would not have made them".

My definition of a spoiler is simple: it's a detail that I was happy to discover in the course of watching the movie and that I wouldn't want to have known beforehand.

He must have known beforehand that he'd be targeted and that he wasn't quite up to it - but still had a shy - and then, when it happened, likewise the stick he'd get for skiving early.

It was only five months ago that Madonna kissed Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards; as Madonna must have known beforehand, the kiss made her and Spears (though not, for some reason, Aguilera) the stars of the show, while simultaneously ensuring that no one would be talking about her performance.

It's not about how correct your original planwas, or if things are going "just as you expected"—it's about learning what you couldn't possibly have known beforehand.

Remind your friend that if you would have known beforehand you could have accommodated more people, however your hands are tied at this point.