Example sentences of "they know of " in BNC.
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| 31 | The action takes place thousands of miles from ‘ the perennial roar of London ’ , but the reader remains very much aware of London and the civilization it stands for as moral standards crumble ; ‘ savage ’ and ‘ white man ’ become confused until the conduct of the whites , intent on mutual destruction , seems worse than that of ‘ these poor souls — and even Sally Day , the child of cannibals , in all likelihood a cannibal himself — so faithful to what they knew of good ’ . |
| 32 | At the time I was involved in various things at Philips Records and I asked someone if they knew of anyone who could get David out of his contract , and was told that he knew a man called Tony DeFries who was actually not allowed to practise at the bar — he was a consultant , a trouble-shooter , divorce cases . |
| 33 | One household certainly had the Arabic edition of Hassanein Bey 's book about his travels in Libya , from Siwa to Ajdabiya and Kufra , and other people said they knew of it . |
| 34 | They were proud to be in the show but terrified that their parents would send for them if they knew of such blatant nudity . |
| 35 | They reported that they knew of no matter involving her in any way and asked for a description of the white identification cards . |
| 36 | They knew of course that she was ‘ clever ’ because they had heard her being questioned by Miss Honey on the first day of term . |
| 37 | ‘ I wonder if they knew of the plan . ’ |
| 38 | It was difficult for them to appreciate that [ h ] -loss could ever have been anything else but a stigmatized form : in so far as they knew of evidence for it in earlier centuries , they tended to dismiss it , seemingly in the belief that ‘ vulgar ’ and ‘ careless ’ usage is not implicated in linguistic change . |
| 39 | All these preparations for living off the land were unnecessary , for between them they knew of a network of wealthy houses , stretching from St Tropez to Mykonos , where bedrooms with a bath en suite , swimming-pools and occasional servants in white gloves would be put at their disposal by parents only too grateful to discover that their daughters had not , as yet , been violated by a lorry-driver or their sons arrested for the importation of stuff . |
| 40 | Injunctions were issued against The Observer and The Guardian newspapers to prevent them from publishing extracts from Peter Wright 's book and the Court of Appeal , overruling the judge at first instance , held that although publication by The Independent newspaper and others could not be a breach of those injunctions nevertheless , since they knew of their issue , they could be guilty of contempt of court if their publication interfered with the course of justice . |
| 41 | They knew of the construction of the sewer , and they ought to have appreciated the possibility of damage to their mains and taken appropriate action to prevent or rectify it . |
| 42 | Yes , they knew these names ; even isolated out here , they knew of Crom Croich . |
| 43 | But they knew of course it 'll happen . |
| 44 | Only John and Nora could see it , for only they knew of the terrible demand that would sooner or later be made on their resources — and it was going to be well over the hundred thousand that John had estimated . |
| 45 | And so would ten thousand others be if they knew of this … what can we call it ? |
| 46 | Even employers who steadfastly denied that they would ever use such a method usually indicated that they knew of those who did . |
| 47 | She could n't even be sure they knew of its existence , since the note was still there on the night of her own illicit search . |
| 48 | I always regret that as a youth it never occurred to me to ask why they chose Easingwold and how they knew of a vacancy for someone who could combine the saddlery trade with being the landlord of the Jolly Farmers pub . |
| 49 | Governors admit they knew of an association between the 2 men , but they say that gave them no cause for concern . |