Example sentences of "know a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Maybe he does n't know a squeeze play from a loud foul , but once he senses he 's being got at he can be a vicious SOB . ’ |
| 2 | But you must know a scheme . |
| 3 | Do you know a couple named Channing , moved here over a year ago ? |
| 4 | Ri Rita said Ken said it was a Porshe , but when I asked Ken he said he did n't say it was a Porshe , he says I would n't know a Porshe if I 've seen one and I says yeah , that 's what Dave said , ha , ha , ha , cos you said oh Ken do n't know one car from another and , and that 's what he said |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know a half of them — not a quarter ! ’ said Gabriel in a foolish panic . |
| 6 | The bar of the Skein of Geese was the kind of drinking establishment Harry detested : fiddly little bowls of cashew nuts and olives littering every surface ; an effeminate barman who looked as if he would not know a handpump from a cocktail umbrella ; lighting so subdued a fellow could not see to count his change ; and a tape of Glenn Miller standards that made him positively nostalgic for the reception area 's bastardized Vivaldi . |
| 7 | I do n't know a fig leaf |
| 8 | I do n't know a bottle from a safety-pin . " |
| 9 | ‘ Well , ’ said Helen , ‘ I do know a girl who works in the outer office there , and we do sometimes meet up for lunch and I could try to put her on to it … |
| 10 | If the parent feels they know a system that they have heard or read is successful , and if they try it out on the child and the child obviously enjoys it , if it becomes part of a game , then I ca n't see any harm in it , but I think the parent has to be scrupulously honest as to whether the child is enjoying it . |
| 11 | If the parent feels they know a system that they have heard or read is successful , and if they try it out on the child and the child obviously enjoys it , if it becomes part of a game , then I ca n't see any harm in it , but I think the parent has to be scrupulously honest as to whether the child is enjoying it . |
| 12 | ‘ I may not like London over much but I do know a bit about the place and one thing I know is that it 's big , bloody big . |
| 13 | ‘ When we get the report from the laboratory , we 'll know a bit more , ’ Rose said noncommittally . |
| 14 | I think the estate agents simply I do know a bit about the housing market erm |
| 15 | When you do know a bit about it you yes you want to know |
| 16 | I what , I do know a bit about them that was the grapefruit scoop . |
| 17 | Oh I do n't know a bit excitement I think |
| 18 | Oh I do n't know a bit more for us for us women I think . |
| 19 | It 's not nearly so difficult for people who , who do know a bit about teaching , to understand what 's going on . |
| 20 | What I know about palaeotology is n't too much I mean I obviously have to try and know a bit , but it 's not my field — erm in order to test the minor claim , you have to be able to get your hands on some rock which actually consists of continuous sedimentation over long periods of time . |
| 21 | Did you know a bloke called er you did n't go to the kind of big school though ? |
| 22 | Do you know a bloke called Nick ? |
| 23 | I do n't know a tup from a gimmer . |
| 24 | ‘ Some producers will know a Korg M1 inside out and they 'll know exactly what sounds you can get out of the latest Roland synth . |
| 25 | we did translation , Xenophon , I do not know a word of it I do not think Greek alone makes me miserable , I am always miserable . |
| 26 | Upon being asked why he shed tears , he replied , ‘ It is indeed true that I do not know a word of the Gita . |
| 27 | He may not know a word of Burmese but he will share a fag with the interested Burman who is watching all that is going on , and as they puff away together contentedly , something intangible will pass from the one to the other . |
| 28 | They are quite certain I do n't know a word of Greek but even so they 're still very cautious . |
| 29 | So if you learn the words this way thinking well do I know a word that 's a bit like it and could I add a bit onto the end that 's another way another good way of learning cos you do n't have to learn class and classical and classic you just sort of learn one of them . |
| 30 | The father of a friend of mine who went to visit relatives in Paris told us that he did not know a word of French but spoke the Parmigiano dialect all the time and got on very well . |