Example sentences of "know [pron] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 May we know Thee more clearly ,
2 And there are people , places , history in this country I 'd never even guessed at , though I sometimes feel I know them anyway . ’
3 But now ’ she thought that it was not that , but something worse ; Rachel , who had always known things , did not know them properly any more .
4 She should be introduced with an air of pride and affection to your friends and neighbours if she does not know them already , accompanied to all the places locally which will be of special interest to her in the future : the public library , the shopping centre , the best places to go for morning coffee , and any small parks where she might like to walk or sit in the fine weather .
5 If he did n't know them already , that takes grit . ’
6 His main use I think is to bolster the reader 's view of Eddie and is used by Miller to drive home Eddie 's feelings in case you do not know them already .
7 Whether you 're a fan or not — and God knows other bands have tried to make damn sure you are — you 'll know them soon enough .
8 I 'd have assumed you 'd know them well enough without wishing to hear them repeated . ’
9 We do n't really know them well enough do we ?
10 Really , no , did you know them well ?
11 I did n't know them personally .
12 Some women may find it hard to talk about safer sex with new partners , simply because they do n't know them very well .
13 Rostov thought about Alexei 's behaviour and wondered if it was human nature for sons to hate their fathers , even when they did not know them very well .
14 But if it was perhaps even a little one your own age if you did n't know them very well it would be you .
15 I do n't know them very well .
16 You 'll know them then and you wo n't need to use your fingers but while you 're learning I do n't see why you know why you ca n't use them do you .
17 Seeing as we 've had those words for about a week I should think we do know them then .
18 There are , for example , points of difference between the two men themselves in terms of background and , very probably , of character and disposition which , could one know them fully and evaluate them properly , might allow a closer and more subtle comparison .
19 Of course we did n't know them like we used to wear them .
20 We saw so many of these bomber boys pass before us — we got to know them slightly and then they were gone .
21 And er but er we got to know them eventually , but for the first few weeks , whilst we were in Devon , I think the five foreigners sort of got landed .
22 In so far as literature would inevitably play a substantial part in any such course , the students reading it would learn the appropriate cultural codes rather than being expected to know them already .
23 ‘ Those people just had something special and we got to know them well , ’ Andrew said .
24 He got to know them well : years later when they appeared suddenly he could remember who they were .
25 Sometimes an older child made a deliberate choice to do so , having already got to know them well , but others could find themselves suddenly in a new home with no say at all .
26 I played everywhere , and because we , in the Music School , were taught by tutors in men 's colleges I got to know them well , and went in and out in defiance of the chaperone rules — which were then still in force …
27 Mrs Ford said primly , ‘ I never got to know them well in their child-bearing years . ’
28 Now one of her priorities is to get to know them again .
29 This view was confirmed by a single 27-year-old artist in a discussion group : ‘ You 'd have to know them fairly well to be able to maintain an image of them in your head .
30 Hello there , this guy is that nervous honestly , he loves other dogs , but er , they seem to frightened him , you know , he 's a , till he gE Ts to know them then his OK , you know ?
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