Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] know [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the only one I want to know in this area is a , you can |
| 2 | Ronald Duncan , whom I came to know about this time ( our first meeting took place when I made a bicycle tour of Cornwall in the summer of 1947 ) , spoke of having received a telegram from Eliot cancelling an engagement and saying that he had to ‘ bury a woman ’ . |
| 3 | Though tragically killed in a recent motorbike accident , Madra was an undisputed maestro of the art , as well as an easy and informative friend whom I had known for some time , so it was a shock to witness the epic genius which came through him , and the transformation which both he and his audience underwent in that open village square the first time I saw him perform . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , I 've known for some time that if you want a bit of peace you only have to bore people enough and they 'll leave you to it . ’ |
| 5 | I am delighted to have heard anything worthwhile by Schillings , whose music I have known for some time in piano-vocal scores but have not encountered in performance . |
| 6 | And it was n't Iris who told us , though she had known for some time that it had come through the Strait shortly after the Belgrano had been sunk . |
| 7 | ‘ She said she had known for some time that she and Fabien could not remain at La Tour Monchauzet after their marriage — that they had been talking together about moving away — of going , perhaps , as far as Australia or California and starting a totally new life . |
| 8 | For she had known in that instant that this dark-haired man before her was destined to leave his mark on her soul . |
| 9 | We became known at that time as a labour school and still later , we were known as a farmer-labour school . |
| 10 | We have all we want to know about that sort of thing and anyway it is not my job . |
| 11 | It will be a very low level of inflation , lower than we have known at any time in recent years , and steady sustainable growth leading to secure jobs , sustaining the Conservative party in government for many years . |
| 12 | The Major , a close confidant of the Princess , added : ‘ We have known for some time that some very senior members of the IOC have the knives out for our sport . |
| 13 | We have known for some time that this can not have been the case . |
| 14 | ‘ The decision to print elsewhere was a commercial one , for we have known for some time that the quality of our printing of newspapers leaves a lot to be desired , while our commercial printing side is first class . |
| 15 | However , when we become adults we tend to think we 've learnt everything we need to know in this area and stop practising . |
| 16 | They may think that they are realistically aware of what they are letting themselves in for and what they need to know about each other 's strengths and weaknesses . |
| 17 | ‘ But if he 'd known of this outrage , ’ said Philip , looking from one to the other of them with searching eyes , ‘ the boy would have told me in Isambard 's presence . |
| 18 | ‘ Poor Tom would have been so very unhappy if he 'd known of this situation , ’ she 'd sniffed while fumbling for a handkerchief . |
| 19 | He demanded to know of another ambassador 's wife , no longer young , what kind of impression an old and unfashionable woman like her must give of Britain abroad : why could n't she look as attractive as the young woman opposite ? |
| 20 | ‘ I doubt whether you could understand how it feels to know for all eternity that the creations of hell are pursuing you , ’ Kopyion said . |
| 21 | All he did know at this moment was that it seemed a shame a girl such as Maggie here , with brains , because she was no fool , and a talent such as she had , should be encased in a body that held no appeal . |
| 22 | He had known for some time that it was inevitable . |
| 23 | The mistake was made even more stupid by the fact that he had known for some time the big tides were due . |