Example sentences of "a [noun] [conj] [pron] know [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section 15 of the 1968 Theft Act says that if you issue a cheque when you know you have no money in your bank you are committing a criminal offence . |
| 2 | So I 'll try and get something sorted before May , if not then we 'll go to the one in July , it 'll be red it should be red hot in July and it 's a really nice day and if we make a day of it , then we can take a picnic and you know it 's very so pleasant . |
| 3 | Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train … |
| 4 | ‘ I look a mess and you know I do ! |
| 5 | Yeah if you 're taking it you just want a laugh and you know you 're not affecting anyone else but if you 're dealing you 're pressing other people to buy it . |
| 6 | Gentlemen , I I do want to make a point because I know we 're not ready for elected Mayors or cabinet governments but I do think we c we can do a lot more to er improve our own internal workings here . |
| 7 | As as I said we 're we 're not very formal but er you know that also has its especially if people that er maybe erm , how can I put it , are not used t taking everything back to a meeting and you know they maybe make a decision and go ahead with it and then it gets shouted at a bit but I think we we can all take being shouted at a bit as well . |
| 8 | ‘ You look at McLaren 's face in the dressing room before a match and you know you are looking at a winner , ’ Roxburgh remarked . |
| 9 | So , we if we our receptionist if we can say those are our key specifications , again it 's a loose idea this is not easy sometimes to look into it , partly because we 've been in our jobs for quite a while and you know we do n't , we can clarify it , but think about your subordinates and people that might be trained . |
| 10 | Papa says he 's a gentleman but we know he paints , pictures you know , so Mamma says he ca n't be . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ No , no , I 'm a slavedriver and I know it . |
| 12 | It can take a month before you know you are bitten . ’ |
| 13 | So , we could have somebody start at twenty pound a month and we know we can make a profit and we can provide a good service to the clients , a good level of cover . |
| 14 | Then Damian said bitingly , ‘ When it finally happens between us , Rachel , it wo n't be a rape , it 'll be a landslide and you know it ! ’ |
| 15 | If , however , you need deep pockets , a fleece lining and a hood because you know you could freeze your butt off on the back of a truck , they 're the business . |
| 16 | ‘ Look , I know I 'm only a kid and I know you 're still the big hero , but , take it from me , some things you do n't understand . ’ |
| 17 | Give us a call if you know him , please . |
| 18 | Right ah can we connect again with a couple of people we we coming up there if anybody out there er is a fan of Mary Whitehouse 's as I am give me a call and you know you know who I 'm talking to ring now . |
| 19 | ‘ When you go into a competition that you know you can win , and you know that people expect you to win , then there is a lot more pressure on you than on someone who is less well known . |
| 20 | You have to go through a short course at the R A F College Cranwell and then once that that teaches you the R A F side of it makes you into an officer because at the end of the day you maybe there to do public relations but if the spaghetti hits the fan you 're an officer and you 're a combatant and you know you carry a gun around when you 're in a war zone and you know you 're expected to use it and if the senior officer of the unit next to you gets shot and you 're the most senior officer then you take over |
| 21 | ‘ I could do with a shot and I know you do n't keep any in the house . |
| 22 | In practice , therefore , sellers do not instruct a conveyancer until they know they have sold their property . |
| 23 | He claims it was a mole but I know it was him — what can I do to shut him up ? |
| 24 | You 've got the church , community centre , infant school and junior school combined , and a nursery so you know it 's all within a little community sort of thing . |
| 25 | This was not a greenhouse as we know it ; in the eighteenth century these buildings were of brick with large windows . |