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

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1 If I 'm with someone I know well , someone I feel at ease with , I do n't find it necessary to talk all the time .
2 And secondly , in terms of Liz Liz is someone I know extremely well and have worked with in various functions and committees over the past .
3 NOT and I repeat NOT the main carriage , as someone I know once did !
4 She reminds me of someone I seen — someone I knew really well .
5 The rain fell against his face as he watched her march out into the dusk , narrow shoulders pulled resolutely back as if she were someone who knew exactly where she was going and what she thought about things .
6 It had to be someone who knew how to find the trail .
7 So your mother was regarded in the neighbourhood as someone who knew how to treat illnesses ?
8 According to someone who knows both of them well and was on the same flight back to America with them from Frankfurt it was clear that Brandi had no prior knowledge of what was about to happen .
9 Consciously or subconsciously , you 're being manipulated by someone who knows where to press the buttons on your ego .
10 Even though she 's not here in person , her personality comes across in terms of someone who knows exactly what she 's doing and is strong in her views .
11 Your bill will tell you what band you 're in so if you think you 're entitled to any discounts and these are n't shown on your bill , just pick up the phone and call the Action Team they 'll put you through to someone who knows exactly what street you live in and what tax you should pay .
12 Like being important in a gifted man reckons someone who knows how to handle the figures no David is n't interested in figures what everyone knows that , he will tell you himself .
13 ‘ In fact , if we 're busy at work I can see that having to try and explain all the complexities of the London Metal Exchange to someone who knows absolutely nothing about it is going to be a real drag . ’
14 Hui says that because the source code is written under the assumption that the user knows both J and C , someone that knows APL and C will find J much easier to use than someone who knows only C. Another advantage is that J can run on a range of boxes , including the RS/6000 , Digital Equipment Corp VAX , Apple Computer Inc 's Macintosh and iAPX-86 personal computers .
15 It sounded as though she were talking to someone she knew well , or at least had dealt with previously , because she called her interlocutor ‘ Tonio ’ and smiled continuously as though engaged in invisible wooing and sometimes she laughed .
16 ‘ Only if , ’ said Connon slowly , ‘ only if it was someone she knew well . ’
17 I 'm sure it must be comforting for the mother to have someone she knows well helping her . ’
18 You have probably experienced smiling at someone you know closely followed by embarrassment , surprise and rejection when they did not recognise you , and instead of receiving the expected smile in return you were met by a blank stare .
19 Several weeks before the experimental study of first impressions , students were asked to ‘ think of someone you know well — a close friend or partner .
20 This is particularly important if you have to convey technical information to someone you know not to be an expert .
21 ‘ I would ask however that the next time you attempt plagiarize said that you take the opportunity of confirming your remarks to someone you know rather than one you purport to . ’
22 Just imagine if someone you know like
23 If you are not sure whether or not you are guilty of these or any other irritating mannerisms ask someone you know really well to tell you and consciously work to stop yourself when doing your mock interview ( see p. 61 ) .
24 SAFETY Regardless of the physical and emotional dangers of casual sexual relationships , you should be aware of your personal safety with someone you know only slightly .
25 Someone you knew well ? ’ asked Tessa .
26 I want to come back to Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School , but Strauss was someone you knew personally ?
27 We would not be attending a funeral service unless someone we knew well had died .
28 Once Clive was in the hypnotic state on this occasion , I asked him to visualize going up to someone he knew slightly , taking a few deep breaths and then asking them a simple question — ‘ Could you please tell me the time ? ’ or ‘ Do you know the way to such-and-such a street ? ’
29 Yes she 's somebody I knew very very well indeed .
30 You look like somebody I know there ,
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