Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [conj] [pers pn] know " in BNC.

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1 There are few prisoners that I know of , and a hundred people live there , including two or three who are official security guards .
2 Well Carole 's next door neighbour he owns a bit of land and he 's got some sheep in his fields , and he 's got some pigs and you know ?
3 He should not introduce such arguments when we know what the Government are after — attacking the British coal industry .
4 Not so much tears but you know how they get sometimes , you think they 're going to cry and they do n't , they just keep going on and on .
5 If you go to see this football club to watch the football match , you are not allowed to park on the grass verge outside because the police do n't let you but if you go to a car boot sale at the football club the next day the cars , the grass verge is littered with cars cos it 's Sunday presumably and the police are not allowed to enforce on it so I do think that some of the traffic problems maybe need to be more carefully reinforced to stop this , you know , to stop the dealers you 're not going tyo these places but you know I think you do need to , you do need to , to regulate them but please , you know , do n't let's push them out altogether .
6 I should probably update one of these days because I know there are all kinds of new things that have come out — especially things that are smaller but which sound really good .
7 Best you be around , though , just to make sure people register you , because things sure are tight these days as you know , and new people spring up all the time like goddam mushrooms .
8 Situated in the space between the constraints of childhood and having a career , these are people who dream for a while of wanting a vague something more from life , yet are saddened by these dreams because they know deep down they 'll probably relinquish them , buckle down to a life of mediocrity .
9 The Labour Group often speak in general terms of gross strategic overviews of the economy of these regions and we know from experience what that means
10 And they used to take the gin and these pills and you know .
11 I have driven along that road to Scotland many times and I know that beyond my hon. Friend 's constituency it is not so good .
12 Label all gatevalves so you know which is which in an emergency .
13 Make a list of as many Christians as you know at your school .
14 ‘ I was captain of Darlington for many years so I know what it is like in his job .
15 Does the Minister accept that although some of us may have a disagreement with Bruce Millan , we have known him for many years and we know that he has always been , and is , punctilious in the exercise of his duties ?
16 That 's right , and I think that erm , yes , there 's a notion that I find useful in talking to students that we all have a comfort zone , there are all things that we know about , that we know how to do and if anything comes up — I mean in business it might be accountancy , we do n't all know how to handle figures , and so that 's an area that we 've hived off in that area and we all know that when we do that we are , as it were , giving up a bit ; we 're saying ‘ well , I ca n't manage I just do n't have I ca n't do that , it 's not for me ’ .
17 A week ago I did n't know what to learn and now there 's so many things that I know I want to learn .
18 Finding a publisher is hard for all writers and we know from the letters and diaries of writers as important as Gerard Manley Hopkins , Joseph Conrad and Hermann Melville how painful it is when the writing will not come .
19 Many players that I know work within fairly narrow parameters to achieve their sound .
20 Surprisingly , considering how successful he had been , this was Beerbaum 's first victory in a World Cup qualifier , ‘ though I have been second more times than I know ’ , he added .
21 In other words , sticking to those sectors that we know and understand and which we chose for the nineties because we believe they had good growth prospects .
22 You know a lot more words than you know how to spell do n't you .
23 ‘ It will probably take a few more days before we know the source , but it would be up to the Disciplinary Committee to decide whether it will be made public , ’ he said .
24 Finally , what about those things that you know need a good clean , but you 'd rather just forget ?
25 You must make sure that you only take upon yourself those things that you know you can manage comfortably .
26 So you see , my dear , you are a pleasure in more ways than you know ! ’
27 ‘ It 's one of those occasions when you know you have saved a life , ’ said Teesmouth lifeboat coxswain Peter Race .
28 As Christians we 've discovered about reconciliation in our own lives and we know the need of it in lots of areas in human relationships .
29 ‘ I 'm not making any promises that I know wo n't be kept .
30 It is always easier to understand the answers to your own questions because you know the subject and , within limits , can anticipate likely or possible replies .
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