Example sentences of "knew [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All she knew of self and love she knew through Fenna , and now she had to send him away . |
| 2 | The Romans put great value on the sulphur baths which they knew as Aquae Helvetiae . |
| 3 | And Jenny he knew as Miss . |
| 4 | He had one son , also called Roger , whom we knew as Stapleton . |
| 5 | Neighbours of the middle-aged couple , whom they knew as Audrey and Jimmy , said yesterday that they were held by about 20 armed officers in plain clothes at their home in Islip Gardens , Northolt , on Monday night . |
| 6 | ‘ So there you have it , ’ said the sprout that several hundred well-armed revolutionaries knew as BAH-REAH the All-Knower . |
| 7 | There was at least something to be said , after all , for a poor-relief system which was adaptable to suit personal need as it arose ; for all the parsimony of parish overseers , careful guardians of the ratepayers ' monies as they were , they were dealing with paupers whom they knew as people . |
| 8 | Before the ex you know , that she knew about Bertha . |
| 9 | I have already said how little I knew about cancer , and I now began to brush up on it . |
| 10 | Wendy Wakefield from Help the Aged says they were surprised by the results of a Morri survey which questioned seven hundred people over the age of sixty five about what they knew about flu . |
| 11 | It was amazing how much Eliot knew about history , as I , who had just completed a History degree , my second qualification , had reason to know . |
| 12 | If Max knew about Modigliani 's private life then all Montparnasse would soon be seething with the story . |
| 13 | They knew about vegetables , and fruit . |
| 14 | It knew about Amstrads , |
| 15 | Alice knew about love — she was in love with some fellow who did not return her affection . |
| 16 | Others who were less impressed by what they knew about Law were surprised by what they discovered of his actual abilities , perhaps because his anonymity had prepared them for the worst . |
| 17 | I could tell immediately by the look on his face that he knew about Granny , for news travelled fast in our district and nothing was secret for long . |
| 18 | From what Brownlow knew about Frank Arbuthnot and his half-sister , he would n't be a tethered goat from choice . |
| 19 | I thought most people knew about genes nowadays . |
| 20 | Reply : Well these ideas got around before people knew about space . |
| 21 | Do you think he knew about Nicola 's affair ? ’ |
| 22 | Those things she knew about Gus Hambro which did not fit into this picture , such as his manipulations over the room at the inn , she did not care to mention to anyone until she herself understood them better . |
| 23 | She knew about style , so did Steve . |
| 24 | She must tell him what she knew about Janice without alienating him . |
| 25 | Pam knew about Rosie , that we 'd done everything together and had n't been split up and that it was hard for me to leave her . |
| 26 | I knew about Vivian Carolan because one could n't help knowing about him — he was Public Enemy No 1 to the ultra-Tory press , and equally the darling of the extreme left , or some of it , because he combined ultra-Socialism with a weird branch of English Nationalism , and a peculiar hatred of the Welsh and Scots , whom he dismissed as " Celts " . |
| 27 | ‘ Your Grace , I am sorry — your son knew about Lady Eleanor 's death on Sunday evening . ’ |
| 28 | He wanted to confront Gaveston , and was determined to question the Prince on why he knew about Lady Eleanor 's death long before any messenger arrived from Godstowe . |
| 29 | There is a rumour that you knew about Lady Eleanor 's death long before any drunken porter arrived here . ’ |
| 30 | A few knew about Marley and Talking Heads . |