Example sentences of "know [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Essentially they did n't know me from a hole in the ground when I first approached them and were willing to give me the benefit of the doubt . |
2 | But a woman teacher can know you from the inside ; you can not hide from her so easily , or divert her attention . |
3 | Onassis invited me — I did n't know him at the time but later we became great friends — and we talked . |
4 | But Mr Major said that if he tried to be a Tory tough the public would know him for a phoney . |
5 | Colin Webley ( 36 ) is another newcomer as far as playing is concerned , although many of you will know him as the chap who did sterling work in the tea hut last season . |
6 | Even within living memory the following saying was often quoted : ‘ If you find an honest miller you 'll know him by the tuft of hair growing in the palm of his hand . ’ |
7 | I do n't know him like the others . ’ |
8 | I feel I know her like a sister now — she 's younger than I am — but she never told me about the twins . |
9 | Should this be announced during my absence , as is not unlikely , I would you should know it as a marriage of convenience , no more . |
10 | ‘ We did not know it at the time but the torch we lit in Britain , which transformed our country — the torch of freedom that is now the symbol of our party — became a beacon that has shed its light across the Iron Curtain into the East . |
11 | Although we did not know it at the time , the next census figures were to show an over-all drop of more than 11% . |
12 | Corman , a young independent producer born of the post-Superior Court ruling when studios were cutting back on their own B-movie productions , did not know it at the time , nor did anyone else , but he was about to make a significant contribution to what later became known as the ‘ new Hollywood ’ through the personalities he gave work to on low budget films , either acting , writing , directing or all three . |
13 | Although he did not know it at the time , Hess 's work was to initiate a revolution in geological and geophysical thinking , and ultimately it became the foundation of a major new theory about how continents and oceans are related , and what part volcanoes play in the evolution of the Earth . |
14 | I did n't know it at the time , but he had come to prepare us for the move to England . |
15 | Though I did n't know it at the time , Lebanon was suffering only the hors d'oeuvre of the devil 's dinner . |
16 | ‘ Well , I did n't know it at the time , but the telegraphist on the next set to mine-Lofty , he 's called — was on my wavelength too . |
17 | I did not know it at the time , but Helmut knew that Jean-Claude was still seeing Otto . |
18 | This was to be a momentous decision although he did not know it at the time . |
19 | ‘ I did n't know it at the time . |
20 | I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
21 | Of course I did n't know it at the time , but by then my mother and father 's marriage was showing cracks . |
22 | The end result is an extremely well-written , amusing narrative which I commend to everyone fortunate enough to have known the Club and particularly to those who will know it in the future . |
23 | ‘ They wo n't know us at the station , in London , ’ said Jonathon suddenly . |