Example sentences of "know [adj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay you wo n't need to know that for a long time yet anyway will you . |
| 2 | she obviously did n't know this for a long time and then one day I said to her , well , it was lovely meal and all that but I do think your mark-up on the wine is scandalous ! |
| 3 | MIs do n't use it regularly , I know that for a fact . |
| 4 | alright he 's met you for five minutes but he 's come here I said this gang of children , I said the poor bugger 's not going to know what hit him I said alright if it 's just for Sally 's three I said he 's gon na be , he 's not gon na be relaxed I said I know that for a fact I said I know what it was like when I used to go and visit your people when I was |
| 5 | I says , Steve gets paid this week , and you know that for a fact ! |
| 6 | Er there 's a sense also in which memories may not be an individual phenomenon but may be a collective phenomena and if you listen to families reminiscing about things or people who 've know each-other for a long time reminiscing about things , different people supply different details , they contradict one-another , they erm fill things in , they say no it ca n't have been then because um because that was the Christmas when Uncle Sydney had his kidney stones and um y'know stuff like that . |
| 7 | And … and I 've known that for a long time . ’ |
| 8 | Yes , I 've known that for a long time . |
| 9 | " I know , " Patrick said defiantly , realizing what she was trying to do , " I 've known that for a long time . " |