Example sentences of "know [indef pn] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long after Branson had moved his office to the houseboat Duende and was seldom to be seen by most of the Virgin staff ; long after he had ceased to know everyone by name , or even by sight , Branson himself would continue to refer to a special Virgin ‘ atmosphere ’ , barely perceivable to the outside world . |
| 2 | He should know something by close of play today . |
| 3 | One does n't need to know something by acquaintance to use the word ‘ here ’ meaningfully . |
| 4 | Similarly , he seems to be suggesting , one does n't need to know something by acquaintance to use the expression ‘ in me ’ meaningfully . |
| 5 | Jaq knew none by sight — unless they had been surgically altered — nevertheless he could perceive that they were true-human , no marks of Chaos blemishing their features . |