Example sentences of "i know from [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 I have a student daughter myself , and I know from her accounts — and from her constant recourse to the parental purse — that life is indeed very difficult for students .
2 But I know from our Charlton Athletic days exactly what he can do .
3 It 's marvellous to have such an enthusiastic audience , and I know from your response to competitions , offers and reader treats how much you like to join in .
4 I know from your books , that I admire so much , that you are a shrewd observer of human … er , behaviour .
5 As I know from my own experience , crack , or free-base , is highly addictive , but in a psychological rather than a physical way .
6 I know from my visits to Northern Ireland and discussions with members of the trade union movement , that there is a real and genuine desire for the Labour Party to organise in Northern Ireland . ’
7 I know from my own experience . ’
8 I think that 's why so many people from our school went into scientific things — they pushed you that way , but I know from my friends that the secondary school where a lot of my friends went to , the girls were encouraged to do typing , hairdressing , home-economics , all the rest of it .
9 I 'm still nervous about the whole affair , even though I know from my own experience that NEC , Phillips , Conner , Intel and ADM are safe .
10 I know from my own mother , who found love at 73 and would make us all smile as , like any lovesick teenager , she held hands , blushed , giggled and danced with her new partner .
11 I know from my photographic experience that both paper and acetate readily stretch and shrink with changes in humidity and that even the finest 0.10mm line represents 2.5m on the ground .
12 I know from my own self .
13 Now there have been some allegations flying around that there are people in the parliamentary Labour Party who want to get rid of that link and I want to categorically say that there is no serious figure in the Labour Party who shares that opinion there 's no one in the G M B group who takes that view there 's no one in the Shadow Cabinet and what is more , I know from my own personal experience , and my dealings with him over thirty years , that there is no greater supporter of the trades union link than John Smith himself !
14 I know from my personal experience of the valuable work that Apex has been doing .
15 I know from my discussions with business men that prompt payment is vital .
16 I know from my work with homeless families that such people invariably need help late at night , in the early hours of the morning or at weekends , when it is especially difficult to find a general practitioner who will respond quickly to a call to see someone who has arrived on the doorstep — in my case that means the doorstep of the YMCAs for which I worked .
17 I know from my own life of faith that my thoughts , my words and my often fail to match up to the Christian ideal there is much that I do that hurts other people and there is much that I do that does not reflect Christ .
18 Chairman erm I know from my own experience elsewhere that er car boot sales are a cause of great concern and I , I wo n't repeat what various other small local firms have said because I agree with all their comments .
19 And it 's frightening , but I , I mean , I know from my days at British Telecom , I 'd say I was on that phone , really
20 I mean I know from my own personal experience that if you come fly from New York to London and you eat a meal in a restaurant or in a hotel in New York and then the next day you eat one in London , you do find that the services is much slower , for example .
21 I mean , I knew from my own experience that carers were not getting the help , they were not getting the back-up , so any sort of really good telephone numbers I had laid my hands on got sort of written away in a wee book , and I was lucky enough to come across an association that actually backed up carers and actually were willing to sort of , put their life on the line and say to me , yes , you have got rights and you need support and we are here to give you that support .
22 ‘ It was only slightly traumatic , but I knew from my safety audit of the operators that it was virtually impossible for things to go wrong , ’ explained Nigel .
23 I knew from my family history I was likely to be vulnerable to cancer and luckily it was diagnosed and treated in time .
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