Example sentences of "knows what [pron] [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | But how will Lachlan handle a wife that knows what he 's at , and has a great clan of powerful relations at her call if she 's ill done by , then ? ’ |
2 | She knows what he 's like . ’ |
3 | But she knows what he 's like . |
4 | ‘ It 's not going to bother Barnesy , everyone knows what he is like . |
5 | She knows what she 's at , whatever it is . |
6 | It is often said that one of the problems with antiracism is that it knows what it is against , but not what it is for . |
7 | The potty is always nearby , and I feel absolutely convinced she knows what it 's for . |
8 | The Sports Minister , more than most , knows what it 's like to be in with a dangerous hooker . ’ |
9 | This fellow , who must be the only , or almost the only , surviving person outside Japan who has been the target of a nuclear bomb , and who knows what it 's like for real ( as opposed to the criminally bone-headed fantasising about nuclear war indulged in by our sillier soldiers and politicians ) , was not only matter-of-fact about it all , as though it was the sort of thing that might have happened to anyone , but he actually admitted that he had never given a thought to the possibility that he might be at risk as a result of the radiation he undoubtedly suffered at the time until recent weeks when various busybodies brought the matter to his attention . |
10 | At least Mr Mellor knows what it 's like to be hounded now . |
11 | She 's simply being as welcoming and hospitable as I 've always heard the Taiwanese are , and trying to help me feel at home and among friends because she knows what it 's like to be a newcomer in a foreign city herself . ’ |