Example sentences of "[modal v] know of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the church has traditionally been reluctant to expose those to whom it delivers this service to public attention , the general assembly ought to know of the scale of the kirk 's response . |
| 2 | The requirement of knowledge in paragraph ( c ) is clearly of ‘ actual ’ rather than of constructive knowledge , though a person who ought to know of his animal 's vicious characteristics may , of course , still be liable for negligence . |
| 3 | ( I miss out the word puking from this Shakespearean phrase since I know of few instances in which a baby has strained the cassock of the clergyman baptising it , though doubtless readers may know of one . ) |
| 4 | ‘ Possibly he may know of someone else who gives such lessons . ’ |
| 5 | She may know of a suitable baby . ’ |
| 6 | You may know of someone who has already tried it and succeeded . |
| 7 | We ask that they may know of your daily provision of all kinds of needs , and especially for Rob 's studies , that he may be able to learn and think with Your mind at all times . |
| 8 | I would be most grateful for any information you may have pertaining to the RLS centenary be it an update of your present events or any contacts you may know of . |
| 9 | Of course , the fee charged will probably be greater as a result because the freelance programmer might have envisaged making use of the program elsewhere ; he may know of other businesses which would be interested in what he produces . |
| 10 | Customs must know of this planning point . |
| 11 | He must know of the siege , but presumably did not realise the urgency of their need . |
| 12 | Above all , they must know of your part in the destruction of my Lord of Buckingham as , God be my witness , I know mine ! ’ |
| 13 | ( a ) The accused himself must know of the obligation . |
| 14 | He is n't a cousin or any relation but we thought somebody in the town must know of him or where he went . ’ |
| 15 | ANYBODY owning or restoring a vintage aircraft , be it to flying or static status should know of W A Parker ( Aircraft Spares ) Ltd at Benfleet in Essex . |
| 16 | However , we should know of certain techniques that are appropriate to the kind of furniture we make . |
| 17 | He could n't fathom why she was so anxious that no one else should know of his interest in her . |
| 18 | May I appeal to anybody who might have information , or might know of where I can find information , on Alton in this period . |
| 19 | A club notorious in the area as a hang-out for the criminally inclined was suggested as a place where someone might know of them or their whereabouts . |
| 20 | This talented , if washed-up musician was n't harbouring Rose — though he might know of her whereabouts . |
| 21 | I daresay you 'll know of her , will you ? ’ |
| 22 | I only wish that Dad could know of your loyalty . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Well , I know they live near the quay , and the cabbie would know of them ; they are well-known . ’ |
| 24 | He and Dinah together could make books that would be widely read in scholarly circles ; he would achieve recognition of a sort he had never had before ; in America they would know of no disgrace about him , and in any case he was now married . |
| 25 | She thought he looked at her rather searchingly , and she held her breath , for surely there would be strange untold stories about this place and surely he would know of them ? |
| 26 | ‘ Well , I enclosed my note to Aycliffe within that , so that no one would know of his coming . |
| 27 | She wished she had brought a bottle of gin with her , even a bottle of wine , but now the only place she could find one was a state liquor store , and while the clerk would know of one , sitting with a bottle waiting for the phone to ring was n't her own image of herself . |
| 28 | Every hunt in England shall know of … ’ |
| 29 | Many readers who know nothing else about Piaget 's work will know of his experiments on ‘ conservation ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ There goes all I will know of God in life , ’ she once said of him . |