Example sentences of "i know [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir : A few hours after reading Terry Coleman 's article on the United Nations General Assembly ( 30 September ) , I came across this passage in Trollope 's Barchester Towers , which exactly expressed my feelings , and , I hope , those of many others of your readers : I know no life that must be so delicious as that of a writer for the newspapers … to thunder forth accusations against men in power ; show up the worst side of everything that is produced ; to pick holes in every coat ; to be indignant , sarcastic , jocose , moral , or supercilious ; to damn with faint praise , or crush with open calumny . |
| 2 | ‘ I know no man since the apostles ’ days , ’ wrote Baxter , ‘ whom I honour more than Calvin , and whose judgment in all things , one with another , I more esteem and come nearer to . ’ |
| 3 | I know that as certain as I know no one will ask me onto the floor tonight . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I know no man big enough to fill it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I know no one of that nationality . |
| 6 | … a set of men who live by death and never care to appear but at the End of Man 's Life … their Business is to watch Death , and to furnish out the Funeral Solemnity , with as much pomp and feigned sorrow as the Heirs or Successors of the Deceased chose to purchase : They are a hard-hearted Generation , and require more money than Brains to conduct their Business ; I know no one Qualification peculiarly necessary to them , except that is a steady , demure and melancholy Countenance at Command : I do not know , that they take Apprentices in their Capacity as Undertakers , for they are generally Carpenters , or Herald-Painters besides ; and they only employ , as Journeymen , a set of Men whom they have picked up , possessed of a sober Countenance , and a solemn melancholy Face , whom they pay at so much a Jobb . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not probing , you know , Joe , but we 've been together months now , nine of them , in fact , and I know no more about you now than on the day we met , except that you come from the wilds of Northumberland . |
| 8 | I know no England bowlers swing an old ball in the way Waqar and I do , but that is down to the way we grip it . |
| 9 | Fact is , Harrison , I know no more about it than you do . |
| 10 | ‘ I know no difference between this case and that of a mandamus . |
| 11 | But up to your right , where the estuary flows into the sea , that 's Mr Swinton 's land and although I know no harm in him myself , they say — they say he does n't like trespassers , Miss Alexandra . |
| 12 | ‘ I know no more than you , Corbett . |
| 13 | I know no personal cause to spurn at him , |
| 14 | ‘ I know no such thing , ’ she says indignantly . |
| 15 | Sturt was about to proceed upon a new expedition into the interior of Australia I beg to send for your perusal a Letter I have lately received from him and from which you will perceive that he has written to Lord Stanley ; as I know no one better fitted for such a purpose than this enterprising and persevering Gentleman I do hope the Government may be disposed to second his views ; perhaps , your Lordship , could obtain and favour me with some information on the subject ; from the manner in which you referred to him in your Letter I am led to believe that some arrangement has already been made ; pray say if such be the case . |
| 16 | I know no touch of consanguinity — No kin , no love , no blood , no soul so near me As the sweet Troilus . |
| 17 | I know no further erm than that . |
| 18 | locally er there is no as far as I know no , no requirement that it should happen except the desire of the Home Secretary to strengthen his control or his influence in , in these bodies . |
| 19 | I thought at one time Didi and I would get along well enough , but , after finding my sweet , simple , clumsy , courageous , honest , fiery … ’ his voice dropped to a husky whisper ‘ … beautiful , passionate Sagittarian , I know no other woman would have satisfied me . ’ |
| 20 | I know no reason why you should be . ’ |
| 21 | I know no reason to be ashamed of it . |
| 22 | I say they must have got the knowledge from him somehow , by what manner of deception I know no more than you . |
| 23 | I know no personal cause to spurn at him , |
| 24 | I know no |
| 25 | I know every word of it by heart . |
| 26 | I 'd love to help her , and I know every one of us would ; but I do n't think for a moment that Miss Miggs would let us pay her fare , even if we could raise so much money . ’ |
| 27 | My problem with Smokey is that I know every song backwards and familiarity cuts the excitement quota . |
| 28 | I know every gun in that room . |
| 29 | I know every blade of grass , fern , broom , every tree , pond and lane for miles around . |
| 30 | I know every line . |