Example sentences of "i know of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is looking for that quality which you must allow me to call ‘ modernity ’ ; for I know of no better word to express the idea I have in mind . |
| 2 | Yet I know of no picture in which the mid-day heat of Midsummer is so admirably expressed ; and were not the eye refreshed by the shade thrown over a great part of the foreground by some young trees , that border the road , and the cool blue of water near it , one would wish , in looking at it , for a parasol , as Fuseli wished for an umbrella when standing before one of Constable 's showers . |
| 3 | I know of no world champion boxers who stand rooted to the spot . |
| 4 | I know of some competitors who fight from a fully sideways-facing straddle stance . |
| 5 | Behind the geniality and the ebullient showmanship , something ‘ passionate and austere ’ — I know of no other testimony which strikes that necessary note so firmly . |
| 6 | On a clear dawn or a copper sunset I know of no other mountain which has quite such dramatic appeal . |
| 7 | Finniston proudly describes it ‘ as the first essay in caring capitalism that I know of . ’ |
| 8 | In one case I know of , two friends resolved to escape because they had heard their parents ‘ scheming ’ of such marriages in the near future . |
| 9 | I know of no natural movement you could reinforce . ’ |
| 10 | He wants a girl friend and I want a boy friend , and as I like him ( or at least what I know of him ) and I think he likes me , I think it would be good for both of us if we could be friends . |
| 11 | Already this freedom has benefited him , and when I know of the good I have done him , I feel that freedom is the only way to greater purity … |
| 12 | I had another serious battle getting approval for the M54 to Telford — the only road I know of finally settled at a full meeting of a Cabinet committee . |
| 13 | The best definition I know of grace is : God 's Riches At Christ 's Expense . |
| 14 | I know of someone who took in an old lady and she turned out to be well-known for being difficult . |
| 15 | I know of nothing more beautiful than the pure eyes of |
| 16 | But on the other hand , I know of nothing sadder than |
| 17 | ‘ I know of one , ’ replied Endill , remembering his adventure with Wednesday . |
| 18 | I know of no one who could spare her that , who could make a tasteful picture , but You . |
| 19 | ‘ Not that I know of . |
| 20 | Even if the patient is compulsorily admitted under the Mental Health Act , and can therefore be deprived of his liberty , there is no authority that I know of to justify medical treatment against his express refusal . |
| 21 | ‘ I know of them , ’ Maidstone said . |
| 22 | ‘ None here that I know of , thank God . ’ |
| 23 | I know of no religion so fundamentalist as to dispute the facts up to this point . |
| 24 | I know of one evangelist who puts aside one day a month for prayer and retreat at a Roman Catholic monastery where he receives much support . |
| 25 | Despite one doctor 's comment ‘ I know of no specific evidence to show that aromatherapy is of any real clinical value ’ aromatherapy can indeed be practised on a clinical or down-to-earth scientific level . |
| 26 | I know of the most intellectual of men and women who are not ‘ earthed ’ and some of the humblest who are . |
| 27 | I know of another case in Florida in which a 17-year-old boy bought booze from a Jax Liquor Store ( a supermarket chain found throughout the state ) in Tallahassee . |
| 28 | ( 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 . ) |
| 29 | In our case , of course , it would have been impossible , but I know of cases where parents have attempted to keep their adopted children in ignorance of their origins . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't know whether you 're one of those who are interested in such things — from what I know of you I 'd say probably not . |