Example sentences of "they know of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did they know of the deep place in the pond ? |
| 2 | What more did they know of life than that it was life ? |
| 3 | Nor did they know of the old Swedish experiments attempting to make helium from hydrogen in the laboratory . |
| 4 | For what did they know of her half-hearted attempts at abortion , the years ' endurance . |
| 5 | But the people who say that have many children , so how can they know of that other pain that I have ? |
| 6 | What did they know of real life ? |
| 7 | Do they know of this in the new fangled City of Sunderland ? |
| 8 | ‘ Tell you what , I 'll ring around some of my old university friends if you like and see if they know of anywhere . |
| 9 | Here , as with most of Shostakovich , the content they locate is a projection of what they know of its circumstances - by which only a heart of stone would not be moved . |
| 10 | MI5 never replied , GCHQ expressed polite and emphatically arm 's length interest , and the CIA offered help , exhibits and the information that the only other museum of spying they know of is in Havana . |
| 11 | In hide-and-seek , a number of people agree for a period of time to abstract from living what they know of the ‘ hiding ’ function ( i.e. that people can be ‘ hiders ’ and ‘ seekers ’ and that places can be ‘ hiding places ’ ) and to behave , for the time being , as if only that function mattered . |
| 12 | In drama a number of people agree to abstract from what they know of the ‘ hiding ’ function and to combine that knowledge with what they have understood about a particular ‘ hiding ’ context , say , King Charles and his followers hiding from the Roundheads ( hiders are therefore labelled Cavaliers , and the seekers Roundheads ) and to behave ‘ as if ’ only that function mattered . |
| 13 | Next , go to see the local planning officer and the building control officer and ask them if they know of anything that might affect the house , and show them your list . |
| 14 | Try to be as enthusiastic as possible ( enthusiasm is catching ! ) and take the names of everyone who came and ask them if they know of any other Christians to invite to the next meeting . |
| 15 | First , people can choose only among those forms of credit which they know of . |
| 16 | That they know of his desolation , |
| 17 | If anyone is thinking of booking a place on one of these tours they would be strongly advised to study the list of studios beforehand and to ensure there is at least one artist they know of that is of interest . |
| 18 | Ask your present landlord , and also the local authority or new town development corporation or any housing association in the area to which you want to move whether they know of any tenant who wants to move to your area . |
| 19 | They know of nothing . |
| 20 | The number of people to whom he is a friend , if not because he has met them but because they know of the good works that he has done not only in Britain but throughout the world , must run into many hundreds of thousands . |
| 21 | As equipment becomes more expensive and more teachers are taking private classes it would be greatly appreciated if teachers would let Jean Parmiter know if they have any equipment for sale or to loan or if they know of any evening institute which might be wishing to dispose of some . |
| 22 | Having said nothing about the er the charity erm erm the meeting on erm the meetings four times a year and we 're quite but there are some available for erm people erm and particularly to erm we agreed a list of people who wished to give them Christmas gifts , cash but I 'm sure they would help and and erm the names of people who who might need help er are always welcome so if I could just erm erm ask people to let me know if they know of anyone financial help . |
| 23 | A wealth of new prospects can be obtained simply by asking satisfied customers if they know of anyone who may have a need for the kinds of products or services being sold . |
| 24 | Nearly two-thirds say that from what they know of other European countries education is better managed in countries such as France and Germany . |
| 25 | Had they known of it , the course of events might have been different and a tragedy averted . |
| 26 | It may well be that had they known of it they would have been even more exigent . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , Lambie was followed on this point in Hamilton : the cashiers would not have completed the transactions had they known of the forgeries . |
| 28 | However , both the Turin police headquarters and the anti-terrorist squad said they knew of no particular cause for alarm and that only normal security measures had been taken . |
| 29 | They knew of a fourth case , later confirmed to be that of Keith Parchment , and believed the fifth referred to the Brown case , which technically involved two separate trials . |
| 30 | Like the immortal ‘ Old Bill ’ in Bruce Bairns father 's First World War cartoon of the trenches , the patient British urged their neighbours that if they knew of ‘ a better'ole ’ they should go to it . |