Example sentences of "i know they " in BNC.

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1 The 44-year-old composer said : ‘ When they let me know they could not afford to pay more than £6 million , I realised we had to step in to save it for the nation .
2 And there are people , places , history in this country I 'd never even guessed at , though I sometimes feel I know them anyway . ’
3 ‘ Why should I know them ? ’
4 Sheridan Lorrimore could be heard saying furiously and fortissimo to his father , ‘ How the hell could I know they were acting ?
5 I told them I know them well , their son is not the type who just gets in fights .
6 Still , I 'll vote for them all the same , it 's the devil I know and I know them both .
7 I know them , ’ Maggie nodded .
8 I know them .
9 I know them .
10 I can not believe that the Masai , as I know them , would have applied for membership of an association of which they must be completely ignorant' .
11 DAN JONES : I know them .
12 Two members of the band posed with a laughing Mr Brooke , who said : ‘ I know them considerably better than I did 15 minutes ago , ’ — but he declined to offer a rendition of any of their songs .
13 They are given in alphabetical order , and from my own experience I know them to be absolutely reliable .
14 It is a poor leader who does not know his opposite numbers , and while I do not go to the extent of General Montgomery in the desert with a picture of my primary competitors hanging on the wall of my office , I know them all , and have a healthy respect for them .
15 Oh yes , I know them , I know those two , I know the middle classes … fuck them all .
16 " Father , " she interrupted eventually , " why would you be telling me these things when I know them already ? "
17 ‘ As far as I know them .
18 But the more I know them , the more I ask myself the question , ‘ What is the purpose ? ’
19 ‘ Well , I know them all .
20 I keep thinking I know them .
21 I keep thinking I know them , these that are wheeled on trolleys or borne on stretchers .
22 ( This habit I have of thinking I know them — as humans — is mistaken , and inappropriate .
23 I know them to be human creatures made in God 's image too , the womenfolk most lovely and most temperate ( for the most part ) , and I would not abet the evil Spaniard in his slanders .
24 I know them yes .
25 I know them . ’
26 ‘ About a dozen that I know of , ’ Josie said , ‘ and I think I know them all . ’
27 You are no lord of Ralarth that I know of — and I know them all .
28 Sometimes I do it if I know them quite well .
29 I know them ma myself , I I 've got it all in my book you see , when we
30 That 's right , it 's different for different people over there , I mean Mark over there who has n't been with the company very long erm , I mean , my existing calls I mean I , I know them sort of to , to drink with more or less you know , but
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