Example sentences of "know the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Is she , where , is she actually proposing that these should be located ? in , in the countryside , in , in towns ? because they 're sens sensitivities o on that particular on the siting of that er particular activity and er we 're seen it elsewhere , er , those of us who have been on this committee for some time will know the concern that there are about the location of waste recycling facilities and er as I say I would hate that we would have a list of sites across the county which would just start paying us money and quite frankly should never be started .
2 Chief Insp John McLean , deputy sub division officer at Saracen police office , said : ‘ Nobody will have the excuse after 1 March that they did not know the campaign was under way . ’
3 and finding out what , what our er stomachs were like , whether the , the liquid in there is acidic , whether it 's an acid and do you know the girls were braver than the boys , the boys would n't let anyone do that to them .
4 ‘ If we knew that we would know the purpose of our own lives , and mayhap the secret behind life itself , ’ they said .
5 Yeo Davis 's business was concerned with representing people who did not know the ropes , or even that there were any ropes ; Hutton 's predominantly with fellow professionals in other fields who just wanted the best and swiftest way through .
6 They do not just know the ropes : they make the ropes .
7 ‘ It is easy to have the wool pulled over your eyes if you do n't know the ropes or do n't have someone reliable to operate for you , ’ a contented owner of property in Portugal told me .
8 But those who have actually hooked a fish , regardless of size , will know the thrill .
9 ‘ It is difficult for me to find the limits of the car yet because I am given only a limited number of laps and I do n't know the circuit . ’
10 if anyone wants to go to a RANGERS match , contact me and i will let you know the ticket details .
11 How should one know the meanings of allomorph or T-G grammar ?
12 I did n't know the Ethiopians had an imperial family , I suppose it was Haile Selassie 's relatives is it ?
13 However , the value of a field and its rate of change with time are like the position and velocity of a particle : the uncertainty principle implies that the more accurately one knows one of these quantities , the less accurately one can know the other .
14 For example , those responsible for the labour budget will know the hours required for forthcoming period and can therefore plan to ensure this requirement is available .
15 Yes in the vicin I I did n't know the cupboards were near the bed , but yes , in relation to the bed those two places would it have taken a fraction of a second to strip off the duvet to check what was under it .
16 ‘ Do you know the Bramley Arms ? ’
17 The core group who organised the conference were basic grade workers in the department who did not know the processes by which policy change is effected .
18 We do n't know the country and we ca n't get underground .
19 We do n't know the country .
20 I think that you could do something in between here , but I do n't know the country well enough to say exactly that mix would be .
21 ‘ Young people in the Third World are being told it 's wonderful to smoke and they do n't know the problems it 's causing . ’
22 I d I do n't know the problems at the moment .
23 ‘ I do n't know the others , I have n't read the script yet . ’
24 So she said that big girl ! oh I think I 'm getting it so I said , but I know you used to talk about it , and I said here we go ! and her I did n't know the others , but Tom said one of the other things is a it 's this girl , but I said no she 's got a and then she said and I , and I thought that 's a big , I did n't know !
25 And you still do n't know the lingo . ’
26 He carried a piece of chalk with him , marking the walls with a secret sign so he would know the way back to his dormitory .
27 Does he know the way to J. Pringle & Sons ?
28 ‘ We do n't know the way , and they will travel faster than we , for they will be on horseback . ’
29 Do you know the way .
30 Once Clive was in the hypnotic state on this occasion , I asked him to visualize going up to someone he knew slightly , taking a few deep breaths and then asking them a simple question — ‘ Could you please tell me the time ? ’ or ‘ Do you know the way to such-and-such a street ? ’
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