Example sentences of "[verb] know [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.

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1 I want to know it all .
2 ‘ I want to know it all . ’
3 You have met the little beast for only half an hour and her father has known her all her life ! ’
4 ‘ You ca n't expect to know it all on your first day .
5 Jack Smith and his wife Maisie were pets who 'd known them all their lives .
6 Maybe I 'd set him at ease by saying ‘ g'day ’ , but he looked like he 'd known me all his eight years , and leant quite steadily on me for the drive to Robert 's parents ' cottage , where we arranged photos .
7 She leaned on Craig 's shoulder as if she 'd known him all her life .
8 I 'd known him all my life .
9 She 'd known him less than a week and was already on to his annoying habits .
10 He 'd known it all his seventeen years .
11 After I had got to know them both , I showed Carole a video of our first meeting and went through what had happened with her .
12 But when you get to know them all , and it takes years and years , they 're marvellous company .
13 The same applies with the teachers , they soon get to know you and before long you get to know them all .
14 I tell him about the whisky story and the chill-filtering and the colouring but he already seems to know it all .
15 He may have known her all her life , but when the tits appeared he 'd had his tongue hanging out just like all the rest .
16 ‘ It 's true , ’ he says , ‘ I do know them all .
17 But we will get to know them all in time . ’
18 ‘ I 'll get to know them all , ’ she said .
19 ‘ I 'll be glad to get to know them all , even if he is n't the man I once knew .
20 Please , you 've known her all your life , what is your true and honest estimation of my chances in this respect ? ’
21 I 've known her all her life .
22 ‘ You 've known her less than a week , Mike , ’ he protested .
23 I 've known them all a long time and I love 'em …
24 ‘ You 've known them all , Billy , ’ the easy voice went on .
25 ‘ I 've known them all my life .
26 It 's a bad winter this one and I 've known them all here , man and lad . ’
27 I 've known him all my life .
28 ‘ I 've known him all my life .
29 After all , you 've known him all your life .
30 after my second week he said I 'd got the gift of the gab or something and I always manage to wind people round my finger and always always get what I want and everything and I always took my way out of shit and I heard this from Matt , you can imagine how upset I was like on my I tell you er I heard about it on the field weekend cos I was here and Matt was here as well and , and I just thought my God I 've been friends with this bloke , we were having baths together when we were like two years old and , and I 've known him all my life and if you ca n't trust him well where does the , where , well you know , who can you trust ?
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