Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] know [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sat in the office one afternoon when I was off-duty , toying with the usual coffee and a wad ( a hard NAAFI bun of indeterminate ingredients ) , watching a young aircrew Sergeant Wireless Op/Air Gunner whom I knew slightly . |
| 2 | I was telephoned by the late Lord Plunket , Her Majesty 's Equerry , a man of exceptional charm whom I knew well and liked , who arranged the appointment and said diffidently , ‘ I hope you do not mind wearing a morning coat . ’ |
| 3 | As Robin said to me later , ‘ suddenly to walk in and to see a sea of faces , all of whom I knew well , was the most tremendously stirring moment . |
| 4 | It was delivered very secretly by a student of the Convitto Maria Luigia who travelled on the tram , and it had been given to him by another boy at the same school , a boarder whom I knew well and who lived in Fontenallato . |
| 5 | When a girl whom I knew only as Meriel remarked , as we were washing up the cocoa-cups , that she was ‘ brought up in a bog ’ , and I commented naïvely that she had no trace of Irish accent , the unassuming daughter of the Earl of Meath merely smiled . |
| 6 | Nizan himself made no attempt to conceal its manifestly autobiographical status : " Antoine Bloye is the story of a man whom I knew very well : my father . " |
| 7 | " Forgive me , " he said to Sir Edmund , " but when I went to the Commissioner , whom I know slightly , I understood that the police would be good enough to look into our problem . |
| 8 | I myself feel that the cat and the dog who live in the same house with me are fellow members of my family circle , closer related to me socially than the human neighbour next door whom I know only by sight and name , and infinitely closer than some odd Brazilian or Melanesian , with whom my only connection is that we are fellow men . |
| 9 | I do not follow The Guardian 's statement about farm incomes being at their lowest for 50 years , because many farmers whom I know now have two cars , quite tidy houses and a reasonable lifestyle . |
| 10 | Oh no no , if he , if he tried to pull a fast one we 've already had one like that th that came in and bought a set unfortunately his father paid by cheque , oh no , well he paid by two cheques which , they had a card on them I know very well they ca n't stop them very well and he went out and er , and er the T V was only in the car and he went round a corner quick and he went brrrm like that you know |
| 11 | up and running as it were and er I shall be I I know already that some of these figures are inaccurate |
| 12 | One or two I I know now I 'm writing them down and . |
| 13 | If I 'm with someone I know well , someone I feel at ease with , I do n't find it necessary to talk all the time . |
| 14 | And secondly , in terms of Liz Liz is someone I know extremely well and have worked with in various functions and committees over the past . |
| 15 | NOT and I repeat NOT the main carriage , as someone I know once did ! |
| 16 | She reminds me of someone I seen — someone I knew really well . |
| 17 | Well I 'll tell you what I I you know seriously er with what Norman would have told you on the phone self employed commission only erm if you er I I 'm surprised you came to see us . |
| 18 | Because I have to structure while I 'm writing I you know so I 'm structuring while and I ca n't write as well . |
| 19 | It sounded as though she were talking to someone she knew well , or at least had dealt with previously , because she called her interlocutor ‘ Tonio ’ and smiled continuously as though engaged in invisible wooing and sometimes she laughed . |
| 20 | ‘ Only if , ’ said Connon slowly , ‘ only if it was someone she knew well . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm sure it must be comforting for the mother to have someone she knows well helping her . ’ |
| 22 | You have probably experienced smiling at someone you know closely followed by embarrassment , surprise and rejection when they did not recognise you , and instead of receiving the expected smile in return you were met by a blank stare . |
| 23 | Several weeks before the experimental study of first impressions , students were asked to ‘ think of someone you know well — a close friend or partner . |
| 24 | ‘ I would ask however that the next time you attempt plagiarize said that you take the opportunity of confirming your remarks to someone you know rather than one you purport to . ’ |
| 25 | Just imagine if someone you know like |
| 26 | If you are not sure whether or not you are guilty of these or any other irritating mannerisms ask someone you know really well to tell you and consciously work to stop yourself when doing your mock interview ( see p. 61 ) . |
| 27 | SAFETY Regardless of the physical and emotional dangers of casual sexual relationships , you should be aware of your personal safety with someone you know only slightly . |
| 28 | ‘ Someone you knew well ? ’ asked Tessa . |
| 29 | I want to come back to Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School , but Strauss was someone you knew personally ? |
| 30 | We would not be attending a funeral service unless someone we knew well had died . |