Example sentences of "to know [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Since then we 've had plenty of time to take stock , to get to know areas and compare different locations , ages and styles of house before making any decision . |
| 2 | It 's important to know parents ' expectations of the school , to know of their dreams and ambitions for their children . |
| 3 | ‘ A chap I used to know years ago . ’ |
| 4 | had actually taken him on that he used to know years ago and had finished the |
| 5 | To an extent some such tension is inherent to the advocacy role : ‘ advocates ’ volunteer to get to know individuals using the service , set out the options for them and negotiate on their behalf with service providers . |
| 6 | You know bugger all-Perhaps Appleton you 'd like to know whats in store for you British IMPERIALISTS — Hah ! |
| 7 | , The Lionisers somewhat mystified them , since they were perversely not content with the usual stories , but demanded to know dates , times and exact locations and had an annoying habit of checking these against vast volumes of Letters and Lives . |
| 8 | I would like to get to know customers well |
| 9 | I have known students who feel obliged to know pages 1–65 almost by heart before they dare turn to page 66 . |
| 10 | ‘ It must be wonderful to know things like that . ’ |
| 11 | I want to know things , ’ said Gay . |
| 12 | Why is it that we should want to know things that are , in the broad scheme , totally irrelevant ? |
| 13 | I do n't think humans want to know things that disturb them . ’ |
| 14 | He now launches a parallel attack on the idea that individuals are by nature the sort of creatures who can come to know things through their experience of the external world . |
| 15 | Arlott , someone said once , seemed to know things he had no right to know . |
| 16 | One would need to know things — technical things — about speech , about why and how rhythm worked , about selection of nouns and word order to explain how he could state with finality — so that the words for it were his words — simple truths . |
| 17 | Governments are paid to know things like that . |
| 18 | He wondered how many of those around him were there for what he would call the right reason : the feeling that it was simple , playful fun to know things , an eager delight at the discovery that each piece of learning was a key to greater complexities of understanding . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's the skill you 've got that really counts — the ability not to know things , or to know them without knowing that you know them . |
| 20 | He did n't really strike her as a particularly nosy person , just wanting to know things for the hell of it . |
| 21 | You 're inclined to know things need to be done , to say ‘ Oh they 're alright , it 's not that bad , there are other things I must look at ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ — and I need to know things , if you loved Maria Luisa and still do … you do , do n't you ? ’ |
| 23 | Does er we need to know things like that and if you |
| 24 | In addition to the nationality of the children included in the standardisation sample , it is also useful to know whereabouts in a particular country they live , their socioeconomic status and the extent to which the sample was screened for children with linguistic , sensory or learning difficulties ( McCauley and Swisher 1984 ) . |
| 25 | Surely television is the medium for getting to know personalities , but the press is the medium for a detailed understanding of the issues ? |
| 26 | I 'm slowly getting to know names , it 's the twenty seventh ? |
| 27 | Some leave it all to officers and concentrate on policy issues in council and committee meetings , whereas others wish to know details of particular cases and administrative decisions . |
| 28 | Being a Governor gave him the right to know details of any child 's parentage , but in his case the necessity to study the books had never arisen . |
| 29 | Information on how business is conducted will be required and candidates also need to know details of the compensation and benefits package attached to the posting . |
| 30 | And Esther , now , suddenly tired of the Italian economy , dismissed it and Charles ( 'You do n't seem to realize , Charles , that I live below the reach of the economy , as an economic unit I simply do n't exist' ) , and peremptorily turned on Liz , demanding to know details of the guest list . |