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

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1 Martin sat down ; he had been wanting to get to know Sarah better for some time and this seemed like a good opportunity .
2 He 'ate the English , but when he gets to know Perdita , ’ Alejandro smiled at her from under the peak of his cap , ‘ he will forgeeve . ’
3 No one ever seemed to know William 's surname and he had a bizarre appearance at a time when smartness was highly valued .
4 The Prince had come to know Van der Post in Kenya two years before , when he had been his guide on safari .
5 Students studying for PE2 need to understand both methods , but Intermediate students do not need to know differentiation .
6 It is difficult to know Beatrice 's intention from her column .
7 I say surprisingly because I happen to know Tod is n't squeamish .
8 Okay , do you wish members to know Chairman , that you have a meeting arranged for ?
9 Perhaps Otley could step in there and give me a chance to get to know Mistress Wordsworth .
10 As he got to know Minton well , Tindle could not help admiring the older man 's flair for living and the way his response was never dense or dead .
11 He first got to know Minton through his parents while studying painting at Chelsea Polytechnic .
12 America gets to know Germany
13 ‘ It is not possible to know Germany .
14 Mr Cubbage was by this time almost demented , he had to know Coleen 's decision , so he wrote an impassioned letter begging her to accept his proposal of marriage .
15 ‘ You have n't begun to know Michel .
16 Apparently he used to know Ianthe and now he 's here with two old ladies , for his health . ’
17 to know story from life of friend that is authentic and clearly related to the goal of the session .
18 Ask him if you need to know F of G of X and G of F of X.
19 Patiently , steadily , he was easing his way back into her life , seeing her regularly , but not too regularly , and taking pains to get to know Dickie and myself , which was sensible since we were both important to Margaret .
20 Get to know Steffi , or Stefan , Gabriela , or Boris , Andre , or Arantxa a little better by subscribing to a Tennis World fan club service for one year — you know it makes sense …
21 You could get to know Princesse Mat and Violette again .
22 Dorcas had spent many a peaceful hour getting to know Jekub .
23 ‘ First , I must tell you how I came to know Beatrix .
24 Oh I used to know Bert
25 ‘ My daughter goes back to school this week after the half-term break and she really wants to know Penny is all right before she goes .
26 Voight first got to know Dustin well when he was playing Rudolpho in A View from the Bridge in January 1965 , on which Dustin had been assistant director .
27 They were not the sort of questions she could ask on so brief an acquaintance , but she was unable at present to think of an excuse that would allow her to get to know Veronica better .
28 He came to know Edward Johnston [ q.v. ] , whose seminal book , Writing and Illuminating and Lettering ( 1906 ) , stimulated his study of Renaissance handwriting and of palaeography , where he found the inspiration for the italic script and type associated with his name .
29 Thompson , from Kentucky , came to know Muller 's work in Provincetown after Muller 's death in 1958 .
30 As a teenager exploring Scotland ‘ by bike and hike ’ I came to know Loch Lochy Youth Hostel well .
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