Example sentences of "[verb] know [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have all we want to know about that sort of thing and anyway it is not my job . |
| 2 | Can your client live without an income , they 've just convinced you that they ca n't , they now want to know about this Health Master . |
| 3 | the only one I want to know in this area is a , you can |
| 4 | All you will ever need to know about each variety is there : history ; scientific properties ; handling advice ; and translations of the fruit 's name into French . |
| 5 | The class may also need to know about important background dates like the date of the Second World War , and so on . |
| 6 | If the hon. Member for Wansbeck ( Mr. Thompson ) wants to know about urban regeneration , he should know that the most exciting urban regeneration project probably anywhere in western Europe is that on the river bank in my constituency . |
| 7 | In one fell swoop , Virgin had acquired that most elusive of qualities , ‘ street credibility ’ ; the company roster now boasted groups like Magazine , Penetration , the Members , the Skids — what was becoming known as New Wave , a marketing term used to denote almost any performer that had emerged in the aftermath of punk who did not spit in his audience 's eye . |
| 8 | The sequence of developments to be outlined below is becoming known as K-type transition , with the implication that there are other types . |
| 9 | Mrs X had no idea what she had done wrong — I eventually came to know of this situation and arranged accommodation with an Asian family . |
| 10 | Ronald Duncan , whom I came to know about this time ( our first meeting took place when I made a bicycle tour of Cornwall in the summer of 1947 ) , spoke of having received a telegram from Eliot cancelling an engagement and saying that he had to ‘ bury a woman ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ But if he 'd known of this outrage , ’ said Philip , looking from one to the other of them with searching eyes , ‘ the boy would have told me in Isambard 's presence . |
| 12 | ‘ Poor Tom would have been so very unhappy if he 'd known of this situation , ’ she 'd sniffed while fumbling for a handkerchief . |
| 13 | All you ever needed to know about twentieth-century art theory |
| 14 | ‘ What — what would Your Highness like to know about this gown ? |
| 15 | One thing that ethologists would like to know about this courtship is why it takes the form that it does . |
| 16 | Such a relatively abrupt change in the rate of increase of population size has become known as demographic transition . |
| 17 | ‘ Recently this has become known as sustainable tourism , and the key to it lies in co-operation , and once again the festival is presented to the public through the dedication of many individuals and the commitment of its sponsors . ’ |
| 18 | It was as if each species of inedible butterfly was mimicked by the others , and this convergence of colour pattern became known as Müllerian Mimicry . |
| 19 | We became known at that time as a labour school and still later , we were known as a farmer-labour school . |
| 20 | Pan Am , the third US carrier to cease operations in 1991 , was founded in 1927 and became known for expanding air routes to south America and pioneering US air travel to the Far East . |
| 21 | His work with children was an adaptation of Laban 's principles of movement which became known in this country during the war . |
| 22 | The police would have to know about this visit , of course ; her conscience persistently reminded her that she should have informed Harris already but she silenced it by telling herself that a few hours would make no difference . |
| 23 | The French high command must also have known for some time , but hushed it up no doubt . ’ |
| 24 | She must have known about that sign , about the people coming to put it up . |
| 25 | And then crossed out ‘ dumb ’ and inserted ‘ sweet ’ because it occurred to her that Mrs Rundle might have known about this affliction from the lawyers but had not been able to find the words to tell the children about it . |
| 26 | A stranger would n't have known about this place . |
| 27 | Theo must have known in any case : he was always his parents ' confidant and advisor , as well as his brother 's . |
| 28 | We should have known after this start that life with Holmes would never be dull . |
| 29 | He demanded to know of another ambassador 's wife , no longer young , what kind of impression an old and unfashionable woman like her must give of Britain abroad : why could n't she look as attractive as the young woman opposite ? |
| 30 | ‘ I doubt whether you could understand how it feels to know for all eternity that the creations of hell are pursuing you , ’ Kopyion said . |