Example sentences of "knowing [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know a fair amount about how the machine works and I have made myself slow up when it comes to finishing off ( I have to be very careful to inspect all seams , knowing my friend 's beady eye will be on the work ! ) . |
| 2 | ‘ And you think knowing my birth sign will fill in the blanks ? ’ |
| 3 | I do n't personally believe in reincarnation , but knowing my luck I 'd either come back as a pair of Ian 's boxer shorts or an amoeba . |
| 4 | Knowing my luck I 'll only be able to afford a weekend break in Bognor Regis , especially as my measly wage has only gone up by fourpence in the last two years . |
| 5 | Knowing my luck they 'd probably go all the way and burst into tears . |
| 6 | Knowing my luck , they 'd all be driving Golfs or Saabs with green windscreen visors with their names — Tarquin and Petra — on them . |
| 7 | There we are knowing my luck it wo n't come out . |
| 8 | Do n't know I would think that it 's , she told me twenty five pounds so I thought it was gon na be like cash or something and then I read the thing that says twenty five pound voucher but it did n't say what for , it just says voucher knowing my luck it 'll be book tokens ! |
| 9 | Knowing my shortcomings , Mum had taken charge of making curtains for George 's house and a week before the wedding she went to the market to find some fabric for the last pair . |
| 10 | And knowing my sex as I do , I 'm inclined to doubt the latter 's motivation . |
| 11 | She asked me to a cocktail-party to which I did n't want to go , so I said I had a cold which was n't true at the time but knowing my chest I guessed that I should have a bronchial cough at any moment and so I did . |
| 12 | ‘ Not knowing my name seems to worry you , ’ he murmured , ‘ and , while I 'm sure you 're putting on an act , I 'll repeat the information I 'm sure you already know . |
| 13 | Knowing my ability as a direction finder , Ann kindly left me the map and wandered off . |
| 14 | I 've missed knowing my grand-children so much . ’ |
| 15 | I was so pleased , ’ she looked at me shyly or was it a little slyly , ‘ I could understand from knowing my Classics what the old peasants were saying . |
| 16 | Actually , in all semi-seriousness , knowing my penchant for warm furry places . |
| 17 | Knowing my partner 's dislike of traverses I laced it with gear — but inserted that final , final nut before making the last heave to safety . |
| 18 | Please , O Lord , knowing my weaknesses , help me to be faithful to this . ’ |
| 19 | I thought we 'd got such a good start , knowing my mother 's name and where I was born . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm afraid you 'll have to be content with just knowing my room number ! ’ she snapped . |
| 21 | Shirley Hayman , 31 : ‘ I do n't mind people knowing my age . |
| 22 | She read for a long time , and I had the bonus of knowing my father was waiting impatiently to fuck her again on this night of nights which was really their honeymoon . |
| 23 | In respect of the former there is a confusion between visualizing a shape and knowing its name . |
| 24 | you are there , in the other country , knowing its name . |
| 25 | This is the easiest knot to learn and you 've probably been tying it without knowing its name . |
| 26 | The African elephant shrew , a highly-strung insect-eating mammal the size of a mouse with a nose drawn out into a mobile trunk , depends for its safety on knowing its trails better than any hunter that might chase it . |
| 27 | I think that privacy and a sense of owning your own body and knowing its boundaries is quite a difficult thing for girls to achieve in a world in which female bodies are plastered on every billboard , and when you walk down the street those boundaries can so easily be invaded by men commenting on the size of your breasts or on what you are wearing . |
| 28 | ‘ No prudent money manager would authorise a loan without first knowing its purpose , ’ I replied . |
| 29 | In this case , the Court of Appeal held that there had been a breach of s14(2) as the plaintiff had thought he was buying a second-hand enthusiast 's car in good condition at a fair price when in fact he was buying , at the same price , a car which no one , knowing its history ( a car insurance write-off because it had been submerged in water for over 24 hours ) , would have bought at other than at a substantially reduced price . |
| 30 | ‘ A — how shall I put it ? — sense of everything knowing its place , and keeping to it . ’ |