Example sentences of "i knew of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew of no virtues except truthfulness , obedience , self-sacrifice , total abstinence from alcoholic drinks … . |
| 2 | I think I must have suffered as you before I knew of things relating to sex . |
| 3 | I KNEW of Doctor Ladislav Mareda through British friends who had worked with him for the English-language section of Prague radio until the crushing of the Prague Spring in 1968 . |
| 4 | My recent discovery is Milan Kundera : of course , I knew of him but his books were n't available in Lithuania . |
| 5 | We have lived in Birmingham for 18 months and been totally absorbed in familiarising ourselves with our own local environment , and all I knew of Highgate , Sparkhill , Sparkbrook and Small Heath was where they are on a map . |
| 6 | I knew of Dominica only as the birthplace of Jean Rhys , a writer I deeply admire . |
| 7 | I knew of only one other certainty and he had no knowledge of his disease . |
| 8 | I had to lift my gaze from the old dashboard that I had sat in front of for more than sixty years to a new one , and the only new one I knew of displayed the dials and instruments of what is called holistic medicine and which at that time I took to be something I knew virtually nothing about . |
| 9 | I knew of the need for fibre , fresh fruits and vegetables — even if I did n't much like them — and I knew of the dangers of saturated fats and too much salt . |
| 10 | I knew of the need for fibre , fresh fruits and vegetables — even if I did n't much like them — and I knew of the dangers of saturated fats and too much salt . |
| 11 | I knew of the Knowlton Circles in Dorset but I had never seen them , although I had seen an air photograph . |
| 12 | Did n't happen any town that I knew of except London and I can understand why they did it in London — very expensive place for a young detective to make a shape — cost too much money keeping in front of your job there . |
| 13 | I knew of no one who liked the girl . |
| 14 | All the techniques I knew of finding people were to no avail : the man with his gaunt face , grey hair and fur-collared parka was more invisible than myself . |
| 15 | He came back and used another word I knew of course but had never heard my father , or any adult , say before . |
| 16 | I exercised all the patience I could muster , trying every trick I knew of to get a performance out of Monty . |
| 17 | As for the old houses , there were none in the immediate area that I knew of , other than these which had been built as a nostalgic memento , as a reminder , as a gift both to himself and his family from a man who must have known innately that in discarding the past his people were in danger of losing their touchstone . |
| 18 | I knew of young people who would rush into marriages , even parenthood , in order to further their passport and visa applications , such was their desperation to get out . |
| 19 | ( One campus I knew of in a large industrial city used to be so strictly guarded that the students referred to it as the town 's ‘ second prison ’ . ) |
| 20 | One of the most interesting cases that Maureen came across that I knew of was a peregrine falcon . |
| 21 | I knew of a man who needed an assassin . |
| 22 | I knew of another man who dealt in them . |
| 23 | My mind turned back to the man Mrs Bradshaw had accosted in the garden , but I knew of no one who bore me that kind of grudge or , if he did , would take it out on me in such a petty and spiteful way . |
| 24 | Now I had a companion to share everything with , someone I knew of old and with whom there were no constraints , and seven years ' news to keep the conversation flowing . |
| 25 | I I knew of the existence of this of this report went to the enquiry on this Tuesday by mistake , but I two |
| 26 | The first I knew of this was when , seeing his bollard shape through the wrought-iron railings , my old humiliator Holland turned to me and said , placing predictably his malicious emphasis , ‘ There 's your ‘ guardian ’ , Wharton , come to take you off for some wanky-wanky , as usual . ’ |
| 27 | I suddenly realized that if she suspected I knew of her guilt , she might attack me . |
| 28 | I did n't know the person but I knew of her and I knew a friend of mine went to her , this is the one that did seven years . |
| 29 | I had no intention just then of attempting such a thing , but as I lay awake that night I realised that if it had n't been for Lili I might have felt it necessary to attempt to describe to someone , anyone , what I knew of God and what he had asked of me . |
| 30 | The brothers had not been told , only Radulfus , Prior Robert , Hugh and I knew of it , leaving out of consideration Cynric 's boy , who runs errands faithfully , but barely understands what he delivers , and forgets his embassage as soon as done and rewarded . |