Example sentences of "have know some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The establishment of the mixed patrician-plebeian collegium of the Xviri sacris faciundis coincides with the full parification of the two orders in the Licinian-Sextian laws of 367 B.C. The members of the college presumably had to know some Greek if they were to consult the Sibylline books .
2 But happen it 's for the best ; you had to know some time .
3 ‘ You 've known some fishermen , then ? ’
4 I fell through the door with Marius and immediately started talking to a former member of the British Parachute Regiment who had known some friends of mine .
5 It was like the star chefs , like the film directors who think they make films single-handed , it was a world of overblown egos in which someone like Dennis — and , goddamn it , he had known some tribulations in his day ! — could forget or , worse , overlook the common decencies of humanity .
6 He had known some time before .
7 Certainly , I have known some undergraduates who would rise brilliantly to such a challenge ; but they are an exception , and one can not base a course on what would suit the exceptional student , much as one would like to .
8 I have known some pigs which were really rather clean .
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