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

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1 But we shall not know for some time yet .
2 I was in the Lion , fortnight ago , Sunday dinnertime and lads had been on this er bike ride , you know for some children
3 I know of some competitors who fight from a fully sideways-facing straddle stance .
4 We know with some confidence that if greenhouse gases continue to be emitted in their present quantities , we will experience unprecedented rates of sea-level rise .
5 You never know with some people . ’
6 I mean you may want to er for example , you know in some ways some of the responses may fit in quite nicely as a point on a scale or something like that , you may have some , you know , be able to in fact I advise you to come up with a fair number of quantitative type questions
7 And you know to some extent it 's just time and keeping yourself ticking over that 's going to get that aspect of things better .
8 It does not matter that we already know to some extent what has happened to you .
9 It has been known for some years now that records of the electricity activity of the brain during sleep — by electrodes attached to the scalp , face and neck — confirm that different types of sleep exist .
10 Difficulties with the present ‘ grey gate ’ system , in which the starter pulls a lever to raise a 65 yard-long elastic tape , have been known for some years .
11 The problems of the system under which the starter operates a lever had been known for some years , but the Jockey Club and the course executive failed to replace it , the report added .
12 Difficulties with the present ‘ grey gate ’ system , in which the starter pulls a lever to raise a 65 yard-long elastic tape , have been known for some years .
13 John Rolfe , conference chairman , said : ‘ People within the industry have known for some time there is a need for such a gathering .
14 He had known for some time that it was inevitable .
15 Rhoda he had also known for some time .
16 It had been known for some time that relations between Stephenson and Villa were strained because of the player 's insistence on living in his home-town of Newcastle , and several clubs , keen to secure him , were watching the situation closely .
17 The French high command must also have known for some time , but hushed it up no doubt . ’
18 The latter phenomenon has been known for some time , Zwaardemaker recording several ‘ cancelling pairs ’ as far back as 1875 , which included :
19 The mistake was made even more stupid by the fact that he had known for some time the big tides were due .
20 The powerful hydrogen bonding capacity of fluoride , discussed by John Emsley , has been known for some time , but its potential for interfering with the vitally important hydrogen bonds between biomolecules has only recently begun to receive attention .
21 Scientists have known for some time that fusion reactions between nuclei of deuterium and tritium are more likely if the nuclear spins line up in the same direction .
22 I am delighted to have heard anything worthwhile by Schillings , whose music I have known for some time in piano-vocal scores but have not encountered in performance .
23 The Major , a close confidant of the Princess , added : ‘ We have known for some time that some very senior members of the IOC have the knives out for our sport .
24 People have known for some time what has been going on , and I 'm surprised it has taken this long to come out into the open .
25 We have known for some time that this can not have been the case .
26 It has been known for some time that eyes give out bioelectric signals — the retina has a positive charge , the cornea is negative .
27 Segmentation is not an innovation in woodturning , and has been known for some time .
28 It has been known for some time that the majority of fibres from the left and right eyes converge upon single cells in the visual cortex of the cat and monkey ( Hubel and Wiesel , 1967 ) .
29 Though tragically killed in a recent motorbike accident , Madra was an undisputed maestro of the art , as well as an easy and informative friend whom I had known for some time , so it was a shock to witness the epic genius which came through him , and the transformation which both he and his audience underwent in that open village square the first time I saw him perform .
30 And it was n't Iris who told us , though she had known for some time that it had come through the Strait shortly after the Belgrano had been sunk .
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