Example sentences of "know by " in BNC.
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| 1 | By looking at the kinship terms of a society one could therefore know by this means what had been the previous kinship system , practised in the past by the people concerned . |
| 2 | A S EVERYONE must know by now , 1992 marks the 40th anniversary of H M The Queen 's accession to the throne . |
| 3 | ( ’ One may know by your kiss that your gin is excellent . ’ ) |
| 4 | I must know by the middle of October who wants to come , phone on evening only . |
| 5 | ‘ You should know by your age , Lachlan , there 's more ways of getting to the other side of a mountain than by chewing through it . |
| 6 | They are children : they do not know by instinct how to behave and how to treat one another . |
| 7 | You should know by now it wo n't work . |
| 8 | She sat bushy-tailed for the day at a table with two men , one her husband ( ‘ You 'd think I 'd know by now after thirty-eight years what he likes for his breakfast ’ ) , the other a distant cousin , I decided . |
| 9 | But then we should all know by now that purely cricketing considerations are less of a priority than once they were . |
| 10 | I should know by now that heavy drinkers are awfully fond of high-flown rationalisations for any brief spell of abstinence . |
| 11 | You would never know by its handling that it had anything but a normal tail unit . |
| 12 | Significantly , he added : ‘ If the answer is no , I 'll be letting them know by the end of this month . ’ |
| 13 | All of us should know by now of the decision taken at the special church meeting on 13th May to go ahead with the purchase of the Camphill building . |
| 14 | No NATO general could have organised the strategy so well , for what general can recognise and know by name over a thousand of his troops — even when masked ? |
| 15 | ‘ When I put my hand down to feel what was wrong I realised she was being attacked — but I did n't know by what . |
| 16 | Lawrence , as you must surely know by now , used to be in Felt . |
| 17 | If she reads this , or if any one reading it knows of her present whereabouts or has any information which would help me contact her , would they please let me know by writing to me at . |
| 18 | They must know by now whether a relief force was coming near . |
| 19 | " Now , I do n't expect an answer just now , but if I do n't know by dinner tonight , I am dismissing the entire staff without reference . |
| 20 | ‘ If they do n't know by 1 April , it wo n't be through want of trying , ’ says Walters . |
| 21 | We shall know by then if the extraordinary nimbleness and decisiveness of his footwork remains , and if the eye is as glinting as the conglomeration of gold charms that dangle from his necklace . |
| 22 | Mr. Gillespie wanted time to consider over it , and promised to let the Secretary know by the end of the week whether he would accept or not . " |
| 23 | Does he know by the way ? ’ |
| 24 | You should know by now that it 's bound to happen . |
| 25 | As sitting tenants we get first refusal , but he must know by next Monday whether we 're interested . " |
| 26 | If this is the case please let them know by phoning tel ; for monthly paid staff and for weekly paid staff . |
| 27 | You must know by now that women are not all the same . ’ |
| 28 | Especially the last one , and you should know by now that I do n't function well without caffeine . ’ |
| 29 | Anyone interested in writing a short piece describing their own efforts ( whether in writing or by word of mouth ) is invited to let me know by 1st May . |
| 30 | They did n't know by people were paying good money for them as er the farmers were moving out and it was er a good copper bed . |