Example sentences of "[conj] i know [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm I must confess I 've always had rather a soft spot for macro mutations , I do n't know why , it may have had something to do with Goldsmith 's prose , which is sort of rather moving when you get into it , erm and partly , and this is an interesting comment as an aside , that I knew as an undergraduate that to argue in favour of Goldsmith would make my teachers in general , and Professor J B S Halldane in particular , exceedingly angry and making one 's teachers angry is , after all , one of the activities into which undergraduates should occasionally go . |
| 2 | It 's also the fact that I know for a fact , I know for a fact that she 's very frightened of his temper when it happens . |
| 3 | I doubt either can afford to stay at a hotel and I know for a fact that they 're not at any of the local hostels ; neither , I have been reliably informed , have they put in an appearance at the local ‘ hippie ’ compound . |
| 4 | And when I 've done a a spot on photograph for them , when somebody else is mentioning a photograph , you know , er to go up in the Town Hall or whatever , er they the local mayor has just had one done by one of the guys in the workshop , and I know for a fact I could do one that 's ten times better than that . |
| 5 | No , he calmly surveys them , holds his hands up for silence — and I know for a fact he ca n't speak a word of Japanese . ’ |
| 6 | She 's getting some money , and I know for a fact she getting it . |
| 7 | That 's got a glossy leaf and I know by an elimination process it 's got to be a euonymous of some descripton . |
| 8 | We both smiled , and I knew for a fact that she was n't Daine . |
| 9 | God knows I do n't want to rot here if I knew of a way out , surely that 's plain . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ But I know of a way . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I would n't like to say that there is not such a thing as black magic but I know of a coincidence , or something that happened regularly . |
| 12 | This is partly due to my experiences as a politician , because I know as a politician that when you are doing something naughty , nothing is more effective than to muddy the waters with complication . |
| 13 | Granny , they said , was a good Christian woman , though I knew like a flame burns true that she was perfect with no riders , the empress of her acres , her livestock . |