Example sentences of "[noun] know a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ethel knew a lot more about what the master would and would not think of doing to a young woman than Mr Eames did . |
| 2 | Employers know a lot about their businesses , how to apply for jobs and other work-related issues . |
| 3 | Erm , we hear a lot about the holocaust that happened to the Jews in the second world war but not so many people know a lot about the holocaust that has happened to women over centuries and centuries where millions of women were burnt as witches , but er , just because they were women ! |
| 4 | He said Dad , there 's a lot of people know a lot more than we do . |
| 5 | ‘ Mrs Simpson knew a lot about life , ’ Edward once said . |
| 6 | And Steve knows a lot about being poor . |
| 7 | These men know a lot about hijacks ; much more than the US Marines or , probably , your own soldiers , Prime Minister . |
| 8 | Modern botanical science knows a lot about dominant and recessive genes ( which characteristics are dominant over others ) but despite all the science , the one thing that you can be sure about is that there is no certainty about which characteristics of either male or female parent will show through in their progeny . |
| 9 | Some philosophers know a lot about bells and think that everyone who hears ringing noises in their ears must have bats in the belfry . |
| 10 | For all its faults , the company knows a lot about making PCs talk to each other , and this is the best news yet for Unix wannabees . |
| 11 | ‘ Connie knows a lot of villains , ’ said Camille , as one who once might have said , ‘ She knows a lot of dukes . ’ |
| 12 | Simon King knows a lot of other things you wo n't find in books : take his advice and learn to be your own badger expert . |