Example sentences of "know a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Lady , most of the females I pump liquor into would n't know a nefarious purpose if they saw one . ’ |
| 2 | Did she know a terrible secret from his past , which she had threatened to tell ? |
| 3 | to look across at a group wh who would know a cynical opportunity if it hit them in the face . |
| 4 | Goddamnit , Tweed , we do n't know a bloody thing ! ’ |
| 5 | But this only raises another question : how do we know a specific presence when we see one ? |
| 6 | ‘ Do you know a suitable hotel I can stay at ? ’ she asked . |
| 7 | Well , they did during the Underground strikes , and I honestly did know a young brat-race type who went to work in the West End on a unicycle . |
| 8 | DO N'T say we in Northern Ireland do n't know a future winner when we see one in the motor cycling game . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't think most of these loves would know a sedimentary land mass from a steak-and-kidney pudding , ’ he says . |
| 10 | Well then , you will know a good cigar when you taste one . ’ |
| 11 | Those of you who are involved in deciding whether to apply for a place in further or higher education will already know a good deal about how to read prospectuses without believing everything they say : what they do not say is just as important . |
| 12 | Do you know a good locksmith ? ’ |
| 13 | But they do know a good ad when they see one . |
| 14 | ‘ Do you know a good solicitor ? ’ |
| 15 | We know very little about the world history of such ideas and their dialectical development , but we do know a good deal about how things have gone in the main literate civilizations over the past four thousand years . |
| 16 | The association continues next year — P.S. Does anyone know a good hockey coach — we definitely need one ! |
| 17 | We shall know a great deal more about such matters in two or three years ' time , if money can be raised to commission an end-of-the-century version of The Architect and his Office . |
| 18 | To till properly , you must know a great deal about every bit of your land — you will find variations between different parts of even one small field — soil texture , structure , acidity , drainage , and history must all be considered ; as must the significance of the life within the soil and its relationship to fertility . |
| 19 | They do n't know a great deal at the moment about competitive strategies , marketing strategies , organisational analysis and all the other issues that keep chief executives awake at night . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ He did not know a great deal about navigation , although he had enough fuel to get to France , but all he had with him was a holdall with a spare pair of shoes , a sandwich and a sports diary with a map of the world in it . ’ |
| 21 | He said to me on the phone he did n't know a great deal cos he was just getting it all together . |
| 22 | I do n't know a great deal about the sorcerers of the Future , ’ said Calatin , who actually knew nothing at all about them , but thought it would sound unprofessional to admit this , ‘ but I do n't think we should rely on them . |
| 23 | I do n't know a great deal about flowers , to tell the truth . |
| 24 | I hope you will know a great deal more of me before you write my Life . ’ ’ |
| 25 | Well , at least one good thing would come out of this trip , she decided philosophically — she would know a great deal more about Denmark 's capital city by the time she returned to England . |
| 26 | I do not know a great deal about the Labour party 0898 line , but I know that the complaints that I have made for many years to the Minister and his predecessors have been not about Neil Kinnock but about the serious pornographic messages that I believe have contributed significantly to the crimes of violence against women that take place outside on the streets . |
| 27 | ‘ It has always been in the family and we know that James Springhall lived in Cargo Fleet Road , but other than that I 'm afraid we do n't know a great deal about him , or his life in Australia . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ There are a lot of blanks in the Thirties where we do n't know a great deal about it and there was a period just after the war from 1947 through to the middle Fifties — that 's another gap . |
| 29 | Later she would know a heady excitement when she thought of his words . |
| 30 | Only for a brief moment while Merrill was changing her shoes did she know a fleeting reservation . |