Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] know [indef pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | getting compurgators to swear that they believed him to be oathworthy , although they knew nothing of the facts of the case . |
| 2 | He showed it to Patrizia Valesio and asked if she knew anything about the asterisks which Chiodini had pointed out . |
| 3 | I asked Dang if she knew anything on the subject of knitting machines . |
| 4 | When the passengers are cleaned up see if you can get this young lady , Irene Charial , alone and find out if she knows anything about the layout of the engine-room . |
| 5 | If you know something about the deeper inner workings of computers then you can make use of this fact to guess what sort of things might cause a program some difficulties . |
| 6 | ‘ If you know anything about the history of art , you 'll know that the real process of evaluation goes on after things have stopped . |
| 7 | Erm , er , if you , if you know anything about the kind of thing that actually goes on er , it 's nothing like the it 's supposed to be . |
| 8 | And I would like to ask and if you know anything about the the topography of Harrogate , the second er most attractive feature of this town after the Nidd Gorge is in fact . |
| 9 | Erm , the other thing is , if you know anything about the subject , which most amanuensists should do , you actually start filling in the gaps . |
| 10 | If you know anything about the robbery , please help us . ’ |
| 11 | If they know nothing upon the question , is that nothingness still to be respected ? ’ |
| 12 | I ask if they know anything about the snowy owl . |
| 13 | He may have shown indifference with his remark that Christians need not be ashamed if they knew nothing of the number and properties of the elements . |
| 14 | As the evening wore on , he asked Derek if he knew anything about the Ulster Defence Association or anybody in it . |
| 15 | Isaac proceeds as if he knows nothing of the events surrounding the pot of soup . |
| 16 | ‘ While you 're speaking to him , I suggest you ask him if he knows anyone in the building trade who would like to come out here to help you . |
| 17 | Was it because you knew somebody in the factory or was it the wages that attracted you ? |
| 18 | But , because she knew nothing of the business , I insisted that she let me handle things . |
| 19 | I 'm sure you can appreciate that people are wary about big-city developers coming in and turning everywhere upside-down because they know nothing about the area . ’ |
| 20 | But , although I hoped very much that he would be here , it seemed to me that it mattered little whether one knew anybody in the camp or not . |
| 21 | He felt her slim shoulder move under the thick fabric of the tartan shirt , " as much as I know anything at the moment , that 's what I think I 'll be doing . |
| 22 | And Clara , who could see no elegant way of enlarging this tantalizing scrap of information , had to make do with it — she dared not ask any further , for she knew nothing about the Labour Party , nor about the elder Ash 's political views , nor about A. J. Warbley himself , beyond the fact that his name was written up in black Gothic letters over his son 's shop door . |
| 23 | Youatt , in 1839 , wrote that the appointment of Vial as Professor was a flagrant and irreparable error , for he knew nothing of the diseases of cattle and their treatment . |