Example sentences of "knew about [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew about the famous Sherlock Holmes . |
| 2 | Her friends did not think of her as a drunk and Rachel would be truly shocked if she knew about the long nights of insomnia and secret alcohol . |
| 3 | Only one-third knew about the financial benefits available to carers , less than half knew of support services available and only 38 per cent would turn to social services for advice . |
| 4 | He replied that he did not care and anyway he knew about the Black shooting and there was no truth in what we were saying . |
| 5 | Previously , however , the worst effects were largely avoided by a combination of the expertise of the cartographer , who knew about the inherent generalization implicit in analogue maps , while the difficulty of manipulating maps by manual means precluded most forms of analysis likely to be sensitive to the effects of error . |
| 6 | Some knew about the various methods of pain relief available , but others had no idea at all , and this made them feel even less in control of what was happening to them . |
| 7 | In his spotless home , amongst his large and benevolent family , we were fed enormous meals , shown their exotic collection of shells and sponges , and pumped for all we knew about the outside world . |
| 8 | ‘ Once I knew about the other woman , I realised we 'd been drifting apart and that , at weekends , I 'd felt quite distant . |
| 9 | Luce thought over what she knew about the other woman . |
| 10 | He knew about the whole organisation . |
| 11 | I knew about the bad weather , and I had learned later that , on account of this , the plane had been recalled without accomplishing its mission . |
| 12 | We knew about the social side and we knew about the , the shop was our shop . |
| 13 | But RJ Mitchell 's early death from cancer at the age of 42 in 1937 meant he never knew about the vital role the Spitfire played in his country 's defence . |
| 14 | Basing the structure of authority upon a governor , a council for day-to-day affairs , and an assembly to pass legislation , vote taxes , and express the trend of public feeling was an arrangement that would seem natural to anyone who knew about the English system of King , Privy Council , and parliament . |
| 15 | Even in the days when every dog on the street knew about the impending Digital closure , employees of the company were reluctant to talk publicly about their plight . |
| 16 | No one knew about the little girl who suffered from asthma ; no one knew one family was Jewish and might have different dietary requirements . |
| 17 | Later , sitting in the Lagonda with one hand on the steering wheel , Mungo tried to recall what he knew about the dead girl , apart from her name . |
| 18 | They all knew about the big house in its own grounds and the genuine Yankee jeep his father drove . |
| 19 | Some organisations knew about the different types of viral hepatitis and that there is a long incubation period . |