Example sentences of "i know [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know nothing about the domestic side of life — and I do n't intend to start getting involved with it now . ’ |
| 2 | I know you for a pure creature . |
| 3 | ‘ And is n't it fortunate that I know you for a blind fool ? ’ |
| 4 | This was best summed up by Everett , the market gardener : ‘ She were never a gel , but I knew her as a young woman and she were old then . ’ |
| 5 | In fact I knew her for a tough-minded young woman with feminist leanings and rather more interest in student politics than would be helpful in her academic work . |
| 6 | Much to my shame I knew nothing of the Cambrian Railways as most of my interest up to then had been in the Southern Railways and to a greater extent industrial railways , and so decided that much research was necessary , which along with the commencement of renovations will form part of our next episode : - ‘ A NEW STATION IN LIFE ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ I knew him as a hard-working , modest , and honest politician , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I lived with my husband for er , three and a half years , and I knew him for a good number of years before then , so we made a joint decision after that period of time that we were , wanted to commit ourselves |
| 9 | I knew him through the Civil Service Orchestra , you see . |
| 10 | I had been there and I knew it as a beautiful seaside resort , but that was n't why I was so delighted . |
| 11 | It is worlds apart from school as I knew it in the 1960s . |
| 12 | To expect a genius — yes , my daughter is a genius , I knew it from the first — to endure the humdrum ways of marriage , bear children , become a housewife — it does not bear thinking of ! |
| 13 | In my A stream class at " the convent " I knew none of the other girls and rarely saw my former classmates . |