Example sentences of "[pers pn] know [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir : A few hours after reading Terry Coleman 's article on the United Nations General Assembly ( 30 September ) , I came across this passage in Trollope 's Barchester Towers , which exactly expressed my feelings , and , I hope , those of many others of your readers : I know no life that must be so delicious as that of a writer for the newspapers … to thunder forth accusations against men in power ; show up the worst side of everything that is produced ; to pick holes in every coat ; to be indignant , sarcastic , jocose , moral , or supercilious ; to damn with faint praise , or crush with open calumny . |
| 2 | ‘ I know no man since the apostles ’ days , ’ wrote Baxter , ‘ whom I honour more than Calvin , and whose judgment in all things , one with another , I more esteem and come nearer to . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I know no man big enough to fill it . ’ |
| 4 | I know no touch of consanguinity — No kin , no love , no blood , no soul so near me As the sweet Troilus . |
| 5 | But up to your right , where the estuary flows into the sea , that 's Mr Swinton 's land and although I know no harm in him myself , they say — they say he does n't like trespassers , Miss Alexandra . |
| 6 | I know no reason why you should be . ’ |
| 7 | I know no reason to be ashamed of it . |
| 8 | ‘ I know no difference between this case and that of a mandamus . |
| 9 | I know every blade of grass , fern , broom , every tree , pond and lane for miles around . |
| 10 | I know every word of it by heart . |
| 11 | It was not too far to jump and I know every inch of the lake . |
| 12 | ‘ I know every inch of that stone , ’ said Adam jealously , leaning to finger the carved leaf with a gesture of ungovernable tenderness . |
| 13 | My problem with Smokey is that I know every song backwards and familiarity cuts the excitement quota . |
| 14 | I know every gun in that room . |
| 15 | Yes he 's built a business up and I 'm not denying him that er or anything at all , But somehow now er I do n't know whether the wheel is turning too fast for him to co keep up with it or whether it 's erm oh never mind the erm the industry of the locality , providing the money stakes a I know every business has got to pay for itself and that we we 're not , If this quarry was on the down grade and er er somebody had come to us said , look unless you take a drop in your wages er we ca n't survive that would be a different issue altogether . |
| 16 | I know every move he makes . ’ |
| 17 | I know every line . |
| 18 | I know a bloke at Waddington he 's very , very good with videos |
| 19 | I know a bloke called Tom who lives in Cheltenham , he 's called Tom . |
| 20 | Trouble is now , cos I know a hairdresser the shop , if I go somewhere else , it looks a bit you know and yet I 'm not very satisfied with the way he cuts it , he 's done it cheap . |
| 21 | ‘ When the wind is southerly , ’ he said promptly , ‘ I know a hawk from a handsaw . ’ |
| 22 | HAMLET : I am but mad north north-west ; when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw . |
| 23 | ‘ But I know a friend when I see one . ’ |
| 24 | Erm I know a friend of mine , and my ambition , then , was to wear a collar and tie and wear half-shoes , as opposed to a jersey and boots . |
| 25 | I know a racket when I smell one . |
| 26 | I know a championship show judge who has no qualms about doing it . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't go to photocalls or to anywhere I know a mass of photographers are going to be . |
| 28 | He gives terrible parties up there — I know a girl who 's been to them . |
| 29 | no really , listen , I know a girl called |
| 30 | Erm I know a boy erm Rickie who just lives up our road |