Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [pron] know " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , yes well we ca n't talk you see , we do n't know , we do n't know what 's happening , but she 's been suffering a lot with her back just now and she put that off you know that because she 's not attending the meetings , she ca n't sit , and if she comes to the meetings she ca n't sit down , she stands up , props herself against the wall and stand up right at the back so , we do n't know you see |
| 2 | so half of me knew I was a woman |
| 3 | Not surprisingly though Rita gets along well with her various employers , some of whom know she is working illegally , and some of whom do n't . |
| 4 | ‘ She does n't get out much ’ , a phrase that Shirley had learned to use of her mother to forestall enquiry , impertinence , sympathy : a middle-aged phrase that she heard in her own voice as parody — indeed , she had noticed that when ‘ the family ’ gathered together all of them spoke in parodies of clichés , and some of them knew quite well that they were doing it . |
| 5 | There are a number of different kinds of bomb , some of them known by a variety of colourful synonyms , but in many cases , there is a good deal of argument about exactly how they acquire their shape . |
| 6 | Some of you know Now way back a couple of weeks ago when we were doing the group seven the one that 's spelt F C L B R I A T. |
| 7 | Right , some of you know me , some of you do n't . |
| 8 | Some of us knew what that meant by then . |
| 9 | Perhaps some of us knew before of God 's plan for the animals . |
| 10 | In theory , everyone listens carefully to the evidence , but some of us know that the reality has much more to do with the political persuasion of hon. Members appointed to the Committee and to discussions that take place when they are debating . |
| 11 | Some of us know all about that . |
| 12 | Early reports suggested that few of them knew about the registration process because the government 's public information had been put out on a Friday , the first day of the Kuwaiti weekend . |
| 13 | Northern taxpayers are also losing , but few of them know that they are already ‘ bailing out the banks ’ . |
| 14 | Only a few of us knew about the cave . |
| 15 | The fact that the break-up value of many large corporations is greater than their share value shows pretty clearly how much value corporate managers can subtract from their subsidiary businesses , but in fact few of us know exactly what managerial added value would look like when it is occurring . |
| 16 | Er but I would add this to you know please do not depend in any way upon Beria |
| 17 | So er to look at it er another way , w I , I 'll stop before I go back to the erm slides , because I want to show you a few on you know erm er the way that money 's worked over the last forty years , but if you look at index-linked certificates , cos somebody mentioned that , are they worth having ? |
| 18 | Each of the four was an experienced police frogman , and each of them knew exactly what he was looking for — knew indeed the exact dimensions of the object and the positioning of the three great ruby eyes once set into it . |
| 19 | Each of them knows perfectly well that the strength of her position in the home lies in the physical dependence of her husband and children upon her and she is suspicious of anything that would tend to undermine this . |
| 20 | Each of you knows exactly where you are trying to go . |
| 21 | Each of us knows the nature of his or her own sensory states ; but can we know the nature of the sensory states of others , or even that there are any other minds to have the sensory states which are not ours ? |
| 22 | There is another America which neither of them knew , except tangentially : the America of the Old Confederacy which had known defeat , and was committed to living with that knowledge . |
| 23 | What neither of them knew was that the morning pouch from Riyadh contained a confidential letter from Steve Pyle to the London-based General Manager for Overseas Operations . |
| 24 | Although neither of them knew it , the Munich trip was the last expedition that Leopold and Wolfgang would make together . |
| 25 | There was a hesitation , as if neither of them knew how to start talking to the other . |
| 26 | They were both young , of course , and neither of them knew what they were talking about . |
| 27 | They argued ferociously about Ireland , although neither of them knew too much about it . |
| 28 | Neither of them knew her well , but they would recognise her as the secretary of someone important in the administration . |
| 29 | Neither of them knew him , the assignment was n't exactly official . |
| 30 | Bruch contrasts this fortunate majority with both the anorexic and the obese person , neither of whom knows how to gauge the state of her own stomach or assess what is a reasonable requirement of food for her own bodily needs.9 The obese person can not recognise that her stomach is full , nor the anorexic that hers is empty . |