Example sentences of "[pron] knows the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt Mr Furbank thought this unnecessary ; yet if he assumes a readership which knows the general background , why does he need to devote a page to the nature and status of the parlement of Paris ? |
| 2 | I suggest that any hon. Member with a constituency problem should get in touch with the Securities and Investments Board , which is taking the lead in this matter and which knows the individual details of specific cases . |
| 3 | ( Nobody knows the exact date , which is probably just as well : to categorize a house like this can take away some of its romance . ) |
| 4 | Nobody knows the true measure of that inflation , but in the cities it is something in the region of 15–20% a year , and rising . |
| 5 | She knows the international jetsetters and , with her powerful storyteller 's talent , she brings these characters to life in her latest book . |
| 6 | She knows the twentieth century . |
| 7 | Her eyes are wide and curious upon my face , as though she knows the very name of me even without introduction . |
| 8 | And so , when the manager gets to 60 or so and is given his carriage clock and company pension ( if he is lucky ) , there is somebody to take over who knows the right people and can do the right things . |
| 9 | Well it 's very simple , who knows the Peruvian Glory ? |
| 10 | The Court assumes that failure to explain why it was not practicable to obtain a report from such a doctor will make the admission unlawful , and the same point is made by Professor Hoggett ( Mental Health Law ( 3rd ed. ) at pp.102–103 ) , who also stresses that the administrative arrangements for medical cover does not necessarily make it impracticable to obtain a recommendation from a doctor who knows the prospective patient . |
| 11 | It 's not merely a false stance though : the only person who knows the real Morrissey , his mother , has proved this on many occasions by telephoning Rough Trade 's office to complain about their handling of her delicate son . |
| 12 | One player who knows the funny side of Charlton is David Mills , Britain 's first 500,000 footballer , who had stints with Big Jack at Middlesbrough and Sheffield Wednesday . |
| 13 | He still works very closely with them and is the only person who knows the exact location of every borehole ; the size of every drain , and more . |
| 14 | ‘ For gosh sake , for somebody who knows the human anatomy inside and out , you 're awfully prim , Charity . |
| 15 | of my households are single-person households — I do not think that it is quite that high — I shall make absolutely certain that every one knows the Labour party 's policy for them . |
| 16 | ‘ No one knows the long term result on his health , although we think he will get back . |
| 17 | Ashman seems to make more whimsical use of the device of exit up-stage , re-entry stage right ( whether the idea is Ashman 's or Noelte 's , its use in duets where one knows the exiting character has a line to sing almost at once , soon becomes irritating ) . |
| 18 | But no one knows the exact details : when the accident happened , the War Office was secretive and my father remembers nothing except waking up in hospital and the five major brain operations that followed to remove bits of shrapnel from his triple-fractured skull . |
| 19 | No one knows the true number of political prisoners executed in the run up to the anniversary . |
| 20 | I put them down as Dutch and everybody knows the Dutch buy antiques by the lorry-load . |
| 21 | Everybody knows the French Pub , or at least they say they know it if you prompt them with ‘ you know , the one in Dean Street ’ , though it 's not in many of the guide books . |
| 22 | he knows the other names |
| 23 | See diversion sign and ask B if he knows the best way around it . |
| 24 | ‘ The … the stuff that causes the heat in chillis ’ and I smile , because I just know from the way he phrased that that he knows the technical term but does n't want to appear too smart-alec ‘ is n't soluble in water , but it is soluble in fat . |
| 25 | Is it true that he knows the great geophysicist in the sky ? |
| 26 | " Ask him if he knows the magic words ! |
| 27 | ‘ I think he 's very important because of that fact , and also as he knows the French set-up and the way they play . |
| 28 | He knows the precise needs of our hearts , in such a unique and personal way that we experience the remarkable conviction that we are being personally and intimately addressed by his word . |
| 29 | Everyone knows the sparkling overture , but you can find out all about the rest of the opera , which brilliantly balances laughter and tears , at an informal Open Forum on Saturday 25 April 1992 , 2.30pm – 4.30pm in the Grand Hall of Leeds Grand Theatre . |
| 30 | Everyone knows the fantastical splendours of that fairy-tale citadel called St Pancras and the lost magnificence of the Euston Arch , but beyond them in the rest of Britain stood other wonders : the medieval Gothic abbey that was Richmond Station , the handsome Jacobean mansion that was Stamford East , the elegant French Renaissance château of Southport Lord Street , the trim Alpine hunting-lodge that was Kendal , the airy Edwardian summer-house that was Wemyss Bay . |