Example sentences of "[pron] knew [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1	And I 'll say this now , they was in business there , nextdoor , and I knew them like that , they says any machinery come here and use it , and they 'd got shears and all that sort of thing , and with their help , you know , I had these four locks and did them and took them down in no time to m to er , to and they was flabbergasted because of the quickness of them , you know , and they says er we can always find you sommat to work if er this is the case .
2	But even then , before I knew her at all , I sensed that normality was not really Karen 's thing .
3	richly into , for I knew him by these things .
4	‘ And I knew it from that first day when you came driving down to the chais like a crazy woman .
5	She knew it in all its moods , the formless expanse of a dark winter morning , the bright sparkle of summer , when the water , however dirty it might be really , seemed to have the freshness of faraway springs .
6	Peter Yeo , who knew him in this over-candid , over-emphatic mood , decided to prod gently .
7	Everyone who knew him in those schooldays — men and women alike — speak with affection of him : stories tumble out like clothes spilling out of a split suitcase — Richard peeing out of the train window as the engine roared by the station platform , Richard taking a girl up on to a mountain and scaring her to flight at his howl as a passionate hand landed on one of his more angry boils , Rich , reeking of beer , rolling into school and being sent home .
8	Those who knew her during this period described her as full of life and fun and an exceptional administrator .
9	All stories were to be based on scientific and historical facts as we knew them at that time .
10	I went everywhere and no-one knew me at all .
11	I found a felt-tip pen in the desk drawer and addressed the envelope to ‘ Mr F. MacLean ’ care of a pub I knew in Southwark where they knew me by that name .

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