Example sentences of "[pron] know [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The odd day here and there is not important , but if you could let me know within the next couple of weeks or so when you intend to take a major part of your holiday away — if you know — I do n't myself know erm yet — but if you do know then I can have a look at the overall picture and see that we 're not all dispersed . |
| 2 | I know about the strange stains she found |
| 3 | Oh , yes , I know about the secret metal box she owned ; her turreted chamber at Blois with its magic mirror which told her the future ; and her employment of that terrible prophet Nostradamus who prophesied the end of the world . |
| 4 | ‘ I know as a public figure I am likely to be lampooned . |
| 5 | However , once we start to distort the operation of open justice and the consideration of the matters , we may very well , through the operation of rumour and all its insidious effects that are so damaging in libel cases — the only justification that I know for the high damages granted in such cases — inflict more damage on justice than we realise . |
| 6 | I know of a female member of this union who was sexually abused by her male colleagues , who I might add , are members of the G M B. |
| 7 | I know of a young female who had to show a leading hand a tampon out of her pocket , to prove that she needed a toilet . |
| 8 | ‘ I know of a short lease up for sale , just off Soho Square , ’ Brassard interrupted . |
| 9 | I know of a lovely teacher who told her boys and girls in school about God 's plan for the animals and they had a mother bunny in her cage right in the schoolroom . |
| 10 | He is looking for that quality which you must allow me to call ‘ modernity ’ ; for I know of no better word to express the idea I have in mind . |
| 11 | It felt quite good to get them returned covered with diagrams and comments , I know of no better sign that a project has the attention and support of the personnel involved . |
| 12 | ‘ But I know of no sociological survey that shows that . |
| 13 | Despite one doctor 's comment ‘ I know of no specific evidence to show that aromatherapy is of any real clinical value ’ aromatherapy can indeed be practised on a clinical or down-to-earth scientific level . |
| 14 | Whilst I know of no specific legend attached to them , the Tingle Stone and the Twizzle Stone , both in Gloucestershire , are very suggestive of just the sort of effects which have been reported at standing stones in recent years . |
| 15 | Behind the geniality and the ebullient showmanship , something ‘ passionate and austere ’ — I know of no other testimony which strikes that necessary note so firmly . |
| 16 | On a clear dawn or a copper sunset I know of no other mountain which has quite such dramatic appeal . |
| 17 | But I know of no other performance that encapsulates the charmed essence of this infuriatingly diffuse music with such surety and projection . |
| 18 | I know of no other cichlid anywhere in the world with a comparable tail pattern , and we have no idea what has led to its evolution in this species . |
| 19 | Hunter ended his description with a comment on Maria and a hint as to his charges to Martin Van Butchell : ‘ This body … yet promises exceedingly well , nor do I see any great improvement to be made ; a number of experiments must be made before I embalm any other body , such as finding the exact proportion of moisture Paris Plaister will take up etc. but at present I know of no other Process at all useful and considering the trouble you must have during all these Processes now laid down , you ought not to undertake it under 100 Guineas . ’ |
| 20 | This remains the standard today — and I know of no other country in the world , including the USA , that keeps its accident investigators at such a high standard of training and efficiency . |
| 21 | Robert Roberts recalls that the Scuttler 's girl friend also had her own style of dress — ‘ clogs and shawl and a skirt with vertical stripes ’ — although I know of no other references to female attire , and as usual within these hooligan preoccupations attention was rootedly fixed on the boys . |
| 22 | The doctor , my own doctor has been very good and very kind and helpful , but er , I know of no other support group other than Crossroads , who help people like me . |
| 23 | I know of no other life . |
| 24 | I know of no other investment that returns less on death than it does should you live . |
| 25 | For example , racehorses abort all too frequently , which is particularly galling after a large stud fee , but I know of no accurate information about the comparative frequency of abortion of the four types of conceptus ( horse , donkey , mule and hinny ) . |
| 26 | ‘ My lord , ’ she said , ‘ I know of no greater honour you could offer me , nor any that I would more joyfully embrace . |
| 27 | I know of no such shackles . |
| 28 | In Yates Circuit Foil Co v Electrofoils Ltd [ 1976 ] FSR 345 Whitford J said " I know of no direct authority which has laid it down that a fetter can be placed upon the disclosure of a body of information of a general character if the body of information is over some particular size " . |
| 29 | I know of no surreptitious exercise being carried out by my Department in regard to private taxi firms in Belfast . |
| 30 | In the case of the latter , the embedded knowledge is well documented in the formal requirements and specifications of computer programs , although I know of no active programs to preserve this information . |