Example sentences of "[pron] know a [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Oh , I know a few Romanies have been sent to prison for poaching — but so have a great many gorgios .
2 Crilly reminds me that I 'm American too , and just because I know a few words of British slang , I should n't be getting airs about myself .
3 I never buy it of fortnightly so I I 'll go to the shop and I 'll say , Right , probably seven tins of beans , seven tins of peas , er you know a few tins a few beans er tins of spaghetti and things like that you know , bits and bobs , but I 'll still get a joint for me Sundays .
4 Well up in Scotland of course we do n't need to save our rain water we get plenty of it coming from the unclear , but er one thing I would say would be that erm if we have a warm spell and the sun is beating on a bitumen roof and then of course suddenly a shower and that er goes into the water bucket or water barrel then it does give you maybe you know a few problems .
5 But it , I , it 's only six ninety five and I thought if we had you know a few facts at our fingertips to say well that 's all rubbish you know .
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