Example sentences of "[pers pn] know [prep] the [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | There is , I am glad to say , no direct allusion to the activities in which you engage in the Koran or in the Hadith of the prophet , although from what I know of the blessed Muhammad — may God rest him and grant him peace — it is not something of which he would approve . |
| 6 | Only I know of the old door hidden behind a crumbling shed . |
| 7 | I know of the hon. Gentleman 's interest in and concern about this ; they are shared by many others . |
| 8 | I know of the hon. Gentleman 's interest in the subject . |
| 9 | " From what I know of the previous accounts the Winter Marsh investment — or error of judgment — is one of the main causes of the group 's present financial difficulties . " |
| 10 | … The horoscope in the Queen prophesies disaster for nearly everyone I know on the 16th of this month ( with the New Moon ) . |
| 11 | Er suggested that the officers have a joint meeting and get together and actually ask them what transport to be given the figures er for night flights so that they could and so on , and I know by the recent customer complaints and I believe members attended the meeting of those four Councils so that I think that discuss that . |
| 12 | Now I know in the original draft nature conservation interest was mentioned and er I 'd like to hear from North Yorkshire why that factor is taken out of the policy . |
| 13 | I know in the free market , resources will be allocated , erm , in an optimal way , in that those , er , those sectors that , that are the most productive , in economic terms , you know , they can produce more output per unit input , alright , those sectors that can do that will get the resources . |
| 14 | I may well know how I would react if I could remain consistently aware of what I know in the abstract , yet yield to the opposite reaction , so that ‘ I see , and approve , the better : I follow the worse ’ ( Ovid 's Video meliora proboque , deteriora sequor ) . |
| 15 | ‘ My experience at The Dorchester and what I know from the Four Seasons Inn on the Park ( Four Seasons recently acquired the Regent Group ) , shows me that there is a market which appreciates the best service and is prepared to pay £200 a night and more for it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Once I knew about the other woman , I realised we 'd been drifting apart and that , at weekends , I 'd felt quite distant . |
| 17 | I knew about the famous Sherlock Holmes . |
| 18 | I knew about the bad weather , and I had learned later that , on account of this , the plane had been recalled without accomplishing its mission . |
| 19 | I knew on the one hand that he was playing some kind of trick on me ; a trick like the one with the loaded dice . |
| 20 | As I came down into Salisbury that day I knew for the first time that I had been happy . |
| 21 | ‘ The first I knew of the positive test came in a letter from the Jockey Club . |
| 22 | I told them all I knew except the one thing the great cardinal wanted . ’ |
| 23 | I knew from the first moment you were the man for her . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I knew from the very start that you sent that poison pen letter , Eleanor . |
| 25 | I knew from the thick fragrance that filled the air that it was Mrs. Constantine . |
| 26 | What I 'm planning to do is to put them back in the order , colleagues could you settle down please , I 'm planning to put them back on the agenda in the order that they fell off , and er , hopefully , the first opportunity in that connection may be Wednesday afternoon , but I need to have a discussion with colleagues about that , but I 'll certainly let you know at the first available opportunity . |
| 27 | What do you know of the two men 's relationship ? |
| 28 | ‘ Did you know about the spare jacket ? ’ |
| 29 | What do you know about the working class ? |
| 30 | What do you know about the strange stories ? ’ |