Example sentences of "[pers pn] know [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm disappointed by the stick he gets because I know him as a person . |
| 2 | The genial mayor , Monsieur Gerard Thibaut , met our questions with blank bewilderment : ‘ I know nothing about a picture of the Fallen Madonna hidden in a Bratwurst sausage , ’ he said . |
| 3 | I know we as a nation are not renowned for our ability to serve but the general level of indifference , apathy and downright rudeness I encountered made even me , a cynical bastard at the best of times , wince . |
| 4 | I know you for a pure creature . |
| 5 | ‘ And is n't it fortunate that I know you for a blind fool ? ’ |
| 6 | Things like , it was us who set up the Benefits Unit in the Town Centre , you know , we , it was considered that you know we as a neutral policy team are in without departmental buyers rather than political buyers , that 's a joke , erm , would be the best people to erm , er set up this unit , we do n't have any less interest , the benefit 's , the benefit 's felt within the housing department with with the introduction of Poll Tax and the Poll Tax benefit , it was n't clear where that could go , so we were the people who had to sort that out . |
| 7 | So I will always remind you of those things even though you know them as a firmly established in the truth . |
| 8 | ‘ She wo n't be getting any you know what for a bit ; |
| 9 | You might just make it — if you know someone with a balloon ! |
| 10 | There 's no throttle as you know it on a modern car . |
| 11 | Likewise with friends they 've probably got fewer friends but the friends they have got are very close friends and they know them on a much deeper level . |
| 12 | If they know everything about a job then they may well be able to fix the problems for you . |