Example sentences of "[pers pn] knew [pron] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much to my shame I knew nothing of the Cambrian Railways as most of my interest up to then had been in the Southern Railways and to a greater extent industrial railways , and so decided that much research was necessary , which along with the commencement of renovations will form part of our next episode : - ‘ A NEW STATION IN LIFE ’ . |
| 2 | In my A stream class at " the convent " I knew none of the other girls and rarely saw my former classmates . |
| 3 | She knew nothing of the real woman behind it . |
| 4 | He knew something of the new music , but neither the movement as a whole nor Wagner 's particular achievement within it meant anything special to him . |
| 5 | Her father was a magician ; he knew something of the old magic , but he turned it against the little people to whom it belonged , and demanded their money , their livestock and even their children to appease the gods with rivers of blood . |
| 6 | He knew nothing of the other facts and , as he continued relentlessly , Jenna was pleased she had not told him . |
| 7 | But he knew nothing of the practical techniques of modelling and carving . |
| 8 | In Green 's Tourist 's New Guide 1819 , p.4. he says ‘ The writer was encouraged to the pursuit of painting by Mr. West , but why he knows not , his few sketches were humble , his mind untutored , and he knew none of the requisite theories , but geometry , perspective and architecture ’ . |