Example sentences of "i know [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Of course I know nothing about the process of childbirth , ’ she said , with an austere expression about her lips … .
2 I know nothing about the tenants .
3 I know nothing about the Resistance , and have nothing against the forces of the occupation .
4 Er I 'd , I 'd picked out because I knew a lot about the client whereas here I know nothing about the client .
5 I know nothing about the domestic side of life — and I do n't intend to start getting involved with it now . ’
6 In view of the circumstances of his team 's downfall , perhaps the most ironic touch about the final was that Chapman had said in the Sunday Express a week before the game : ‘ I know nothing of the art of clairvoyance , but I should feel happier if someone would foretell me the vital incident which is almost sure to decide the match .
7 I know nothing of the circumstances of his illness , but he was dying angrily and his procrastinations could be sufficiently explained by a need to hold on to life , to defer events into the future .
8 I know nothing of the movement , I have no guilty secrets to reveal . ’
9 I know nothing of the Resistance , Obersturmfuhrer . ’
10 Now if this is erm , a perhaps a non representative hundred in so far as if , if you can compare it with er the , the average in the West of Scotland , I know your speaking as , as an expert because you work , well , well tell me exactly what you do , I know your with the transport
11 And he says , ‘ Well actually I know someone down the road who 's happy to take 10 million on ’ , And then you 're in business .
12 I know someone in the Council who might perhaps-it is only a perhaps …
13 I know someone in the States has married an eighty year old and she was only eighteen !
14 He felt her slim shoulder move under the thick fabric of the tartan shirt , " as much as I know anything at the moment , that 's what I think I 'll be doing .
15 But I 've got a photograph of him , and I know he after the war was over he went back and married a nurse .
16 Moving her just a fraction away , his eyes once more holding hers captive , he added , ‘ So is n't it fortunate that I know you for the cheat you are ? ’
17 I know it like the back of my hand . ’
18 I knew something about the bird life of the islands , having read articles about the rare and endangered Seychelles kestrel and magpie robin , but it was a chance encounter in — of all places — the Falkland Islands , that inspired my partner in Island Holidays to seek out more information .
19 I knew nothing of the facts of life until I got to my preparatory school , when at the age of thirteen , all of the boys who were leaving were summoned to the headmaster 's study .
20 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 ’ .
21 I knew nothing about the profession when I started , absolutely nothing .
22 I knew nothing about the event .
23 I knew nothing about the Ober Gabelhornr 's history or the difficulty of the route , or even what it looked like .
24 I knew nothing about the realities of proper soldiering , and to counterbalance the tedium and boredom of my small-time life , I surrounded the idea of the French Foreign Legion with a cocoon of glamour that it did n't possess .
25 I told the Customs officers and now I 'm telling you — I knew nothing about the heroin . ’
26 You wo n't accept that I knew nothing about the drugs , yet you want my word ?
27 You refuse to accept that I knew nothing about the drugs .
28 I knew him through the Civil Service Orchestra , you see .
29 No , I knew him from the school .
30 I knew him in the army , ’ he said simply .
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