Example sentences of "know [pron] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You also get to know them on a personal basis too … |
| 2 | ‘ And did n't we all know you for a darling girl ? ’ he whispered in her ear as his fingers continued to blaze fire across her exposed nape . |
| 3 | I said well do you know anybody with a good ? |
| 4 | It was a nice face and , other things being equal , she would have responded to that first , she had been wanting to get to know him for a long time . |
| 5 | ‘ Would you know it from a real Poussin ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know anything about a stolen book , ’ Connelly bleated . |
| 7 | I know you for a pure creature . |
| 8 | ‘ And is n't it fortunate that I know you for a blind fool ? ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | There 's no throttle as you know it on a modern car . |
| 11 | He then delivered a heavy hint of the need for reform : ‘ We know the Germans , we 've known them for a long time . |
| 12 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
| 13 | I could n't remember her ever having been any different , and even Lili could n't have known her as a young woman , for Syl 's mother was old enough to have been his grandmother . |
| 14 | His voice was sharp , yet as intimate as if he had known her for a long time . |
| 15 | Sir James Barrie would have known him for a Lost Boy . |
| 16 | If he does really well he can hope for a bonus of cross-party votes : never mind Patrick 's party label , we 've known him for a long time , we like him and he 's been very helpful . |
| 17 | It was an occasion filled with memories of a life time in the carpet business , highlighted with speeches by Ralph Ellis , Rod Turnbull , Steve Higgins and from customers who have known him for a long time . |
| 18 | She laughed silently at herself ; she had only known him for a few hours , and here she was , assessing his character as if he were an old and true friend . |
| 19 | It 's ridiculous — I 've only known him for a few weeks . |
| 20 | ‘ You 've only known him for a few months ! ’ |
| 21 | I went to Dubai and called on several prominent figures who had known him as a local businessman . |
| 22 | But the last time he had been in the headlines , people had known him by a different name — Chris Bott . |
| 23 | I felt that I had known it for a long time . |
| 24 | I had known it for a long time , ever since I had confided to my Mum at age fifteen that I fancied the other girls at school , the ‘ it 's just a phase , ’ syndrome . |
| 25 | Maxim would have known it for a British government office no matter where in the world he met it : small neon-lit with a hodge-podge of cheap furniture and painted to look scruffy even when it was surgically dean . |
| 26 | She said she knew nothing of a sectarian feud in the old days of Stormy Hill but if she did it was not the kind of thing you discussed with strangers , I sensed . |
| 27 | This was best summed up by Everett , the market gardener : ‘ She were never a gel , but I knew her as a young woman and she were old then . ’ |
| 28 | In fact I knew her for a tough-minded young woman with feminist leanings and rather more interest in student politics than would be helpful in her academic work . |
| 29 | He says he felt as if he knew her from a previous life — of course he did . |
| 30 | I lived with my husband for er , three and a half years , and I knew him for a good number of years before then , so we made a joint decision after that period of time that we were , wanted to commit ourselves |