Example sentences of "i know [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I know about the strange stains she found
2 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 .
3 I know as a public figure I am likely to be lampooned .
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 I know of a female member of this union who was sexually abused by her male colleagues , who I might add , are members of the G M B.
6 I know of a young female who had to show a leading hand a tampon out of her pocket , to prove that she needed a toilet .
7 I know of a short lease up for sale , just off Soho Square , ’ Brassard interrupted .
8 I know of a lovely teacher who told her boys and girls in school about God 's plan for the animals and they had a mother bunny in her cage right in the schoolroom .
9 ‘ But I know of no sociological survey that shows that .
10 Despite one doctor 's comment ‘ I know of no specific evidence to show that aromatherapy is of any real clinical value ’ aromatherapy can indeed be practised on a clinical or down-to-earth scientific level .
11 Whilst I know of no specific legend attached to them , the Tingle Stone and the Twizzle Stone , both in Gloucestershire , are very suggestive of just the sort of effects which have been reported at standing stones in recent years .
12 Behind the geniality and the ebullient showmanship , something ‘ passionate and austere ’ — I know of no other testimony which strikes that necessary note so firmly .
13 On a clear dawn or a copper sunset I know of no other mountain which has quite such dramatic appeal .
14 But I know of no other performance that encapsulates the charmed essence of this infuriatingly diffuse music with such surety and projection .
15 I know of no other cichlid anywhere in the world with a comparable tail pattern , and we have no idea what has led to its evolution in this species .
16 Hunter ended his description with a comment on Maria and a hint as to his charges to Martin Van Butchell : ‘ This body … yet promises exceedingly well , nor do I see any great improvement to be made ; a number of experiments must be made before I embalm any other body , such as finding the exact proportion of moisture Paris Plaister will take up etc. but at present I know of no other Process at all useful and considering the trouble you must have during all these Processes now laid down , you ought not to undertake it under 100 Guineas . ’
17 This remains the standard today — and I know of no other country in the world , including the USA , that keeps its accident investigators at such a high standard of training and efficiency .
18 Robert Roberts recalls that the Scuttler 's girl friend also had her own style of dress — ‘ clogs and shawl and a skirt with vertical stripes ’ — although I know of no other references to female attire , and as usual within these hooligan preoccupations attention was rootedly fixed on the boys .
19 The doctor , my own doctor has been very good and very kind and helpful , but er , I know of no other support group other than Crossroads , who help people like me .
20 I know of no other life .
21 I know of no other investment that returns less on death than it does should you live .
22 For example , racehorses abort all too frequently , which is particularly galling after a large stud fee , but I know of no accurate information about the comparative frequency of abortion of the four types of conceptus ( horse , donkey , mule and hinny ) .
23 In Yates Circuit Foil Co v Electrofoils Ltd [ 1976 ] FSR 345 Whitford J said " I know of no direct authority which has laid it down that a fetter can be placed upon the disclosure of a body of information of a general character if the body of information is over some particular size " .
24 I know of no surreptitious exercise being carried out by my Department in regard to private taxi firms in Belfast .
25 In the case of the latter , the embedded knowledge is well documented in the formal requirements and specifications of computer programs , although I know of no active programs to preserve this information .
26 I know of no realistic reason for expecting any sixth-form college to introduce charges of the kind described .
27 I know of no natural movement you could reinforce . ’
28 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 .
29 Only I know of the old door hidden behind a crumbling shed .
30 I know of the hon. Gentleman 's interest in and concern about this ; they are shared by many others .
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