Example sentences of "know [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You also get to know them on a personal basis too … |
| 2 | ‘ Essentially they did n't know me from a hole in the ground when I first approached them and were willing to give me the benefit of the doubt . |
| 3 | I enrolled under my maiden name , because I wanted other students to know me as a person first , as opposed to a professor 's wife . |
| 4 | You want to get to know me at a rate |
| 5 | It is not only advantageous for us to know which of a horse 's emotions are destructive to us having a good working relationship with it ; but ideally , if we also consider horse will do more for us and give us greater pleasure . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | What a week : Batts and Fat-Frank going in the same week , what the fuck is going on — i guess they need the cash to buy someone — guess we will know who in a couple of weeks … the newly in shape Maradona ? |
| 8 | You can know everything about a person , and know them for years , and still be miles away from them . |
| 9 | I said well do you know anybody with a good ? |
| 10 | But Mr Major said that if he tried to be a Tory tough the public would know him for a phoney . |
| 11 | And , I 've gone out , it was n't that was hacking my fence mind , erm , it was another boy , I did n't know him with a , and I went out and I , I and he said , I was n't . |
| 12 | I feel I know her like a sister now — she 's younger than I am — but she never told me about the twins . |
| 13 | He 's we do n't really get to know him as a person . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Should this be announced during my absence , as is not unlikely , I would you should know it as a marriage of convenience , no more . |
| 16 | ‘ Would you know it from a real Poussin ? ’ |
| 17 | Roland listened politely and said , ‘ Do you know anything about a Miss LaMotte who wrote children 's stories and religious poetry in the 1850s or thereabouts ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't know anything about a stolen book , ’ Connelly bleated . |
| 19 | You could n't know anything about a person who was possessed . |
| 20 | ‘ You do n't know anything about a box , Theo ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ No , Gilbert , I do n't know anything about a box of Amy 's . |
| 22 | from erm Andy there 's a party and a units party but he does n't know anything about a units party . |
| 23 | So I will always remind you of those things even though you know them as a firmly established in the truth . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | You might just make it — if you know someone with a balloon ! |
| 27 | Most people in the city are either lucky enough to have a swimming pool in their backyard , know someone with a pool , or maybe live fairly close to the beach . |
| 28 | I know you for a pure creature . |
| 29 | ‘ And is n't it fortunate that I know you for a blind fool ? ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |