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

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1 And one other thing you should know for the record : Jimmy Rowe , the old man 's accountant , and I are joint executors , God help us ! ’
2 Left staring at him while waiting for her full wits to return , Leith did not know for the moment what on earth was going on .
3 ‘ What do you know about the love of God ? ’
4 And because like , he did n't even know about the love bites !
5 ‘ I do n't know about the rest but anyway I 've got to pass the word around . ’
6 What do you know about the rest of the Castle ?
7 How much do you know about the structure of your College ?
8 It was not that they did n't know about the brain .
9 The landlord of the Golden Turk did n't know about the handbill , so who had put it there ?
10 ‘ What does your mother know about the ghost ? ’
11 I 'm sure he did n't know about the drugs . ’
12 And I did n't know about the drugs until the Customs launch stopped us in the bay .
13 I did n't know about the drugs . ’
14 What did reach them , over Malawi radio , was Dr Banda 's assertion that ‘ what you should know about the bishops is this : to be fair to the bishops , they have apologised .
15 • Is the clock the same in all of us and at all stages of our lives ? • What do we know about the clock itself — where is it , what influences it , and how does it work ? • What is the usefulness of such a clock ?
16 So they 'll never know about the things Uncle Joe did to me …
17 Stella did n't know about the telephone calls .
18 I do n't know about the boys , though . ’
19 When you rang what did you know about the occupiers of the flat .
20 ‘ Think we do n't know about the carvings you do for the hospital ? ’ he asked , then smiled at her look of astonishment .
21 Mind its weight , I do n't know about the size but mm .
22 How much do we know about the way music sounded in the past , and does it really matter anyway ?
23 I know , but what I mean is that when they see the city centre , the people who are walking up and down the city centre , they see all the national charities , they do n't necessarily feel that they 're organised in the same way and therefore that they should be participating , and the whole palaver of getting a licence and applying is actually quite difficult , it 's not a simple , it 's not something , we get numerous telephone calls in the office saying ‘ Well can I go out next Saturday and rattle a tin for such-and-such ’ , and you say ‘ Well , you ca n't ’ , and it 's left much too late , so that people do n't know about the way you get licenses to rattle tins in city centre .
24 Firstly , I did n't know about the SAS soldiers in the British Embassy , and I am very surprised about it .
25 She does n't know about the quarrel — at least she did n't , unless Lizzie 's told her . "
26 ‘ I do n't know about the lab .
27 What do we know about the life and times of the man whose steel-rimmed spectacles and well-trimmed beard have become just as much of a trade mark as the well-known company logo ?
28 G. is pleased with the response at the company — not only do they report as soon as possible when they 've got a pollution , they let him know about the progress they make : ‘ I 've got them so well trained now they 'll be phoning half an hour before they have a discharge . ’
29 Third , does the control of so-called ‘ non- point ’ pollutants from forestry and farmland pose special problems ; and finally , what do we know about the benefits of pollution reduction in this case ?
30 There is no shortage of information related to abusive behaviours , but how much do we know about the dangers of continuing physical training during pregnancy ?
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