Example sentences of "know [indef pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As I said , I know everyone in these levels . |
| 2 | Lord Tedder , vice-chairman in the early fifties , admitted that ‘ I know nothing at all about broadcasting , but I can learn . |
| 3 | If you find it difficult to understand some of the feelings she expresses , you have to realise that she has reached a stage in life 's journey of which , as yet , you know nothing at all , and until you stand where she is standing now you are in no position to pass any judgement on her attitudes . |
| 4 | ‘ You have no idea , ’ said Healey , ‘ what it was like before you came into the committee , The prime minister was always demanding active intervention early on , with this crazy desire to go there and take things over , that we should side with the Roman Catholics and the Civil Rights movement against the government and the Royal Ulster Constabulary , though we know nothing at all about it . ’ |
| 5 | We know nothing at all about the author of The Cloud of Unknowing . |
| 6 | I know nothing at all about television " . |
| 7 | And so there was er old age pension , state , there was nothing then you know nothing at all . |
| 8 | ‘ But apart from the fact that my mother obviously lived here at some time I know nothing at all . ’ |
| 9 | No I think they know nothing at all about business . |
| 10 | Wing Commander the Duke of Hamilton replied : ‘ My instructions are to let it run its course as if I know nothing at all about it . |
| 11 | ‘ I know nothing about that , ’ Peace countered sharply . |
| 12 | I know nothing about that kind of thing … ’ |
| 13 | Right , would you do your religious studies er work in this lesson because I know nothing about that and er neither does Mrs Chester , so I will check that with Mr later . |
| 14 | And I said , well I know nothing about that kind of music but that 's the impression I got , I was just stood there at the bar thinking that last , last Friday it 's not the same one , thinking , you know , this is just this is just very samey it |
| 15 | should n't we use , try every effort to try and carry it off , perhaps that 's one that Jehovah 's looked at and said well there 's an area that they need to learn about , that need to understand a little more , they know nothing about that particular area , in the scriptures , now that 's a good one for them to have , we 'll make sure they get that , that way they 're going to learn , so if ever we always get the easy ones , the ones we know , the ones we 've done before , we think I can handle this , you never learn anything do we ? |
| 16 | display quite appalling ignorance of other parts of the subject — it does n't seem to matter too much to the arts faculty or the historians , that you concentrate on something here and know nothing about important things elsewhere . |
| 17 | It 's no good having people who know nothing about qualitative research applying their yardsticks of experimental science to all types of research . |
| 18 | I 'll bet , ’ he added , ‘ that for all your years of book-learning you know nothing about strapping on a pair of waders and getting out into the stream , feeling the water swirl around you — or how to bait a hook — ’ He pulled a small plastic box towards him . |
| 19 | I know nothing about these . |
| 20 | The judges know nothing about any will of the people except in so far as that will is expressed by an Act of Parliament , and would never suffer the validity of a statute to be questioned on the ground of its having been passed or kept alive in opposition to the wishes of the electors . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I know nothing about any Sheffield Wednesday interest , ’ said Quinn . |
| 22 | I know how to build those damned weapons but I know nothing about those fancy triggering devices . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We 'll write him stating , ‘ Since you obviously know nothing about English literature , we expect you never to quote from it again' . ’ |
| 24 | I know nothing about this case other than the reports which I , like everybody else , have read in the press . |
| 25 | know nothing about this |
| 26 | I know nothing about this Swiss business , but it 's falling into a pattern . |
| 27 | ‘ If you think someone can work at his best at half past two in the morning after being at it since eight the day before you know nothing about human beings . |
| 28 | ‘ I have never met him and we know nothing of each other ! ’ |
| 29 | I know nothing of political tactics , but I will say this : Having come to that conclusion myself , I felt the only honest and right thing as a leader of a democratic party was to tell them , at the first opportunity I had , what I thought , and submit it to their judgment . ’ |
| 30 | I know nothing of such matters ; I thought arranging such a consignment would take less time . |