Example sentences of "know [pron] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sequence of six lines with the same rhyme are given to Dame Sirith as , initially , she professes her conventional goodness and innocence to Wilekin : ( " I am a holy woman ; I know nothing of witchcraft but with almsgiving to good men I sustain my life each day , and offer my paternoster and my creed that God should help those in their need who help me my life to lead and should grant that all should go well with them … ) |
| 2 | If he has a regret , it is that the majority of young footballers today know nothing of life outside football . |
| 3 | A statement at the funeral yesterday read : ‘ We know nothing of Ian 's business dealings . |
| 4 | You know nothing of Herr Goering , only what you are fed by propaganda . |
| 5 | You know nothing of women if that is what you believe , my dear . |
| 6 | ‘ I know nothing of ships , ’ he said , ‘ but it seems to me that the vessel that will carry a company of men , and their st'lyan , will be large indeed . ’ |
| 7 | To know God and yet nothing of our own wretched state breeds pride ; to realize our misery and know nothing of God is mere despair ; but if we come to the knowledge of Jesus Christ we find our true equilibrium , for there we find both human misery and God . |
| 8 | For a period of two years from the summer of 1179 to the summer of 1181 we know nothing of Richard 's movements . |
| 9 | I know nothing of orchestration , but I have two ears ( which is two more than the professional critics seem to have ) … |
| 10 | ‘ We know nothing of Australia as yet except that it is the land of convicts and kangaroos , & this after 50 years of possession ! |
| 11 | Warriors now know nothing of war and cattle raiding . |
| 12 | You know nothing of war , it has never touched you . |
| 13 | I know plenty of girls who do not know what marriage means until the bond is sealed and there is no escape . |
| 14 | Getting busted can lose you your job and wreck chances of future work — yet most of us know plenty of people staggering into work pissed and no mention is made . |
| 15 | Getting busted can lose you your job and wreck chances of future work — yet most of us know plenty of people staggering into work pissed and no mention is made . |
| 16 | Mr Sheppard believes the task calls for accomplished generalists who know something of law , accounting , commercial practice , people management and administrative systems , without being confined to a narrow , specialist niche . |
| 17 | If , now , you refuse me my conjugal rights , I can go to a lawyer ; I know something of law , after all , as I said . |
| 18 | I ought perhaps to add that Edward Spelman was the man who said : " Good God , doth any fellow of a College know anything of Greek . " |
| 19 | That poor girl has been through a terrible ordeal , and if I know anything of gipsies , it 's not over for her yet . ’ |
| 20 | Finished , I know lots of countries in just do n't know where they fit . |
| 21 | With chains and gags and — dirt — This week , ever so efficiently filing records for this surgeon , I just happened to come across a sixteen-year-old who had his leg off last year — they 're fitting him with an artificial one , it takes months , they 're incredibly slow — and it 's started up for certain now in his other leg , he does n't know , but I know , I know lots of things . |
| 22 | ‘ I know lots of places , ’ she retorted then glared at Doyle before striding out of the bar . |
| 23 | I know lots of people ca n't understand that , one of which is my accountant , but I feel I must put something back , it 's the only way I can feel comfortable about all the money I 've made . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You know lots of people at Oxford . |