Example sentences of "[pers pn] know enough " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know enough about geophysics to say that these people are lying through their teeth when they claim they can eventually guarantee long-term safety underground . ’ |
| 2 | I know enough about men and boats to behave immaculately with them and stood where placed until the serious show business of the lock manoeuvres were completed and we were full straight ahead in the ruffled unconstrained waters of Loch Ness heading for Inverness . |
| 3 | ‘ I know enough , ’ he murmured , secretively . |
| 4 | ‘ I now feel , after a year and a half on BP 's board , that I know enough about the company and the way it works to be able to make judgements about its style of management . |
| 5 | I know enough already . |
| 6 | ‘ But I know enough about business to realise that when a rival opens up just down the road it 's likely to have an adverse effect on my profits . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I do n't think I — I do n't think that I know enough about some of the issues , to go along with it completely . ’ |
| 8 | But I know enough about myself to know that as long as I get eight hours sleep I 'm alright ’ . |
| 9 | He 's passionately interested in , in his wild flower garden but I do n't think I know enough about it to buy him anything about that . |
| 10 | I know enough about fucking AIDS and shit to worry about it . |
| 11 | I was only a couple of years older myself , but I knew enough never to believe a word he said . |
| 12 | I wished that I could talk well , and could continue this conversation until animosity was dissipated and we could all stand on some common ground , but I knew enough to admit that this would n't happen , and that the longer the talk went on the further apart we should all grow . |
| 13 | If you know enough about a task , you can always translate it into an exercise in theorem proving . |
| 14 | ‘ You know enough about me , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Not to the extent where you 're living in each other 's pockets , it 's just that er you know enough about each other to see if there 's anything out of the ordinary happening . |
| 16 | ‘ You know enough about bad manners to last a lifetime ! |
| 17 | She had always been interested in beauty culture and hair-styling , so she took a job with a small hairdressing parlour in Stepney to learn the tricks of the trade and when she felt she knew enough , gave in her notice and advertised her services : Lady clients visited in the comfort and privacy of their own homes . |
| 18 | She knew enough , now , to be aware that , although Johnny could see her friends , could talk to them and touch them , he could not see her world . |
| 19 | Apparently she knew enough to tell other people not to worry , but that might mean no more than that she was trying to put a brave face on things . |
| 20 | Someone with more experience of the rough and tumble of friendships , jealousies and animosities might have been able to dismiss Deana 's words as the unmotivated expressions of bitterness and jealousy that they were , but Belinda was inexperienced , and although she knew enough about Deana to be wary and distrustful she did not know enough to ignore her as fully as she should . |
| 21 | It was her favourite dream , but she knew enough to keep it to herself . |
| 22 | Well , she was a doctor , and she knew enough about human physiology to know that healthy men and women sometimes reacted to each other in the most devastating ways . |
| 23 | If you had looked carefully , or if you knew enough , you would appreciate that these are , in fact , specially designed pilot 's boots which , with the aid of a couple of zips , convert into what was doubtless , in the forties , a pretty neat-looking pair of shoes . |
| 24 | Most of them know enough about their swings to make minor compensations and can work the ball around the course quite adequately since they can all revert to a ‘ bread and butter ’ swing , usually with ‘ bread and butter ’ results . |
| 25 | We know enough to know that these things are not good for our life support system or for our quality of life , and that our activities have damaging effects on our wildlife . |
| 26 | I do n't think we know enough at this point to make a judgment . ’ |
| 27 | Of the incidence of poverty and famine we know comparatively little , but we know enough to be sure that both were common . |
| 28 | We know enough to resist hysteria , but too much for total calm . |
| 29 | Not , I admit , the kind of explosives you have down there but we know enough not to trigger a bomb by accident . ’ |
| 30 | I honestly do n't think we know enough , well , anyway I 'm not qualified , erm . |