Example sentences of "know one " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you know one of the very first things I noticed and liked in you , was the way you shook one 's hand , and looked straight at one as you said goodbye . |
| 2 | And Gaily took her quick reply for unwillingness , too , and decided that they did not know one another well enough yet to ask such questions , such casual , family questions , as between friends . |
| 3 | One day I happened to mention that I did n't know one end of a bomb from the other , and wondered out loud what the bomb dump looked like . |
| 4 | But a nigger would n't know one name from another , would he ? |
| 5 | Can we ever know one another well ? |
| 6 | Do n't worry , Billy , I wo n't stay more than a few hours and by that time I 'll know one way or the other . |
| 7 | Finally , on the day that I 'd promised to ring the breeder back and let him know one way or the other , a miracle happened — one of those strokes of luck that seem to come along when you least expect them to . |
| 8 | His duty done — that Jarvis would never know one way or the other made no difference in Jasper 's estimation — he went back on to the landing which by now was in darkness . |
| 9 | But I do n't know one |
| 10 | Flavia stuck to her guns and when she turned up next morning was told by the Loulou boys that she did n't know one wind from the other . |
| 11 | If you say , how do you know they 're better , then how do you know one football team is better than another , it plays better , gets more results , you know , and people respond to that . |
| 12 | You did n't know one thing that would find me . ’ |
| 13 | Those blessed with a prophetic vision of soccer 's future , like Mike Channon and myself , are often completely ignored or misunderstood , whereas charlatans who would not know one end of a football from another , the Reg Pybuses and Howard Wilkinsons of this world , suck up to mediocrity and call it talent . |
| 14 | Culley and Jackson did n't know one another , did they know the same thing . |
| 15 | He 'd made the assumption that Sanchez would n't know one way or the other . |
| 16 | But I will know one thing about it ( and at least the certainty brings comfort ) : I will know how bad the secret is . |
| 17 | ‘ You like it so much you agreed to sail across the Mediterranean , with a man you 'd only met a couple of times , regardless of the fact that you did n't know one end of a boat from the other . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Would n't know one tea from another . |
| 19 | Did you know one of my very oldest friends ( family knew mine before I was born ) is a W cousin but he was said to get no reply when he wrote to them some years ago . |
| 20 | She did not reflect that only a few weeks ago she would have thought it impossible that she could have lived the life of a servant , let alone bear eating and drinking in the den in which Rose and her ma lived , but she did know one thing — she would never take her comfortable life for granted again . |
| 21 | Your family doctor may know one end of a thyroid gland from another-with any luck — but no especial wisdom is granted him because he sits in a surgery seeing one coughing person after another all day ; peering into ears and wombs and hearing tales of insomnia and worms . |
| 22 | Do you know one or two of my friends castigated me two years ago for taking food to somebody who was sleeping in the gardens . |
| 23 | But she did know one thing . |
| 24 | Each other Everybody would know one another in the olden days . |
| 25 | Er , it turned out it was n't a Rolls it was a Bentley , but I do n't know one car from |
| 26 | So I told them what I would do , but once again I 've never been in the situation but this is what I 'll do , said as if they were me own parents make them as comfortable as I could while I 'll cleaned up and give them a bed bath or if they could shower , shower them and erm and get everything back to normal as quick as possible , fine , that were all fine she , and then as , as I got up from it they all said thanks a lot Joy it has been great you really have been great you 've made it easy , we 've got an easy day in front thanks to you , you know you 're bubbly and all this and then when she phoned me on the Sunday she said hello Joy it 's Sue here and I , I said will you let me know one way or the another cos I said I hate being left up in the air |
| 27 | Do you know one minute they 're alright daft as a brush , and next minute they ca n't get on with er other people . |
| 28 | Ri Rita said Ken said it was a Porshe , but when I asked Ken he said he did n't say it was a Porshe , he says I would n't know a Porshe if I 've seen one and I says yeah , that 's what Dave said , ha , ha , ha , cos you said oh Ken do n't know one car from another and , and that 's what he said |
| 29 | From such a quarter this is significant testimony ( though it prompts in me the reflection that it takes one to know one ) . |
| 30 | It was not only intensely irritating , but it also frightened many women off , and made the normal process of two people getting to know one another quite impossible . |