Example sentences of "[vb infin] [Wh adv] [pron] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I wan na know how they get the dog to walk on the ceiling . |
| 2 | I do n't know how I had the nerve to speak to you as I did — to turn you away when you were being so nice and so good . |
| 3 | I do n't know how I got the time to play . |
| 4 | Joking apart , after nine years as a security operator I found it hard to readjust my life but , now I do not know how I found the time to do a full time job . |
| 5 | ‘ He won enough to set himself up in his own business , so if you see a ‘ Terimon Cafe ’ on the outskirts of London you 'll know how it got the name . ’ |
| 6 | Half the world seems to have confidence and half the world does n't , and I do n't know how you make the jump from one half to the other . |
| 7 | I do n't know how you have the nerve to come down here , really . |
| 8 | With your track record I do n't know how you have the nerve to lecture me on commitment . ’ |
| 9 | Her mother Jane told an inquest yesterday : ‘ I do n't know how she reached the flex . ’ |
| 10 | Finally , we must be concerned by the fact that in at least one school ( see Chapter 5 ) the senior member of staff whose demand for IS resources was widely believed to have instigated the original project initiative could not himself describe how he used the project acquisitions in his own work . |
| 11 | Will he describe how he sees the future of this country , should he allow that to happen ? |
| 12 | I could if I just pick up one other point about you know , like the the non-standard times , or the non-standard occasions when we do fire evacuations currently er , I do n't know where we think the fire is but we all troop out via our normal fire exits and to our normal assembly ports erm , it maybe men , maybe an idea to do some fire evacuations where we stayed where the fire actually was and people have got to take other other routes to evacuate the building . |
| 13 | " I do n't know where you got the idea I was ill , " I said as heartily as I could . |
| 14 | ‘ I really do n't know where you got the idea that I 've been avoiding you , ’ she said with laudable calm . |
| 15 | ‘ You must know where you put the stuff ! |
| 16 | ‘ Do you know where he hides the gun ? |
| 17 | I do n't know where he gets the gall . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ We do n't know where he contracted the disease but the likelihood is it was from a patient . ’ |
| 19 | Lissa did not know where she found the strength to answer him without betraying anything of her inner turmoil . |
| 20 | By right and custom , he himself and James here should be going back to the house for the reading of the will , but this very new Sir Joseph had made it evident yesterday that he wanted no reading done in the house and that he would let them know when he wanted the matter dealt with . |
| 21 | Then you would know when you saw the chap in the 1984 Cortina he was the company 's worst driver . |
| 22 | Let me know when you find the car . ’ |
| 23 | I said a bit , and I never let him know , I thought I 'll wait a little bit until he go so he says to me , he says I bet you do n't know why they put the damper in just before they 'd put the , bring the ball out do you ? |
| 24 | Akram added : ‘ I do n't know why they changed the ball but I am glad they did because the one they gave us was newer and in better condition than the previous one . ’ |
| 25 | She put on a jacket , though he would know why she had the jacket on , and went out , under his cold furious dissecting gaze . |
| 26 | Yes that 's been crocheted this one , yeah I ca n't do it , that , that one 's a knitted one , but I ca n't erm I just ca n't crochet , I can knit I 've tried , but I 've tried I just ca n't do it I do n't know why I take the hobby my plants , I 've , I grow those violets from leaves , look behind |
| 27 | He did not know why he asked the question , except as part of a ritual that reassured him Blanche had not changed . |
| 28 | what I 'm saying is is , you can , it does n't matter how you ask the question , but sometimes |
| 29 | It does not really matter how you describe the style — Wimbledon , long ball , direct . |
| 30 | After a time , the dog would salivate whenever it heard the bell , whether food was present or not . |