Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [adv] know [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ignores the saving on refuse disposal ( which would have the effective price ) and the fact that one method reduces landfill pollution , while the other generates a type we do not yet know how to clear up . |
| 2 | The Citizens Advice Bureau gave me help with getting his benefits right but most people do n't even know where to find the CAB . |
| 3 | ‘ You do n't even know how to dress . |
| 4 | ‘ These men , ’ said a teacher , ‘ do not even speak in Castilian , but in slang ; sometimes they do n't even know how to write , and can hardly read . |
| 5 | Wondering whether English was still taught in schools , she commented on her 114th birthday : ‘ Many of the people I hear on the telephone do n't even know how to speak the language properly . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't even know how to operate one of those card telephones . |
| 7 | B : For once , I agree with you there , Closey , old pal — and do you know , the buggers do n't even practise , do n't even know how to practise . |
| 8 | It 's difficult enough to manage for yourself when you first leave home , but if you 've spent your childhood in an institution , you probably do n't even know how to change a light bulb , let alone keep a rent book . |
| 9 | That 's one word you do n't even know how to relate to . |
| 10 | We do n't even know how to get water from the well . |
| 11 | Penned in by the subliminal surrealism on the screens , knocked out of the way by the mobile cartoon tableaux that slice aggressively through the audience ( mini-stages dragged around at high speed ) , people do n't quite know where to look or go next . |
| 12 | I do n't quite know how to put this . ’ |
| 13 | Not quite sure how to broach the subject , and not wishing to be indiscreet , she murmured awkwardly , ‘ I do n't quite know how to put this , but part of the reason for my visit was to try and trace someone who lived here a long time ago , only I do n't quite like to ask around , because the person I 'm looking for might not like it — might not want everyone to know her business . ’ |
| 14 | I do n't quite know how to put this but but er she found what was in the village news offensive . |
| 15 | And I really do n't quite know how to thank you enough . ’ |
| 16 | er , it depends on one 's own tastes , I personally do n't like the open planned that I 've seen in very modern houses where , erm I , I do n't quite know how to express it but it does seem to me odd to be on one floor level and then two feet up you 're on another level and er , that 's one aspect of the open plan that does n't appeal to me and I do n't quite understand why it 's necessary to have everything that 's going on in one room with pieces of furniture designed to act as barriers between the different functions or purposes for which you give parts of the room . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't quite know how to handle it , ’ said David , lowering his voice and putting on a mock-serious face . |
| 18 | and I do n't really know where to go to now you see |
| 19 | and I do n't really know where to start |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't really know how to put this , Mrs Hazell . |
| 21 | Helena , I do n't really know how to put this but I I 'll have a go . |
| 22 | But there 's still this stigma because we 're not married and I do n't wha , I do n't really know how to explain it but I feel that at times my daughter is being victimized to a certain degree because we 're not married . |
| 23 | Perhaps it 's simply because they do n't really know how to go about it . |
| 24 | " Right now I do n't really know how to describe the way I feel , " said Murray , minutes after holding out to finish one stroke clear of New Zealand 's Frank Nobilo and three in front of the rejuvenated Sam Torrance . |
| 25 | He wanted to say , I do n't really know how to read people , and every time I 've tried I 've got it wrong . |
| 26 | That 's right , and I think that erm , yes , there 's a notion that I find useful in talking to students that we all have a comfort zone , there are all things that we know about , that we know how to do and if anything comes up — I mean in business it might be accountancy , we do n't all know how to handle figures , and so that 's an area that we 've hived off in that area and we all know that when we do that we are , as it were , giving up a bit ; we 're saying ‘ well , I ca n't manage I just do n't have I ca n't do that , it 's not for me ’ . |
| 27 | I do n't bloody know how to play ! |