Example sentences of "know what [pron] [is] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 We have , for example , an electronics officer so unbelievably advanced in his speciality that none of your much-vaunted high-technology whizzkids in Silicon Valley would even begin to know what he 's talking about . ’
2 You know he 'd far prefer to have the cheap workforce that you could tell exactly and appear to know what he 's talking about , whereas the older men knew that he knew absolutely nothing .
3 I 've always wanted to know what he 's doing with his hands . ’
4 He seems to know what he 's doing on everything .
5 More than any of the other major characters in the great story from Genesis to Kings Moses has a tendency to know what he is talking about .
6 It is easy enough to hold an opinion , but hard work to actually know what one is talking about .
7 ‘ This job you are going to take — do you know what it 's going to be ? ’
8 No I I do n't know what it 's going to be about they have n't sent any information .
9 and I do n't know what it 's going to be
10 And the sketches and the readings take , er take us all through literature from the eighteenth century to present day , and they , they 're just readings and sketches from that , which I do n't , I have n't actually seen it and I do n't know what it 's going to be , but I 've every confidence that whatever Edward Fox , Dorothy Tutin and Freddie Jones do , it will be quite superb in these events
11 I just do n't know what it 's gon na be like , er , so I think if we , well at ten o'clock , if we left at ten , we 've got twelve hours to get down there
12 There 's not a lot of evidence that the government really does know what it 's talking about when it comes to BSE .
13 Do you know what it 's doing to me , standing here seeing you in that robe and wondering just how much you 've got on under it ?
14 ‘ It is a totally new departure for me , and I have to admit I do n't know what it is going to be like or what to expect .
15 Mind you , I do n't know what he 's taking to work today cos we have n't got any bread .
16 There 's nothing more irritating than a sales assistant who does n't know what he 's talking about .
17 And he does n't know what he 's talking about : he 's too young , too inexperienced , too Edward .
18 If anybody knows that area , they 'll know what he 's talking about .
19 The old fool does n't know what he 's talking about . ’
20 ‘ Do you know what he 's talking about ? ’
21 The little turd does n't know what he 's talking about . ]
22 Ken does n't know what he 's talking about
23 What do you know what he 's talking about ?
24 I know what they 're for Chris , but I do n't know what he 's doing with them .
25 Er he 's in London at the moment , he 's not at He should be up here , I do n't know what he 's doing in London on a Saturday morning , he 's supposed to be up here having a surgery somewhere .
26 of course obviously now I do n't know what he 's doing from day to day
27 No , I do n't know what he 's gon na do with it .
28 I du n no , he 's talking about and he 's talking about engineering , I do n't know what he 's gon na do .
29 But Regan wilfully distorts this into the implication that we can never say in advance that a given proposal has been drawn up by an incompetent researcher who does n't know what he is looking for
30 The board master performs this service on a voluntary basis and the prerequisite of being board master is knowing the fishing thoroughly ; because he has to tell new guests where to go , how to get there , which path to take , which bog to avoid , where not to fall in — so he really must know what he is talking about .
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