Example sentences of "know what you [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 A , a sentence on everything you can , think of that , that relates to it , but if you do , do practise them , it 's only just to , to talk about it , it 's difficult to know what you can write in fifteen minutes .
2 ‘ It is the butcher , ’ she said , ‘ I have to know what you will want .
3 Into sales from being what I would call an artisan and er I do n't know what you would call yourself , but somebody who does things erm er on a er manual stroke artisan type work , over to sales .
4 Do you know what you ought to do ?
5 Siegfried , I do n't know what you 'll think , but I 've been recommended for the MC — and I 've recommended every single NCO who was with me .
6 And they , I do n't know what you 'll think , but they reckon they spend at least two to three days average in the first week of the new month purely doing new reports .
7 So you do n't know what you 'll start with , you 'll actually bring in .
8 You do n't know what you 'll catch !
9 She told me once to do some lines and I goes , ‘ It 's not worth you telling me to do them , because I wo n't do them ’ , and she goes , ‘ Well , I think you should do them ’ , and I goes , ‘ Well , I 'm not going to , so I do n't know what you 'll have to do with me ’ .
10 so , erm , last night when we came home I looked at this Argos ticket which I could n't find and I 've , in that I 've found what erm a Weight Watcher er menu , so I picked that out , so I 've had erm do n't know what you 'll call it today , boiled egg and toast , eh bread and butter
11 You would never quite know what you might find here ; you would certainly find unexpected flights of stairs which might lead anywhere at all , and you would surely sometimes come upon doorways you had not known existed .
12 But , like , you do n't know what you might have prevented ’ ( FN 20/6/87 , p. 8 ) .
13 As a photographic subject , but yeah , I , it 's simple and it 's , it 's a bit sort of small , the actual , I do n't know how you could make it any bigger but I do do n't know what you could do .
14 Do you know what you can wear underneath it ?
15 ‘ I 'm not going to do anything , except wait and see how the police get on , ’ said Joe , ‘ and I do n't know what you can do except tell the police that you got acquainted with the unfortunate bloke when he came after you for nicking that wallet from Blackbeard .
16 I do n't know what you can do about it though because if people are that thick , there 's nothing much you can do about it is there ?
17 Well it is awful but I do n't know what you can do about it !
18 You do not know what you can achieve until you try .
19 ‘ I do n't know what you can have to ask me about Mr Hatton 's teeth , ’ he said .
20 Then again I think most of the people here are , I do n't know what you can get away with .
21 Do you know what you will do ?
22 But do you know what you will do when you get there ? ’
23 Well it costs a lot , and I do n't know what you will buy Saturday .
24 ‘ If you do n't know what you 'd choose to do on the last day of your life , you do n't know what 's really important to you .
25 ‘ I did n't know what you 'd think ! ’
26 I said oh , I said , I 'm very sorry but I do n't kno , do n't know what you 'd have to charge to justify that you know , to buy it and then do it up , I do n't know !
27 ‘ I do n't know what you 'd call mine .
28 ‘ The Gruagach sent me here , ’ began Caspar , and stopped , and then went on with more assurance , ‘ they sent me along to see if you can provide a — well , I do n't know what you 'd call it really .
29 Mummy had this thing about these , I do n't know what you 'd call them , pelicans I 'd no , not pelicans , what do they call them ?
30 I only know what you would have me be . ’
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