Example sentences of "know [Wh adv] much [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Thus , for example , if we wished to know how much we are spending on orthopaedic surgery , the departmental analysis of expenditure will not tell us .
2 She had wanted to know how much it mattered to him because he would n't let on , and it gave her a valuable lever .
3 Your neighbour really likes the tree and wants to know how much it would take to compensate you to leave the tree at its current size .
4 I 'm glad you do n't know how much ours was .
5 ‘ You do n't think , ’ Alida always said , ‘ you do not know how much we spend , simply to keep alive , you have no idea how much things cost .
6 The experiments were short-lasting ; and we do n't know how much we can apply figures from medieval England , with small dies of low relief , to the ancient world .
7 ‘ We must let you know how much we enjoyed our holiday in Zakopane .
8 The building site manager at the time told the Daily Mirror : ‘ I had a meeting with Mellor 's wife over cups of coffee at the start of each week to discuss any problems and let her know how much we had spent so far .
9 ‘ The government does it with poll tax bills , letting us know how much we pay for those who wo n't , so why not extend it ?
10 As for NME 's opinion of her work , you should know how much we love Madonna by how much we love Ice-T , Suede and all the other insolent wasters we praise to the hilt each week .
11 ‘ You do n't know how much we can throw . ’
12 Yet many of us do not really know how much we drink or the medically recommended sensible drinking levels .
13 I do n't know how much they really enjoyed it , but judging by the expressions on their faces and the way they all went out talking about Dawn , I think it went down well .
14 One does n't know how much they feared death , but it did n't come out , at any rate in their painting or sculpture .
15 How can the council tax be easy to collect if the people who are responsible for collecting it simply do not know how much they must collect from each household ?
16 book , letting me know how much it is .
17 Many firms do not know how much it costs to relocate staff .
18 In addition the firm would know how much it is willing to pay to relieve a constraint .
19 I want to subscribe to TSB , but I 've only got ancient copies of it , and do n't know how much it costs to subscribe thesedays , what the address is and who to make the cheque out to and all that .
20 But the worst silence of all is when we take it for granted that they know how much they are still appreciated and that the calloused hands or fingers are symbols to us of the love and caring poured into our lives .
21 The trouble with trying to fool policemen is that you never know how much they know , which is always more than they admit .
22 On the one hand , Labour Members know where their roots are and they know how much they matter to them desperately .
23 It could be some months yet before the pensioners know how much they 'll get , and when they 'll get it .
24 ‘ I know how much we have already put in up to the end of 1992 and I know what we could be asked for for 1993 , ’ Longuet said , but the size of the sums is to embarrassing for him to reveal them — but he did say they were incompatible with what the European Commission would allow and what French taxpayers wanted .
25 Over a grand 's worth you 're looking at here , and you know how much it cost me ?
26 Vale boss John Rudge said : ‘ We had a bit of luck when that shot from Regis stuck in the mud but I 'm overjoyed for our fans because I know how much it means to beat Stoke . ’
27 Because I know how much it hurts you not to have children . ’
28 Not until now had he really known how much it all meant to him .
29 I 'd have been a lot more worried if I 'd known how much it was going to be …
30 ‘ When Orrin told us that you were missing , ’ he said , ‘ I knew how much we both love you .
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