Example sentences of "know what [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like to know what would happen then . ’ |
| 2 | And again and again , on my side , I wanted to know what would happen to us . |
| 3 | ‘ If this is what it 's like to be under your protection , I 'd bloody well like to know what would happen if I were n't ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Gradually I got to know what would work , it caught the mood , the shadows held up and the grain was soft , it was like a pastel painting . |
| 5 | You do n't need to see the film to know what 'll happen . |
| 6 | Children read a wide variety of things , from the back of the cereal packet to The Dandy , from a page of the daily newspaper to something written by Roald Dahl , and who is to know what will trigger off ideas , possibilities , expectations , or activity ? |
| 7 | You are entitled to know what will happen if you transgress again . |
| 8 | He writes because ‘ if I do n't write , I suffer ’ ; he writes because he wants to know what will happen in his book ; he is , he says , his ‘ own reader ’ , prey to a phenomenon : automatic writing . |
| 9 | If you are confused about what has happened or curious to know what will happen to a topic , consult the index ; if I have got it right , the index will tell you the story . |
| 10 | He would like to hear any information available on AEAs preferred strategy for privatisation and would like to know what will happen over terms and conditions for staff when Government division and Commercial division diverge . |
| 11 | The trouble is that no-one appears to know what will happen after the Olympics and whether if by then the United Nations ' blacklist will preclude British members of the Tour from competing in certain countries . |
| 12 | You do n't know what may happen to him . |
| 13 | well I can remember him skinny from school , I can , what was you saying you do n't know what 'll last ? |
| 14 | I just ca n't see it ending at all and I do n't know what 'll happen when John gets out . |
| 15 | Dr because for all that , she says well I do n't know what 'll happen . |
| 16 | I could n't have shot any worse I do n't think so I do n't know what 'll happen . |
| 17 | If I 've lost it , I do n't know what 'll happen . |
| 18 | We wo n't ever know what might have been if the two had met . |
| 19 | You do n't know what might have crawled in there for warmth during the night , ’ he advised . |
| 20 | ‘ We do n't know what might happen , ’ she said , trying to be firm . |
| 21 | If you keep believing in yourself , you do n't know what might happen . |
| 22 | You do n't know what might happen , ’ Ashley said happily , spreading her hands . |
| 23 | But you need some of this time when there 's nothing to do , and , you do n't know what might happen . |
| 24 | For him to brush it off in such a way — I do n't know what would make him say things like that , he 's the sort of man I just would n't expect to have … |
| 25 | When one quiet weekend this February Mr Grosz left the country on a short trip to Switzerland , little did he know what would await him on his return . |
| 26 | Otherwise I would have been sent back to my country and I do not know what would have happened to us . ’ |
| 27 | If he had n't been put into the jail , I do n't know what would have been the result today but … before he even had his jail sentence served , applications were coming in from town an in that short space of time about 1966 , our church more than doubled in membership and in churches . |
| 28 | If Uncle had n't been there to support me I do not know what would have become of me . |
| 29 | We ca n't know what would have happened if it had tried something else , nor ( and this is important ) what would have happened if someone else had tried the original solution . |
| 30 | I do n't know what would have been if I 'd stayed . |